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HomeMy Public PortalAbout12 December 3, 1997 LegislativeLEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 039202 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 3560 University Avenue, Ste. 100 Riverside, California Conference Room A DECEMBER 3, 1997 3:00 P.M. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - September 3, 1997 3. REVIEW LEGISLATION APPROVED IN 1997 Staff and Lobbyist will brief the Committee on Legislation approved during 1997. 4. DISCUSS SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS 4a). SB 3 - RCTC Reorganization 4b). SB 686 - Toll Road Authorization 4c). SB 45 - Clean Up Legislation 5. STATUS OF ISTEA REAUTHORIZATION 6. 1998 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Review the attached Legislative Program adopted for 1997 and modify as necessary for 1998. 7. ADJOURNMENT 00000:1 RC TC LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE LEGISLATI VE P OSITIONS Legislation/Author Description Bill Status Current Position Recommended Position Oppose Support Watch AB 74 (Bowler) Vehicles: Dri vers Licenses: Controlled Substances Chaptered Statutes 1997 S AB 87 (Escutia) California Transp ortation Finance Bank Pilot Program Chaptered Statutes 1997 S • AB 376 (Baca) Contracting Out Process Senate Tra ns. Committee No hearing set 0 AB 653 (Papan) Fuel Taxes: Inflation Reconsideration Granted Two Year Bill S with Amendments AB 731 (K eeley) Intercity Rail: Funding Signed by Govern or AB 836 (Sweeney) Transactions and use taxes: A dministrative Cost Recovery Senate Appropriati ons No hearing set S SB 45 (Kopp) STIP Reform Signed by Governor SB 55 (Kopp) Transportation - Fundin g Assembly Transpo rtation No hearing set 0 SB 60 (Kopp) Motor Vehicle Fuel & U se Taxes Signed by Governo r SB 95 (Ayala) Amend Brown Act to allow Teleconferencing Signed by Gov ernor SB 110 (Dills) Sales and Use Taxes: Disclosure of Information Signed by Go vern or Legislation/Author Description Bill Status ' Current Position Reco mmended Po sitio n Oppose Support Watch SB 138 ( Kopp) Amend Brown A ct to allow Teleconferencing Signed by Go verno r SB 396 (Kelley) Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies Signed by Governo r SB 432 (Lewis) Smog Impact Fees: Ride Share Program A ssembly Appro priations Hearing 8/20/97 0 unless Amended SB 459 (Kelley) East V alley Intermodal Transportation Authority Assembly Flo or S seek Amen dments SB 479 (Alpert) Contracting Out Co st Comparisons A ssembly Transpo rtation No hearing set S SB 686 (Kelley) Toll Facilities Senate Floor S SB 1096 (Brulte) Heavy -D uty Vehicles Taxation Credits In active Did Not Meet Schedule S HR 4 (Shuster) Trust Fund Off Budget Hou se Floor S HR 205 (Kim) Trust Fund Off Budget Hou se Comm. on Budget, Trans. and Infrastructure S . HR 204 (K im) N AFTA Infrastructure Funding House C omm. on Budget, Tra ns. and Infrastructure S HR 255 (Rahall) Transfer of Deficit Gas Tax Funds to Trust Fund House Ways and Means S S 265 (Reid) Trust Fund Off Budget H ouse Committees on B udget Go vern- ment Affairs S MINUTES IVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES September 3, 1997 Members Present Bob Buster, Chairman Tom Mullen Dick Kelly Staff Jack Reagan Louise Givens (via telephone) 1. CALL TO ORDER Also Present Steve DeBaun Will Kempton (via telephone) Chairman Bob Buster called the Legislative Committee Meeting to order at 3:20 p.m. at the Riverside County Transportation Commission at 3560 University Avenue, Ste. 100, Riverside, California. 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the July 2, 1997 Legislative Committee meeting were approved as submitted. 4. POLICY MATTERS 4A. TOLL BRIDGE SEISMIC RETROFIT FUNDING Louise Givens reported that SB 60 which provides for resolution of the seismic retrofit toll bridge funding was passed and signed by the Governor. RCTC will be providing its share ($380,000) out of state funds. This amount will be split between funds from the State Highway Account (SHA), State and Local Partnership Program (SLPP), Traffic Systems Management (TSM) and the TP&D account which is what funds the Transit Capital Improvement Program (TCI). RCTC has just generated a call for projects for the Transit Capital Improvement Program so this will impact the amount of money that is available for that call for projects. The outcome is as well as can be expected given the fact that a compromise had to be made from the position of "not another dollar from the SHA." All the extra design features will come out of an add on to the tolls in the Bay Area, specific to the design of the Bay Bridge which will not be shared. Some of the other features of the agreement are that the annual maintenance for toll bridges will now come out of the SHA. Commissioner Buster questioned if the use of state funds was capped, and if additional costs would come out of tolls. Will Kempton stated that this issue was not covered in the agreement. 000004 ,.egisiauve �,ommiuee Meeting ivunutes September 3, 1997 Page 2 He stated that SB 45 (Kopp) has now been amended to incorporate some of the terms of this agreement, for example continuing the State and Local Partnership Program for at least another year. 4B. LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE JOINT RCTC/CVAG/WRCOG MEETING Jack Reagan reported on preprint SB 3 (Kelley) which basically has the same wording that BB&K prepared and was approved by the Commission for restructuring. He stated that it is Senator Kelley's judgement that this legislation cannot move within the current session, so it will have to be introduced for action in the next calendar year. If it is handled as urgency legislation, which it could be since it is a single county issue, it could take effect July 1, 1998. The possibility of adding this language to a Brulte bill had been considered, but Senator Kelley wants this bill, and it is his judgement that it cannot be moved any faster. Commissioner Buster questioned why the legislation cannot move any faster since it is a single county issue and that is what Senator Kelley wants. Mr. Reagan stated that there is a time limit now because this legislative session will end on September 12, 1997, which is less than two weeks away. Will Kempton stated that Senator Kelley wants some indication from the cities in Riverside County that they are in support of the bill. Commissioner Buster questioned if Senator Kelley was aware that the City of Riverside has declared neutrality on the bill and some of the Desert cities have expressed opposition. Will Kempton stated that he gets the sense from speaking with Senator Kelley that he realizes there is some controversy regarding the issue. Commissioner Buster questioned if RCTC has a deadline in receiving city responses on the proposed legislation so that we can know the final counts. Jack Reagan stated that there was no deadline set, but he will now treat the issue with more urgency. He stated that the monitoring has been somewhat passive to date, but he will have staff start making calls to the cities for their responses. Commissioner Buster stated that this should be done because we have created expectations, and we have expressed the hope that we would be able to do this quickly and