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TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
MEETING AGENDA*
10:00 A.M.
October 21, 2002
Riverside County Transportation Commission
3560 University Avenue, Suite 100
Riverside, CA 92501
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Bill Bayne, City of Cathedral City
Tom Boyd, City of Riverside
Bill Brunet, City of Blythe
Dick Cromwell, SunLine Transit
Louis Flores, Caltrans District 08
Mike Gow, City of Hemet
Mark Greenwood, City of Palm Desert
Terry Hagen, City of Indio
Jerry Hanson, City of Desert Hot Springs
Bruce Harry, City of Rancho Mirage
Bill Hughes, City of Temecula
George Johnson, County of Riverside
Elroy Kiepke, City of Calimesa
Eldon Lee, City of Coachella
Cis LeRoy, RTA
John Licata, City of Corona
Bob Mohler, City of Palm Springs
Habib Motlagh, Cities of Perris, San
Jacinto, Canyon Lake
Craig Neustaedter, City of Moreno Valley
Ray O' Donnell, City of Lake Elsinore
Kahono Oei, City of Banning
Juan Perez, County of Riverside
Joe Schenk, City of Norco
Ken Seumalo, City of Murrieta
Roy Stevenson, City of LaQuinta
Ruthanne Taylor Berger, WRCOG
Allyn Waggle, CVAG
Tim Wassil, City of Indian Wells
John Wilder, City of Beaumont
Cathy Bechtel, Director Transportation Planning & Policy Development
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
AGENDA*
*Actions may be taken on any item listed on the agenda.
TIME: 10:00 A.M.
DATE: October 21, 2002
LOCATION: Riverside County Transportation Commission
3560 University Avenue, Suite 100
Riverside, CA 92501
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. SELF -INTRODUCTION
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — September 16, 2002
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (This is for comments on items not listed on the agenda.
Comments relating to an item on the agenda will be taken when the item is before
the Committee.)
5. MEASURE A REAUTHORIZATION
6. STIP UPDATE (Attachment)
7. NEWPORT ROAD STIP REPROGRAMMING (Attachment)
8. CETAP UPDATE
9. UPDATE ON YUCCA MOUNTAIN STORAGE FACILITY AND IMPACT TO RIVERSIDE
COUNTY
10. 2004 RTP UDATE (Attachment)
11. OTHER BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
12. ADJOURNMENT (The next meeting will be November 18, 2002 in Banning.)
MINUTES
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
Monday, September 16, 2002
1. Call to Order
The meeting of the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC)
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was called to order at 10:00 a.m., at
Banning City Hall, 99 East Ramsey Street, Banning, California.
2. Self -Introductions
Members Present: Bill Bayne, City of Cathedral City
Tom Boyd, City of Riverside
Bill Brunet, City of Blythe
Louis Flores, Caltrans
Mike Gow, City of Hemet
Mark Greenwood, City of Palm Desert
Terry Hagen, City of Indio
Jerry Hanson, City of Desert Hot Springs
Bruce Harry, City of Rancho Mirage
Bill Hughes, City of Temecula
Tim Jonasson, City of La Quinta
John Licata, City of Corona
Bob Mohler, City of Palm Springs
Ray O'Donnell, City of Lake Elsinore
Juan Perez, County of Riverside
Ken Seumalo, City of Murrieta
Allyn Waggle, CVAG
Tim Wassil, City of Indian Wells
Dale West, WRCOG
John Wilder, City of Beaumont
Others Present:
Cathy Bechtel, RCTC
Shirley Gooding, RCTC
Eric Haley, RCTC
Ken Lobeck, RCTC
Shirley Medina, RCTC
Kevin Viera, WRCOG
Technical Advisory Committee Minutes
September 16, 2002
Page 2
3. Approval of Minutes
M/S/C (Wassil/Licata) approve the minutes dated June 17, 2002.
4. Public Comments
There were no public comments.
5. CETAP UPDATE
Cathy Bechtel, RCTC, announced the extension of the internal corridors
public hearings process, but she stated the extended date has not been
decided yet. She said that there will be discussion at the October
Commission Meeting about having hearing boards made up of
representatives of the Commission to allow an opportunity for additional
public comments later this year.
