SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA

 

 

PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 – 1:00 p.m.

 

42.    CONSIDER the following actions to address State Budget impact on Los Angeles County Transportation funding:

 

A.           adopting working priorities indicating those projects that can be funded based on current fund estimates.  For those Freeway and Call for Projects projects that are deferred, make them the first priority for the next available funding, i.e., federal reauthorization, 2004 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), etc.;

 

B.          adopting the refined project priority setting criteria;

 

C.          requesting Metro’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to hold a meeting to allow Call for Project sponsors an opportunity to comment on their project(s) prioritization;

 

D.           approving the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Amendment request;

 

E.            advancing Metro’s 17% commitment to the Alameda Corridor East (ACE) for Phase 1 and pursuing existing Transportation Congestion Relief Program (TCRP) commitments through the legislative process; and

 

F.            directing the Chief Executive Officer to continue to develop ways to advance high priority, immediately “ready-to-go” projects using funds from both deobligated and “not ready-to-go” low priority projects.


 

CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 – 2:00 p.m.

 

 

43.    YAROSLAVSKY MOTION that the Metro rename the Metro Rapid Transitway the San Fernando Valley Rapid Transitway project and take all appropriate steps to reflect this change.

 

 

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 10:30 a.m.

44.    ADOPT the following positions on state legislation:

   

A.      AB 684 (Dutra) – would require that all smart card systems placed into contract after 2004 be equipped with a specified device to create interoperability of differing smart card technology and that these systems be equipped with this device as the equipment is upgraded or repaired.  Require the establishment of a statewide task force to oversee the development of specifications and software to establish the technological requirements to establish interoperability of varying smart card technologies.  SEEK AMENDMENTS AND WORK WITH AUTHOR

   

B.      AB 875 (Wyland) – would require, beginning in 2008, all funds generated by the state gas tax and sales tax on gas be apportioned by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to the county in which those funds were generated and, also require the CTC to program these funds for freeway purposes.  OPPOSE

   

C.      SB 157 (Bowen) would create the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement Act in the State of California, create a Board of Governors to represent California at the Agreement meetings and require that implementation of agreements reached by the project shall be done by separate legislation.  SUPPORT

 

D.      SCA 7 (Murray) – would require that the loan repayment conditions for the State Transportation Fund and Public Transportation Account be applied to any loan that is made from motor vehicle fuel and vehicle-related revenues to any other fund or account in the State.  SUPPORT

 

 

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