we need to maintain our end of the bargain. Will Kempton reiterated that the bill would be able to move as urgency legislation next session and go into effect as soon as the Governor signs it. 5. STATE LEGISLATION 5A(1). State Budget Louise Givens reported the Governor Wilson signed the State Budget for the 1997-1998 fiscal year on August 18, 1997. She reported that the Governor had "blue penciled" the request for $1.5 million to augment intercity rail service in Southern California between Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley. It appears that he left intact a similar augmentation for the San Diegan service. It was reported that under SB 45, if it is successful, we would have the flexibility to bid for rail service funds out of our budget. Jack Reagan stated the difficulty in doing this, particularly out to the Coachella Valley, is that the measure did not include any funds for rail in the Coachella Valley, so funding for rail would have to come out of SunLine's transit operation, and they already have demands that exceed their budget capacity. He stated that he is not very hopeful that we can get rail service there without a state funding contribution. 000005 September 3, 1997 Page 3 5A(2). SB 45 (Kopp) - STIP Reform Louise Givens reported that this bill is scheduled to go before Committee this evening. There are some new amendments that are agreed upon with Department, PECG and Administration. The bill appears to be moving ahead and while there is still some concern, it appears that it will be successful. SB 45 revises the STIP process. The 1998 STIP would be a six year rather than seven year program; 2000 and subsequent STIPs would be four year programs. SB 45 would also collapse a number of separate funding programs into the funds allocated to counties over which they have discretion. Jack Reagan stated that some of these funds which are of importance to RCTC include Transportation Systems Management which have been used to fund regional rideshare programs and various traffic operations programs within Caltrans districts, and Transit Capital Improvement which have been used for various rail and bus rehabilitation programs. The importance of this to RCTC is that they break the fund estimate up into two periods. The first period is for four years and Riverside County does not have much entitlement. All of our due money that is substantial is in the last three years of the current seven year STIP. Unless we get an SB 45 revised STIP that gets out into the period of the real money, we have not gained anything from SB 45 and we should oppose it. Commissioner Bob Wolf advocated the six year amendment and the author of the bill was receptive to it which is very helpful to us. Commissioner Mullen questioned if there was any language in the bill dealing with fast growth counties, and Will Kempton was asked to suggest an amendment to adjust the population and highway miles formula to use the population figure from the annual DOF forecast rather than census. Will Kempton was also asked to review fast growth counties for the last ten years, and see if there is possibility of building a coalition of members who may want to raise this issue. 5A(3). SB 60 (Kopp) - Motor Vehicle and Use Fuel Taxes This bill was covered under SB 45 (Kopp). It was used as a vehicle for the fund agreement for seismic retrofit. 5A(4). SB 432 (Lewis) - Rideshare Program Funding Will Kempton stated that this is a two year bill and has been taken off calendar. He also stated that RCTC and SANBAG should be given credit for their work in getting this bill stopped in Appropriations Committee. Jack Reagan stated that our objective is not to defeat the bill, but to get it amended because we still need ongoing rideshare funding. Will Kempton stated that Senator Lewis has stated that if the bill was stopped, he would consider a more statewide oriented bill. Jack Reagan stated that another possible approach is that SCAG Rideshare has suggested, that as the 1998 STIP proposal is put together for Southern California, we might want to consider a seven year stable funding proposal for regional rideshare. Commissioner Buster questioned where rideshare funding was at, and Jack Reagan stated that it is funded for the current fiscal year, July 1998. 5A(5). SB459 (Kelley) - East Valley Intermodal Terminal Louise Givens stated that this bill has been amended to a bill that RCTC can monitor and not oppose. References to RCTC and CVAG have been struck from the bill, and it is a bill has been amended to be an authority that will serve the City of Indio only. Jack Reagan recommended the Commission's support of the bill. Louise Givens stated that the latest amendments to the bill will be in the Commission packet for September for recommendation of approval of support of the bill. 5A(6). SB 686 (Kelley) - Transportation: Toll Facilities 000006 A.A. iziauvG ivaGGuuA iv1111NLGJ September 3, 1997 Page 4 Jack Reagan stated that this bill is not moving because of opposition from PECG and CELSOC. Both sides have been approached suggesting a further amendment that would delete the objectionable language. PECG has indicated that they will oppose these amendments, and if they do we will lose Senate leadership. Will Kempton recommended that RCTC leave the bill as it is and let it die. Jack Reagan stated that he did not want a bill that has provisions that are so objectionable to RCTC to languor and die. He requested that Will talk to Senator Kelley's staff about this, even if it gets referred by to Committee and dies at that point, but if the bill dies now PECG will hold it up as an example of what they were able to accomplish. Will stated that he would talk with Steve Baker of PECG let them know that the bill will be amended back to neutral language then let die. Jack reiterated that the neutral language would be to delete any reference to the language. The commitment will be that the bill will not be moved beyond that point. SB 138 (Kopp) Item Added by Steve DeBaun, Legal Counsel Steve DeBaun reported that SB 138 (Video Teleconferencing) was signed into law. Some of the changes which are critical to RCTC are that as of January 1, 1998, video and audio teleconferencing will be permitted for Commission meetings Teleconferencing locations must be noted on the agenda, so it is not a situation where someone is running late can just pick up a phone and call in. Prior arrangements will need to be made. This is beneficial regardless of whether or not the RCTC Board expands. 6. FEDERAL LEGISLATION Louise Givens reported that Chairman Bud Shuster of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee would introduce legislation which would reauthorized ISTEA on September 4, 1997. The House Surface Transportation Subcommittee will meed to consider that legislation on Wednesday, September 10, 1997 and then the full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will meed on September 17, 1997 to consider the proposal. She stated that it does not appear at this point that any demo projects will be considered. Louise stated that additional information regarding this would be provided to the Commissioners in the full Commission agenda packet. Supervisor Mullen requested that the same language as was recommended for State legislation with regard to fast growth counties, be addressed by RCTC's federal legislators in Washington, DC. 7. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Legislative Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m. AGENDA ITEM #3 f 9` 86 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY 1997 SESSION RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AB 74 (Bowler) VEHICLES: DRIVER'S UCENSES: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0005 SUMMARY: This bill would require any law enforcement officer who arrests a person, or issues a notice to appear to a person, for any violation of the specified controlled substance provisions to inform the person of the driver's license sanctions specified above. This bill would provide other provisions as specified. POSITION: SUPPORT AB 263 (Baca) ENERGY RESOURCES: FEDERAL OIL OVERCHARGE FUNDS 04/28/97 (last amended) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATI S SUMMARY: This bill would appropriate an unspecified sum from the Federal Trust Fund to the University of California, Riverside for purposes of researching mobile source emissions. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: AB 376 (Baca) PUBLIC CONTRACTS: DEPARTMENT F TRANSPORTATION 05/30/97 (amended) STATUS: SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION SUMMARY: This bill would apply to specified contract$ that exceed a certain sum awarded by the State of California or any state agency be awarded through a publicized competitive bidding process to the lowest qualified bidder. This bill contains other related provisions, POSITION: AB 465 (Miller) TRANSPORTATION: STATE-OWNED TOLL BRIDGES: SEISMIC RETROFIT 04/02/97 (last amended) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY: This bill would repeal specified provisions dIf the 1996 Seismic Retrofit Account in the Seismic Retrofit Bond Act of 1996 and would, instead, require that funds from the State Highway Account, toll revenues, and the Seismic Retrofit Surcharge be used for :seismic retrofit of specified state-owned toll bridges. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SZ : ET bZ noN L0'Z0d SS/. 000008 AB 466 (Campbell) ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 08/25/97 past amended) STATUS: SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY: Thls bill would authorize the Orange County Transportation Authority to conduct, administer, and operate a congestion pricing and transit development demonstration program on a specified section of State Highway Route 91. This bill contains other related provisi ns. POSITION: AB 542 (Perata) TRANSPORTATION: RAIL FEEDER BUS SERVICE 07/23/97 past amended) STATUS: SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY: This bill would provide that the appropriate state agencies consult with passenger stage corporations when dealing with intercity passenger rail setices. This bill contains other related issues. POSITION: AB 653 (Papan) FUEL TAXES: RATES: INFLATION 04/09/97 (last amended) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTAtION SUMMARY: This bill would result in a change in state taxies for the purpose of increasing state revenues within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA.of the Califomia Constitution, with respect to the specified distribution, storage, removal, sale, or use of motor vehicle or diesel fuels. This bill contains other provisions as specified. POSITION: SUPPORT :AB 731 (Keeley) TRANSPORTATION 08/25/97 (last amended) STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0502 • SUMMARY: Existing law establishes a plan which calls for building of intercity rail, commuter rail, and urban rail transit, and specifiesrail corridors within each category. This bill would include the San Jose -Oakland -Gilroy -Watsonville -Santa Cruz corridor and :the San Francisco Bay area -San Jose -Oakland -Gilroy Salinas -Monterey corridor among the eligible intercity rail rridors. This bill would also provide that a voting member of the Califomia Transportation Commission ma serve on the High -Speed Rail Authority. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SUPPORT AB 774 (Morrow) PUBLIC WORKS: DESIGN -BUILD PROCUREMENT ACT 02/26/97 (introduced) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION SUMMARY: This bill would enact the Design -Build Procurement Act, to authorize public entities to enter into design -build contracts, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: 9e:CI (ON Le/zed SSL , 000009 AB 836 (Sweeney) TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAXES: ADMINISTRATIVE COST RECOVERY 09/09/97 (amended) STATUS: IN SENATE —INACTIVE FILE SUMMARY: This bill would limit the amount that may be charged by the State Board of Equalization to a district for the administration of a local transaction and use;tax for any fiscal year to a specified percentage of the total amount of revenue collected by the board pursuant to that transaction and use tax for that fiscal year. POSITION: AB 879 (Baca) PUBLIC CONTRACTS 02/27/97 (introduced) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND bOMMERCE SUMMARY: This bill would provide specified local agencies, in advertising for contract bids in relation to minority and women business enterprises, to ensure that the advertising indudes effective communication and outreach to prospective bidders that qualify as minority -owned and women -owned business enterprises, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: AB 1474 (Brewer) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES 04/01/97 (last amended) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE SUMMARY: This bill would continue indefinitelyspecifiedprovisions relating to 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and relative service contracts, as well as continue indefinitely related legislative findings and declarations. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: AB 1493 (Baugh) TRANSPORTATION: STATE-OWNED TOLL BRIDGES: SEISMIC RETROFIT 02/28/97 (introduced) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY: This bill would require that additional funds fie used for seismic retrofit of specified state-owned toll bridges in unspecified amounts. POSITION: SB 45 (Kopp) TRANSPORTATION FUNDING STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0622 SUMMARY: This bill would change the 7 -year state transportation improvement program to a 4 -year program, changing the components of the regional and state transportation improvement program, changing the name of the Transportation Planning and Development Account to the Public Transportation Account, and making changes in the way funds are allocated from that account.this bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SUPPORT 9Z:£T 2,6. bZ r10N avow SSL 000010 SB 55 (Kopp) LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENT 09/09/97 past amended) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTAI BALLOTS ION SUMMARY: This bill would provide that the contents of n assessment ballot are confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Publie Re rds Act, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: OPPOSE SB 60 (Kopp) MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL AND USE OF FUEL TAXES STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0327 SUMMARY: This bill would prohibit local and state peril fitting authorities from imposing any requirement that a bicycle, pedestrian, or mass transit fadlity be constructed on the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge as a condition for issuing any permit, granting easement, or grnting any other form of approval needed, for the construction of a new bridge. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SB 95 (Ayala) OPEN MEETINGS STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0949 SUMMARY: This bill would require any person appoin d or elected to serve as a member of a state body who has not yet assumed the duties of office to conform h s or her conduct to the Bagley -Keene Open Meeting Act. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SB 110 (Dills) SALES AND USE TAXES: DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION: BRADLEY -BURNS STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0702 SUMMARY: This bill would, subject to certain restriction on the examination of taxpayer records, to revise that exception to specifically pertaining to the ascertainmeht of sales or transactions and use taxes to be collected for the local entity. This bill contains other related revisions. POSITION: SUPPORT SB 138 (Kopp) OPEN MEETINGS: LOCAL AGENCIES STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0253 SUMMARY: This bill would provide that the Ralph M. Brown Act does not apply to the attendance of a majority of the members of a legislative body at an open and noticed meeting of a legislative body of another local agency. This bill contains other related provisions, as specified. POSITION: 9Z:2T 2,6, b? noN L0'Sed ss2, 000011 SB 396 (Kelley) SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWA EMERGENCIES STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0089 SUMMARY: This bill would authorize service authorities for freeway emergencies to contract with the Department of the Califomia Highway Patrol or a private entity to handle calls in accordance with a contract that shall contain guidelines developed by the California Highway Patrol for service to be provided. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SUPPORT SB 432 (Lewis) AIR QUALITY: RIDESHARE PROGRAMS 07/02/97 (last amended) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATI NS SUMMARY: This bill would, if the threshold of worksite m I p oyees holds at 250 or is increased above 250, requires the Department of Transportation to allocate mon es from funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the Traffic Systems Management Program to regional 'deshare agencies and transportation commissions in the South Coast Air Basin, for the 1998-99 fiscal year, in mounts determined by the department, for capital outlay expenditures for the rideshare programs to improve air quality that meets certain requirements. POSITION: OPPOSE SB 459 (Kelley) TRANSPORTATION: EAST VALLEY I 06/26/97 (last amended) TERMODAL TRANSPORTATION STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY: This bill would create the East Valley Intermddel Transportation Authority and would prescribe the powers and duties of the authority. This bill contains other] related provisions. POSITION: WATCH SB 479 (Alpert) PUBLIC CONTRACTS 05/23/97 (amended) STATUS: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION SUMMARY: This bill would require the Controller,with irespect to contracts for engineering, architectural, surveying, or environmental, to prepare and verify an analYsis of the cost of performing the work using state civil service employees and the cost of the contract to be awe 7ded by the Department of Transportation. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SB 686 (Kelley) TRANSPORTATION: TOLL FACILITIES 07/15/97 (last amended) STATUS: IN SENATE —INACTIVE FILE SUMMARY: This bill would authorize the Riverside County Transportation Commission to construct, manage, and operate transportation toll facilities in the commission's jurisdiction, as prescribed. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: SPONSOR L?:2T L6. bZ (0N Le/90d SSL 000012 SB 944 (O'Connell) SAN DIEGO INTERCITY RAIL. CORRIDOR 04/28/97 (last amended) STATUS: SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION SUMMARY: This bill would require, for the 1997-98 fiscal year, that operating subsidies for the San Diego Intercity Rall Corridor be 34 percent of the total subsidy ava labia, but not less than a specified amount, and would require for that fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter that funding for capital Improvements be at least 80 percent of the total intercity rail capital funds available, at specified. POSITION: SUPPORT SB 1096 (Bruits) AIR QUALITY: HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLS 05/28/97 (last amended) STATUS: SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY: This bill would make certain legislative findings and declarations regarding the reduction of heavy-duty vehicle emissions and financial assistance for that purpose. This bill contains other related provisions POSITION: SB 1118 (Monteith) TRANSPORTATION: INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE STATUS: CHAPTERED 97-0202 SUMMARY: This bill would authorize specified entities to coordinate intercity passenger rail service for the San Joaquin Corridor. This bill contains other related provisions. POSITION: 000013 L?:2T L6, b? f10N L9/Led SSL AGENDA ITEM #4A PREPRI NT SENATE BILL No. 3 40 Pr oposed by Senator Kelley July 29, 1997 An act to amend Section 130053 of, to add Secti ons 130053.6 and 130053.7 to, and to repeal and add Section 130053.5 of, th e Public U tilities Code, relating to transportation . LEG ISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST Preprint SB 3, as pro posed, K ell ey. Riverside County CD ®Transportatio n Co mmission: members. voting . (1) Existing law creates the Ri verside County Tran sportation Co mmission, co mprised of 8 members CD appo inted by specified entities, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes the appointment of an alternate m ember to represent, on a temporary basis, a regular memb er of the commission, but only in tho se cases where th e regular member cannot attend the meeting. Unde r existing law, a majo rity of the members of the co mmission constitutes a quo rum for the transaction of business. This bill wo uld re vise the me mbership of the commission to include 5 members of the Riverside . County Bo ard of Supe rvisors, one member from each in corporated city in Riverside Co unty, to be either a ma yo r or city coun cil 0 membe r, and one nonvoting member appointed by the Governor. The bill would repeal tho se pro visio ns relating to the appointment of alternate membe rs and would, instead, authorize the board of supe rvisors to establish a pro ce dure by which an alternate may be appointed to represent a re gular member of the board of superviso rs if the regular member is ® no t in attendance at the meeting, as spe cified. The bill would 99 !w yy.. p SB 3 —2 authorize each incorporated cityin the county to appoint one alternate member to represent the regular me mber of the o mmission that serve s on behalf of the city, if the regular ember is not in attendance at the meeting. By changing the omposition of the commissio n, the reby adding to the duties f ce rtain local gov ernment officers, the bill wo uld impose a tate -mandated local program. The bill wou ld authorize a member of commission to call for weighted vote on an ite m before the commission, to be ✓eighted as prescribed. The bill would require a quo rum of the commission to be a iajority of the total membership of the commission present t a meeting. The bill would provide that the commissio n shall continue 3 the congestio n management agency and service authority ar freeway emerge ncie s until those designations are changed ursuant to law. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to .timburse local agencies and school districts for certain co sts iandated by the state. Statutory provisions e stablish rocedures for making that reimbursement, including the reation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of iandates that do not e xceed $1,000,000 statewide and other rocedures fo r claims whose statewide costs exceed 1,000,000. This bill wo uld prov ide that no reimburse ment shall be lade from the State Mandates Claims Fund for costs undated by the state pursuant to this act, but would .:cognize that local agencies and school districts may pursue ay available remedies to se ek reimbu rsement for these co sts. Vote: majo rity. A ppropriatio n: no. Fiscal committee : yes. tate -mandated local program: yes. The p eople of the State of Califor nia do e nact as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 130053 of the Public Utilities 2 Co de is amended to read: 3 130053. The Riverside Co unty Transp ortation 4 Commissio n shall consist of eight hers apps es 3 fellows the follo wing r egular members: • • • • • • • —3— pSB3 1 (a) wee supervisors appointed by wive members of 2 the Riverside Cou nty Board of Superviso rs; e re ef wheat 43 shall dese rt area oont the � se rial � its the eastern co unty and awe ef whets shall reps 5 supe roiserial distriets it the western urbanized area ef 6 the se amy. 7 (b) Two me mbe rs appointed by the Riv erside County 8 Gil,' Seleekio t Ce tee ; etteluding the member 9 repre se nting the City ef Riverside shall be mayors 10 er eity ee tu seiltfteft serving withits the eeuftty On e 11 me mber from each incorpor ated city in Rive rsid e 12 Cou nty, each of whom shall be a mayor or city council 13 member . 14 (c) One member appointed by the der ef the Gity 15 of Rive rside with the aspen# of the City Ceeneil of the 16 City ef tee; w 3ieh member shall be either all" 17 membe r of the eity eetineil er the mayor: 18 {d} Ono eitiz eft member appointed by the oth er site= 19 voting members ef the eon issien; which member shallc ) 20 be an sleeted official in the c ot era citi zen who is teta • 21 stash an sl eeted eifiieial but who is a r esident ef the sot : 22 4e} One nonvoting member appointed by the 23 Govern or. 24 SEC. 2. Section 130053.5 of the Public Utiliti es Code • O 2 255 is repealed . 430053.5: {$} The app ointing a 27 ash en {a}; (b); .(e); er of Seetieft 4 40058 may 28 � an alternat e giber to the Ri versid e Cettnty Transportation Gofttfttissieft to represent; en a temporary 30 basis; a regular member it has app oint ed; but only it these 31 eases wher e the regular member cannot attend the 32 meeting: 33 4b3. ,4f alt ernate metier shall be. • 34 + It the ease ef the ode G ettftty Beard of Supervisors;35 another supervis or er tnayer 36 e� er eity 37 38 f8} 4n the ease the � Seleetiot 39 the ee ;'� � (�� ef Riverside: eettft eihtsaft with „"y 99 99 p SB 3, --4- 1 {3} 1t, the ease of the Gity of tee- the 3 the � be may or; if dh member of the �° a ef 4 {4* le the ease ef the citizenmember; as eleeted 5 official irr the County er a eitimen wh e is set stt eh art 6 sleeted of ieial hut who is a r esident ef the eel; 7 -fe * Ne alternate m ember shall serve as seep for m ere 8 than ene ef the abo ve app ointing authorities er as e 109 regular me ter ef the ee ssien at the same time: SEC. 3. Section 130053.5 is added t o. th e Public 11 Utilities Code, to re ad: 12 130053.5. (a) (1) The Riverside . C ounty Board of 13 Supe rvisors may e stablish a proced ure by which an 14 alternate may be appo inted to repres ent, on a t emporary 15 basis, a regular member of the board of sup er vis ors, if the 16 regular member is not in attendance at th e meeting. 17 (2) The pro ce dure may provide that a m ember of the 18.. , Riverside Co unty Board of Superv isors, if that member is 19 absent from all or part of a meeting to the Ri verside 20CCou nty Transportation Commissio n, may appoint 21 other member of the board of superv isors, on a 22 empo rary basis, to cast the vo te of the absent member of he board of su pervisors. 240-) (b) Each incorpo rated city in Rive rside County may 25 appo int one altern ate member who shall represent, on a 26 tempo rary basis, the regular member of the Riverside 27 County Transportation Co mmission that serves on behalf 28 of the city, if the regular member is not in attendance at 29 the me eting. 30 SEC. 4. Section 130053.6 is added to the Public 31 Utilities Code, to read: 32 130053.6. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), 33 each regular membe r of the Riverside County 34 Transportatio n C ommission, or an alternate me mber 35 acting in the place of a regu lar member pursu ant to 36 Section 130053. 5, shall have one vote at meetings of the 37 commission. 38 . (b) Notwithstanding su bdivision (a), any member of 39 the commission, immediately afte r a vo te of the EO commission in accordance with subdivision (a), may call • • —5— pSB 3 I1 for a w eighted vot e. For an item to be pass ed by weighted 2 vote, all of the following requir ements shall be met: 3 (1) The item is approved by a majority of the 4 c ommission members present at the meeting wh o 5 r epr esent the board of supervis ors, who shall each have 6 one v ote . 7 (2) The it em is approv ed by a majority of th e 8 c ommissi on m embers present at the meeting who 9 represent cities in Riverside County, who shall each have 10 one vote . 11 (3) The item is appr oved by c ommission memb ers 12 present at the meeting who r epresent cities in Riv erside 13 County r epresenting a majority of the population of the 14 county living in incorporated areas. F or the p urpos e of 15 this paragraph, each regular commission member at th e 16 meeting who represents a city in Riversid e County shall 17 be assigned votes based on the percentage of the 18 populati on of i ncorp orated ar eas of Riverside County 19 represented by that member in relation to the total W20 population of incorp orated areas of Riv erside Co unty 21 represent ed at the meeting. Pop ulati on data shall be 22 determin ed thr ough Departm ent of Finance estimates, 23 adjusted annually. 24 (c) Notwithstanding Section 130102, a quorum of th e 25 Riversid e County Transportation Commission shall be a 26 majority of the total memb ership of the commission 27 pres ent at a meeting. 28 SEC . 