Ms. Bechtel informed the TAC members that the Governor has AB 1010 to
sign regarding the two inter -county corridors on the Orange County
Corridor. If he does sign it, part of AB 1010 is a bi-county policy level
committee which is made up of elected representatives from Orange
County and Riverside County.
She stated that on the Moreno Valley to San Bernardino corridor, there is a
Technical Advisory Committee meeting September 17, 2002 at 3:30 at
RCTC to talk about one additional arterial improvement that has been
requested by San Bernardino County. An arterial going from Pigeon Pass
area in Moreno Valley, across Box Springs through the Highgrove area and
connect to Interstate 10, either from Pepper Street, Riverside Avenue,
Rancho Avenue is being proposed. This will not change the preferred
alternative that has already been approved by RCTC and SANBAG — the
60/215 through Box Springs with a tunnel connecting over to California
Street at Barton Road in the Loma Linda/Redlands area.
6. MEASURE "A" REAUTHORIZATION
Eric Haley, RCTC, reported that there were over 110 groups on record
supporting Measure "A," including all the Chambers of Commerce, a
number of senior citizen organizations, mobile home owners associations.
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September 16, 2002
Page 3
He said there has been just shy of half a million dollars raised and in the
bank at the present time. The campaign is anticipated to top out at about
$1.4M which would make it the most aggressive campaign in the County's
history. There is an internal poll being done on voter support later this
week and made available to the campaign committee on the 25th, which
will provide a broad sample of about 800 + indicating the nature of the
challenge. He further stated that at the present time it is anticipated that
the $1.4M will pay for about 7 to 10 county -wide mailers concentrated
with a number of specialized mailers.
Mr. Haley stated that the Sierra Club, with 118 members in Riverside
County, on a split vote is opposed to the Measure. Someone from the
Green Party and a couple of Libertarians oppose the Measure. He said that
the list of opponents is comprised of individuals and they number less than
25. There is no campaign account or fund and no ability to mount
anything other than the rebuttal which is allowed in the voter pamphlet.
Mr. Haley summarized by stating that at the present time, it is likely that
the Measure will be extended. However, there are still 50 days to go.
7. STIP UPDATE
Shirley Medina, RCTC, stated that with the 2002 STIP Adoption, there has
been more scrutiny with every amendment and allocation request since
April. She said that projects that were programmed in the current year and
next fiscal year, 03/04, have been allocated. She said that those projects
that have state only funds programmed initially have been given state only
funds. She further stated that there is little funding or programming
capacity left in the STIP and that it is all in 06/07, even though there is an
unprogrammed county share balance remaining for Riverside County.
RCTC has approved some projects that still need to be
included/programmed in the STIP. She said that the projects will be
noticed at the October CTC meeting. The only project amendment
requiring action at the October meeting is for Corona, splitting the project
on Magnolia Avenue Corridor focusing the STIP money on the interchange
and focusing local funds on the local road improvements that are adjacent
to the interchange.
Ms. Medina further stated that the other projects going forward for notice
in November are PPM funds, DeFrain and Jefferson Bridge widening, a
project the County inherited from La Quinta, and the 1-10 Indian Avenue
interchange in Palm Springs and the 1-10 Jefferson interchange in Indio.
She said that regarding the PPM funds, typically projects for PPM have
been taken to the Commission one at a time and following Commission
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September 16, 2002
Page 4
approval, they get programmed in the STIP. This time the funds are
proposed to be programmed in the STIP as a reservation. Ms. Bechtel
further explained that placeholder dollars were put in to give RCTC an
opportunity to come back and identify specific projects. Otherwise, all
PPM funds would be in the 06/07 year. Ms. Medina said that PPM funds
in prior years are still uncertain. She said that she will have more
information for the TAC at the October 21 meeting.