5. Section 130053.7 is added to the Public 29 Utilities Code, to read: 30 130053.7. Th e Ri verside County Transportati on 31 C ommission shall continue as the congesti on 32 man agement agency a nd service a uth ority for freeway 33 emerg encies until those designati ons are changed 34 pursuant to law. 35 SEC. 6. No reimb ursement shall be made from the 36 State Mandates Claims Fund p ursuant to Part 7 37 (co mmencing with S ection 17500) of Division 4 of Title 38 2 of the Government Code for costs mandated by the 39 state pursuant to this act. It is recognized, how ever, that 40 a local agency or school district may p ursue a ny remedies • 1 • pon s —6- 1 to obtain reimburse ment available to it under Part 7 2 (commencing with Section 17500) and any other' 3 provisio ns of law. 4 N otwithstanding Se ction 17580 of the G ove rnme nt 5 Code, u nless otherwise specified, the provisions of this act 6 shall become o perative on the same date that the act 7 take s effect pursuant to the California Constitution, O • • ID • Q 99 AGENDA ITEM #4B AMENDED IN SE NATE JULY 15,1997 AME NDED IN SENATE JUNE 23, 1997 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 12,1997 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 1,1997 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 8,1997 SENATE BILL N o. 686 Intro duced by Senators Kell ey and Rainey February 25, 1997 An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6530) Cto Chapter 5 of Div ision 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to tran sportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S D IGEST SB 686, as amended, Ke lley. Transportatio n: to ll facilities. U nde r existing law, the Department of Transportation is authorize d to carry out 4 demonstratio n proje cts by entering into agreements with private entities for the construction by those entities of public transportatio n facilities and to lease Cthose fa cilities to the private entities for up to 35 years, after which time the facilities revert to the state. The agre ements are required to con tain pro visio ns authorizing the charging of tolls for the use of the private ly constructed facilities. This bill would authorize the Riverside County Transportation Commission to construct, manage, and Cope rate tran sportation toll facilities in the commissio n's i jurisdiction, as prescribed. The bill's provisions wou ld apply to SB 686 —2— tran sportation toll facilities or projects con structe d or expande d on or afte r January 1; 1998. The bill would re quire that, except fo r specialty work which the state civ il se rvice cannot perform satisfactorily and competently, the D epartme nt of Transpo rtation perform all the specific activities of any project undertaken pursuant to the provisions of the bill. T he bill would r equire the commission to reimburse Departme nt of Transpo rtation fo r s thecasts incurre d by that deparh nentP eCed project -related . Vote: majo rity. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committe e: State -mandated local program: no. Yes. The peo ple of the State of Califo rnia do enact as follows: 1 SECTIO N 1. Article 1. 5 (comme ncing with Section 2 6530) is added to Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the 3 Government Code , to read: '4 5 Article 1.8. Transportation Toll Fac ilities • .6 . 7 6530. (a) For purposes of this article, "commission" • 8 means the Riverside County Transportation Commissio n 9 described in Sectio n 130053 of the Public Utilities C ode. • 10 (b) The commission may construct, rnariage, and 11 . operate transportation toll facilities in the co mmission's 12 jurisdictio n. 13 (c) As use d in this article, "construct" include s the 14 . design, acquisition of rights -of -way, and actua l 15 constru ction, including all direct and indirect 16 environme ntal, engineering, accounting, legal, 17 administrative, and othe r services necessary therefor. 18 ' 6530. 2 No thing in this article precludes the • 19 commission from providing funds for the constructi on, 20 maintenance, and operatio n of transportation t oll 21 facilities. 22, 6530. 5. The commission may do any of the following: 23 (a) Develop, construct, own, operate, and maintain 24 public toll highways and bridges that are constructed and • • • • • • —3— .SB 686 1 maintained in accordance with the standards of the 2 Department of Transportation. 3 (b) Incur intere st -bearing indebtedness in the form of 4 revenue bonds. 5 (c) Establish tolls and other fees sufficient to provide 6 for debt service, mainte nance , management, operati ons, 7 royalties, and as appro priate, local streets and r oads, 8 public transit improvenients, and permanent open -space 9 programsEn. 10 (d) ter into joint development agr eements f or 11 transportation toll facilities. 12 (e) Not late r than five y ears before the r etirement of 13 all revenue bonds used to fund the construction of 14 specific transportation toll facilities, the commission shall 15 prepare and submit to the voters residing within the 16 jurisdictio ns of the member ag encies, a plan for the use 17 of toll revenues that may accrue after the bonds ha v® 18 been retired. Upon voter approval, the commission ma 19 continue to c oll ect and exp end toll • r evenues 20 implement the plan appro ved by the voters. 21 (f) Enter into agre ements with the department a nd 22 the federal Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 23 Section 129 of Title 23 of th e United States Code in order 24 to permit federal participati on in fee or t oll revenue 25 transportation pr oj ects . 26 (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 27 c ommission may only ent er into agreements pursuant to 28 this article with regard to transportation toll faciliti es if 29 both of the following apply: 30 (1) The commission determines that a reasonabl e free 31 alternati ve to the constr uction or operation of a 32 transportation toll facility e xists. 33 (2) The construction or operation of a transp ortation 34 toll facility would not result in few er toll -fre e general 35 purpose lanes to be available for use by the public . 36 6530 .6 . The commission may select any bridge, 37 freeway, or major th oroughfar e in its j urisdictio n to 38 develop as public t ollways. 39 . 6530 .10. (a) The Department of Transportation is 40 the responsible agency for purposes of design, 94 SB 686 - 4 1 c onstruction, maintenance, and operation of any pr oject 2 c onstructed under this article . 3 (b) Except f or sp ecialty work which the stat e civil 4 s ervice cannot perform satisfactorily and c ompet ently, 5 the Department of Transportati on shall perf orm. all the 6 envir onment al services, design, construction insp ection, 7 survey staking, and related activities of any proj ect 8 constructed under this article. 9 (c) The commission shall r eimbu rs e the Department 10 of Transport ation for all costs in cur red by the 11 Dep ar tment. of Transp ortation that are associated with 12 the de sign, constru ction, maintenan ce, and operation of 13 any facility constru ct ed or expanded pursuant to this 14 article. 15 6530.12. This article appli es to transportation toll 16 facilities or projects constructed or expanded on or after 17 January 1, 1998. 1 AGENDA ITEM #6 ADOP'T'ED 1997 - 98 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM RSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION This program is adopted annually in order to provide overall direction for Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) staff to persue specific legislation and policy activities for the year. Additional legislation may be taken to the Commission for action on issues not included in this program. This document is a statement of the efforts to further the goals of the Measure A Program of Riverside County and carry out the roles and responsibilities as provided for this agency by Public Utilities Code, Section 130000 (AB 1246 of the Statutes of 1976). The Legislative Program is separated into state and Federal components. Specific strategies and topics for accomplishing major objectives are listed for each component. The program is meant to be flexible, giving the Commission the ability to shift program elements and priorities in response to changing political and programmatic circumstances in Sacramento and Washington. OVERALL OBJECTIVES I. Protect current funding levels for transportation programs. II. Maximize flexibility in the use of existing transportation revenues. III. In light of the substantial shortfall facing transportation programs, support increases in transportation revenues and funding sources which enhance the county's ability to implement its transportation plans. IV. Take appropriate steps to meet state and Federal clean air quality standards, but ensure the practical validity of regulatory requirements to achieve air quality conformity. V. Streamline administrative and regulatory processes. STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM I. Protect current fund levels for transportation programs. A. Support state budget and California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocations to fully fund projects for Riverside County included in the State 000021. 1997-98 Legislative Program Page 2 Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and RCTC's Strategic Plan. B. Oppose any proposal that could reduce Riverside County's share of transportation funds, including diversion of state transportation revenues for other purposes. Fund sources include, but are not limited to, the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA), State Highway Account (SHA), Transportation Planning and Development (TP&D) Account, and Transportation Development Act (TDA) and ballot initiative sources. C. Support state policies which assure the timely allocation of transportation revenue. D. Support full funding of the proposed "Regional Choice" programming process to provide for regional determination and programming for the use of all of the current funding sources, including the State Highway Account (SHA), Transportation Development Act (TDA), Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA), Transportation Planning and Development (TP&D) Account, to provide total flexibility for use on all current STIP and non-STIP programs. These programs include funds made available for the current program categories, including, but not limited to the Flexible Congestion Relief (FCR), Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation (EEM), Transit Capital Improvement Program (TCI), Intercity Rail (ICR), Commuter Rail (CRR), State/Local Partnership Program (SLP) and the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Programs. E. Support the State/Local Partnership Program and seek dedication of the $200,000 million annual level in statute for the Program for includion in the Regional Choice; programming process. Seek to have funding for this program added directlyand exclusively to the programming authority for regional agencies rather than to the total amount available for capital projects, in order to avoid loss of any programming authority from a percentage of the funds going into Caltrans apportionment or to the CTC for discretionary programming. F. Insure a fair share return of any transportation fund sources to Riverside County by seeking legislation to assure the replacement of any reduction in Federal gasoline taxes with a corresponding levels of state gasoline taxes, to avoid loss of transportation revenues for infrastructure critical to our economic welfare. II. Maximize flexibility in the use of existing transportation revenues. A. Support legislation to eliminate prohibitions on gas tax revenues in order to allow the revenues to achieve the broadest use for transportation purposes. 000022 1997-98 Legislative Program Page 3 B. Support legislation or the development of administrative policies to allow a program credit for local funds spent on accelerating STIP projects through right-of-way purchases, or environmental and engineering consultant efforts. C. Seek statutory authority to allow public agencies to develop toll facilities for non -state highway routes. D. Propose legislation to expand the use of Transportation Development Act (TDA) to allow funding for operating expenditures for transit and intercity rail, including Amtrak and other operators. Seek revision of Article XIX of the California Constitution to allow for use of Article XIX funds for transit operations. E. Seek legislative changes to the deadlines for preparation of the Fund Estimate in relation to development of the State Budget to provide a more accurate picture of the available resources. III. Support increases in transportation funding sources which enhance the County's ability to implement its transportation plans. A. Seek legislative consideration and public hearings to study fully privatizing the entire state transportation system to allow for whole system pricing. Propose that the system should be administered similar to a publicly owned utility. B. Support legislation to eliminate prescriptive prohibitions on gas tax revenues to allow the revenues to achieve the broadest use for transportation purposes. C. Seek a fair share for Riverside County of any state funding made available for transportation grants or programs, including, but not limited to the Federal Section 16 and Section 18 programs for transit. D. Support or seek legislation and administrative financing/programming policies and procedures to assure an identified source of funding and an equitable distribution of the funding for rail services in California. Seek legislation to assure the dedicated state intercity rail funding is allocated to the regions administering each portion of the system and assure that funding is distributed on an equitable basis between northern and southern California. Support legislative language and administrative procedures that improves the opportunity to adequately funds rail service to the Coachella Valley. E. Support legislation which would authorize county authorities to be created to plan and implement "pricing" of new facilities or expansion of existing state 000023 1997-98 Legislative Program Page 4 and local roadways, which are not otherwise precluded by Federal law, for the purpose of having the overall authority to operate, maintain and develop the system through the use of the private sector. F. Support legislation to ensure that funding for transit operations is commensurate with existing and new demands placed on public transit by air quality requirements, congestion management programs and the Americans with Disabilities Act. G. Support income tax