8. RTP DEVELOPMENT - LOCAL AGENCY REVIEW OF SCAG DATA
Kevin Viera, WRCOG, handed out "DRAFT Attachment 4.1 Local Review
Form and Procedures - Forecasting Technical Task Force, August 14,
2002." He indicated that a workshop will be held on September 25, at the
City of Riverside, to discuss the procedures for filling out the information
for the projections. The workshop is for Western Riverside, Coachella
Valley and Imperial County and that its purpose is to go over the forms to
be filled out and to answer any questions. He said that SCAG has
developed projections based on the methodology regarding population and
housing and broken down to jurisdictional numbers. He indicated there are
various economic factors, such as birth and death rates, with regards to
their industries. The review period is for 2 months. He stated that the
numbers will be going to the planning departments (planning directors or
their representatives).
Shirley Medina indicated that she has attended some of the SCAG
forecasting technical task force meetings and that RCTC's interests are
being represented very well. She indicated that everyone is welcome to
attend the meetings. Mr. Viera said that if anyone is interested and does
not want to go to Los Angeles, the meeting will be video conferenced at
the Riverside SCAG inland office.
9. 2002 RTIP/FTIP UPDATE
Ken Lobeck, RCTC, handed out individual project tracking sheets and new
monitoring worksheets. He said that the 2002 RTIP/FTIP should be
approved by the last week of September or the first week of October,
specifically by October 6. He said it is about a $20B program for the
region of which Riverside County has about $2.1B in projects. He
indicated that there have not been any issues since SCAG approved it in
August. Even though it has not been approved yet, SCAG has given
permission to start the amendment process and that the first amendment
of about 70 projects, primarily transit projects will be submitted to SCAG
about September 18. He asked that he be contacted immediately if an
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September 16, 2002
Page 5
agency has a project that needs to be amended since he needs about two
weeks to review the amendments.
Shirley Medina indicated that there has been confusion with the RTIP
acronym. Agencies need to be careful when using these terms because
the RTIP acronym is used for both the FTIP and STIP. She summarized by
stating that when talking about a particular project, specify STIP, FTIP, to
be clearer about the project.
Juan Perez, County of Riverside, suggested that RCTC staff put together a
summary of terms and Ken Lobeck offered to do that.
10. QUARTERLY PROJECT MILESTONES AND STATUS REPORTS FOR CMAQ,
STPL, TEA, AND STIP FUNDED PROJECTS
Shirley Medina indicated that improvement is needed on milestones project
tracking. Because of AB 1012 and SB 45, staff is constantly trying to
figure out where we are as far as obligating funds, keeping funds from
lapsing, monitoring STIP projects to be sure to request extensions, if
needed. She further indicated that on a quarterly basis staff is going to
provide the TAC with the information that Ken Lobeck has put together so
that if an agency is still on track with project milestones, just indicate that
nothing has changed. If, however, there are changes to milestones write
that down and let staff know. If there is a delay in your allocation date,
change it to what is anticipated along with a comment to help staff to stay
in line with the status of the project. The same holds true of federal
funding so funds will not be lapsed.
Ken Lobeck said that spreadsheets in Excel will be sent via e-mail and that
the programming summary is merely for information. He indicated that the
word "prior" reflects a previously obligated amount. He said that after the
sheet has been completed, it should be returned to him and that this
process will be done quarterly.
'11. UPDATED PROJECT TRACKING SHEETS
Ken Lobeck indicated that he is working on a snapshot e-mail version of
the tracking sheets and although it has not been successful thus far, he
asked that the recipients attempt to open it and let him know if they
receive it. He was asked if it could be sent as a PDF file and Ken said the
snapshot version should work.
Technical Advisory Committee Minutes
September 16, 2002
Page 6
12. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE CHANGES TO THE
FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION STATUS OF STREETS AND ROADS
Ken Lobeck stated that the standardized format of this process has
changed in that the attached form is available only through him at this time
and that he will be happy to e-mail it to anyone who requests it.
Louis Flores indicated that Caltrans has sent out updated maps of
jurisdictions with a request to review them to see if they include recent
changes that may have been sent.
13. RCTC SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 COMMISSION MEETING
Cathy Bechtel distributed the Commission Connection and highlighted the
section regarding solar panels that are being installed at the La Sierra
Metrolink station. She pointed out the paragraph regarding State Route 79
wherein a resolution was placed on the agenda recognizing the importance
of securing funds to make improvements on SR 79 from Domenigoni
Parkway south.
Eric Haley handed out a letter signed by Supervisor Jim Venable and
George A. Johnson, Director of Transportation, and informed the TAC
members that Supervisor Venable and a number of business leaders in the
Temecula/Murrieta and unincorporated areas have been pushing hard for an
extraordinary level of commitment, including a reprogramming of the
named measure funds on Newport to Keller. He stated that the Supervisor
is proposing that fees collected by the County would pay for the Newport
to Keller portion and that they would move STIP funding down to a
commitment of a project that could be up to $1 OOM for the Domenigoni to
Hunter section. It is clearly STIP eligible, with some difficulties. He further
stated that the project is still many, many millions behind in terms of being
able to fund the project. He said that the Commission urged staff to bring
this back to the TAC in October and then roll it into our policy committees
as per the normal process and bring it to the November 13 Commission
meeting.
Cathy Bechtel stated that at the October 21 TAC meeting staff is going to
ask for the TAC's recommendation on whether we can approve Supervisor
Venable and the County of Riverside's request to move $6M of STIP
money that was approved for Newport Road to SR 79, Domenigoni to
Hunter. She said that the TAC may feel that the $6M should go down the
list of unfunded projects from the last STIIP programming cycle. She also
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September 16, 2002
Page 7
said that the TAC's recommendation will need to go to the Plans and
Programs Committee Meeting on October 28 and to the full Commission on
November 13.
Shirley Medina said that staff will provide the TAC with a great deal of
material regarding the origination of the projects and cost estimates.
14. OTHER BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Louis Flores reported that Ernie Rogers, who was involved in an automobile
accident, is still in intensive care and is due to come out of intensive care
within a few days. He is improving and is undergoing a program of
physical therapy. He had multiple injuries and has had several surgeries. It
is hoped that he will be moved to a facility closer to his home.
Cathy Bechtel stated that she received an e-mail indicating that the
California Transportation Foundation is going to be involved in accepting
tax deductible donations for Ernie or any of the other gentlemen who were
injured in that accident.
Shirley Medina handed out a Caltrans invitation for applications for
transportation planning grants and indicated that the application deadline is
November 1, 2002, 5:00 PM.
Tim Wassil, City of Indian Wells, announced that the next meeting of the
APWA Local Chapter of the Coachella Valley will be at the Desert Willows,
October 7 at noon, and the guest will be Dr. Peter Wilson from Cal State.
15. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business for consideration by the Technical Advisory
Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM. The next meeting is
scheduled for October 21, 2002, 10:00 AM, at Riverside County
Transportation Commission, 3560 University Avenue, Riverside, CA.
Respectfully submitted,
Shirley M .Yna
Program Manager
AGENDA ITEM 6
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
DATE:
October 21, 2002
TO:
Technical Advisory Committee
FROM:
Shirley Medina, Program Manager
SUBJECT:
Update on the 2002 State Transportation
(STIP)
Improvement Program
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file.
BACKGROUND;
At the October 2-3, 2002 California Transportation Commission meeting, the
2002 STIP was fully programmed, and therefore, no other projects can be
programmed in the STIP until the 2004 STIP adoption in April 2004.
As you may recall, in December of 2001, the CTC released their annual
report "Issues for 2002". This report identified funding shortfalls with the
2002 STIP. Shortly afterwards, the CTC asked the county commissions to
delay projects, especially from the first years of the STIP to the out years
due to the lack of funding capacity available in the first two years. Upon the
adoption of the 2002 STIP in April 2002, the CTC had recommended
projects be delayed generally beyond what the county commissions
submitted.
Over the summer, projects requested for amendment into the STIP by the
counties were scrutinized, with projects being approved and denied by the
CTC. With limited funding and programming capacity left in the 2002 STIP,
approved amendments resulted in a fully subscribed STIP at the October CTC
meeting.