benefits or incentives that encourage use of transportation demand management programs and public transit. H. Support legislation that encourages and provides funding for research to create uniform standards for equipment and facilities pursuant to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. I. Support legislation to finance cost effective conversion of public transit fleets to alternative fuels. IV. Take appropriate steps to meet state and Federal clean air standards, but ensure the practical validity of regulatory requirements in achieving air quality conformity. A. Support legislation or regulations in cooperation with other agencies which will enable compliance with reasonable air quality standards. B. Support legislation or an administrative initiative to establish a Peer Review Advisory Committee for the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, and require the Chair to certify emission factors. C. Support state and Federal legislation and executive branch initiatives leading to research and technology development that will assist in achieving conformity objectives. D. Support legislation to require timely submittal of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) by the responsible agencies. Monitor this issue, and if Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) requirements implement congestion pricing tax mechanisms or increases other transportation -based fees, support legislation to apply revenues to state air quality and transportation programs. V Streamline administrative and regulatory processes. A. Support legislation and/or administrative reforms to enhance Caltrans' project delivery, such as contracting out of appropriate activities to the private sector. 000024 1997-98 Legislative Program Page 5 B. Seek administrative reforms which require Caltrans to accept accounting audits from the top ten accounting firms for consultants on transportation work, rather those duplicating audits. C. Support or initiate legislation to require coordination with and approval of affected local transportation agencies for private demonstration projects on the highway system. D. Support legislative or administrative changes in the State/Local Partnership Program process which will accelerate expenditure of available funds. E. Support legislation to allow Caltrans to pre -qualify project development consultants in the contracting out process and allow local agencies to use Caltrans lists to enhance project development. F. Continue efforts to streamline the Congestion Management Plan process and insure the process satisfies Federal Congestion Management System requirement. G. Support legislation which would modify the project development process for transit projects to make that process commensurate with the one used for highway work. H. Propose solutions to service delivery and institutional arrangements related to intercounty commuter services. I. Take appropriate steps to ensure that Federal project development requirements apply only to projects which are funded with Federal money. J. Support Caltrans internal reorganization efforts to increase efficiency. Accept the charge, if efficiency decisions result in transfer of responsibilities to the county authority level. K. Support or initiate legislation seeking authority under the Public Utilities Code sections on how public agencies are to conducting meetings, known as the Brown Act requirements, to allow for members of boards and commissions to participate in publically noticed meetings by telecommunications, similar to the current provisions allowing for participation by video communications. 000025 1997-98 Legislative Program Page 6 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM I. Protect current funding levels for transportation programs. A. Seek the turn back of the Federal gasoline tax revenues to the states and reduce the Federal role in transportation now that the Interstate System is complete. B. Seek Federal authorization to allow states to privatize their transportation systems and increase the efficiencies and effectiveness of the available resources and encourage private sector participation. C. Participate in the efforts to obtain re -authorization for Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and support the continuation of a flexible program that incorporates local and regional agencies needs for both rural and urban areas, consistent with a reduced Federal role in transportation. D. Seek to expand the role of regional agencies in determination of the use of all policy issues and Federal transportation funds. E. Support efforts to increase transportation appropriations to authorized levels and the transfer of the Highway Trust Fund from the Federal Budget to a separate fund. F. Seek a fair share for Riverside County of any additional Federal funding made available for transportation projects. G. Support legislation to secure adequate budget appropriation for transit, highway and rail programs in California and Riverside County. H. Oppose the further use of gas tax revenue for budget deficit reduction and support the transfer of those funds to the Surface Transportation Trust Fund and provide a return to source for those revenues, if no actual turnback can be achieved. I. Support continued Federal commitment of general funds to support public transit, to assure that California and the western states receive a fair share of the AMTRAK funding resources as compared to the North East Corridor. J. If Federal transit operating subsidies are eliminated, support legislation to also eliminate Federal requirements and regulation regarding transit operations. K. Seek the resolution of a financial settlements necessary in order to advance the completion of improvements to Route 86. 000026 1997-98 Legislative Program Page 7 L. Seek to include Goods Movement as a separate funding program in the re- authorization of ISTEA, to include improvements to airports, ports, border crossings and other trade facilities from funding designated separately for that purpose. Seek specialized funding for projects of international and national significance that are beyond the funding ability of local and state transportation programs and budgets. II. Protect and enhance flexibility in use of transportation revenue. A. Support legislation which would modify Federal project development requirements for transit projects to make them more consistent with the process employed for highway projects. B. Seek expanded flexibility through re -authorization of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) for use of Surface Transportation Program (STP) and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) and other funding sources. C. Support administrative or legislative change to apply Major Investment Study (MIS) requirements to the corridor level only, and restrict the geographical application of the MIS requirements to urbanized areas having over 250,000 in population. D. Support administrative or legislative action to insure Federal Congestion Management System requirements are consistent with the State's Congestion Management Plan process. III. Improve communications with congressional delegation and modal and regulatory agencies at the Federal level. 000027