Five projects approved by RCTC were not programmed in the 2002 STIP for
Riverside County. These five projects were submitted to Caltrans for
"Notice" at the October CTC meeting. Prior to the October meeting, the
CTC requested Caltrans to remove all projects for "Notice" due to the
amount of projects requesting to be programmed in the STIP under "Action"
(Amendments are required to be "Noticed" one month prior to "Action").
The five projects are:
Agency, Project Description STIP $
- County, Defrain Boulevard $ 810,000
- County, Jefferson road and bridge widening $ 8,963,000
Palm Springs, 1-10 and Indian IC $15,262,000
- Indio, 1-10 and Jefferson IC $10,710,000
- RCTC, Planning, Programming and Monitoring $ • 1,181,000
These five projects were included in the STIP submittal as "reservations" and
would be amended into the STIP during fiscal year 2002/03. Unfortunately,
project amendments that were submitted since the April 2002 STIP adoption
from other counties throughout the state consumed the remaining capacity
even though Riverside County's share was not fully programmed.
As mentioned above, no more STIP amendments that add funding will be
approved. STIP amendments that change the description, or do not add
funding can be approved. The next opportunity to program projects will be
the 2004 STIP. The 2004 STIP Fund Estimate is scheduled to be released in
July 2003. Added fund years will be 2007/08 and 2008/09.
AGENDA ITEM 7
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION
DATE:
October 21, 2002
TO:
Technical Advisory Committee
FROM:
Shirley Medina, Program Manager
SUBJECT:
Newport Road STIP Reprogramming Request
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
That the TAC recommend action on the County's request to reprogram STIP
funds from the Newport Road project to SR 79 and forward to the RCTC
Plans and Programs Committee meeting on October 28, 2002.
BACKGROUND:
The Newport Road STIP project was originally approved by RCTC under the
2000 STIP Discretionary call for projects as an earmark for 2002 STIP funds.
Newport Road is currently programmed in the 2002 STIP in fiscal year
2004/05 for the construction phase in the amount of $6 million in Regional
Improvement Program funds (RIP).
At the September 11, 2002 Commission meeting, a resolution was adopted
to prioritize improvements for SR 79 and develop a funding strategy that
would consider the allocation of future discretionary state and federal
funding for widening SR 79 to six lanes. In addition, the resolution states
that RCTC will work in cooperation with the County, Caltrans, and other
government and private sector entities to expedite improvements to the area.
At the same meeting, a letter was distributed from Supervisor Venable
regarding the status of the Newport Road STIP project. The letter stated
that an EIR/EIS was being required by the FHWA, with FHWA as lead agency
for the EIS, and that it would take approximately five years to complete the
NEPA process.
In order to expedite the Newport Road project, the County is requesting to
remove federal funds from the project. The County will fund the project
entirely with local funds. The County is also proposing to move the $6
million of STIP funds to the SR 79 (Domenigoni to Hunter) project since the
SR 79 project is underfunded and is required to undergo federal processes.
The Commission took action to have the TAC review the request and make a
recommendation. The TAC recommendation will be brought to the October
28th Plans and Programs Committee meeting.
Additional information and material will be provided at the October 21st TAC
meeting.
AGENDA ITEM 10
RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION
DATE:
October 21, 2002
TO:
Technical Advisory Committee
FROM:
Shirley Medina, Program Manager
SUBJECT:
2004 Regional Transportation Plan Update
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file.
BACKGROUND;
The 2004 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) is well underway. SCAG has
released the 2001 RTP project listing for review and update. Projects that
need to be in the RTP are projects that would receive future federal and state
funding and/or are regionally significant.
RCTC staff will be including projects that are approved through the Measure
A reauthorization, TUMF programs from Coachella Valley and Western
Riverside County, Caltrans capital programs, and TEA 21 reauthorization
appropriation requests. Projects not included in the above, can be included
at the request of local agencies.
We will be contacting Caltrans, CVAG, WRCOG, and local agencies over the
next couple of months for review and input. The deadline for RCTC to
submit RTP project lists is December 6, 2002.