TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: November 14, 2024
Subject: DISCUSS and REVISE the County's 2025-26 State and Federal Legislative Platforms (TWIC Referrals Only) and DIRECT staff as appropriate
Submitted For: TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT
Referral No: 1
Referral Name: Review legislative matters on transportation, water, and infrastructure
Presenter: John Cunningham || DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT
Contact: John Cunningham (925) 655-2896
Referral History:
The Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee (TWIC) conducts a biennial review of the State and Federal Legislative Platforms for revisions to sections under its purview. Recommendations are forwarded to the full Board of Supervisors who then adopts the platforms in January.
Lara Delaney, the County's staff lead on legislation, sent out a request for review and comment on the platform. This item is in response to that request.
Referral Update:
Revisions are included in the marked up State and Federal Platforms which are attached to this report. Staff commentary including rationale and relevant discussion on proposed revisions are discussed below and in the document in [brackets and italics]. Additional revisions may be brought verbally for consideration by the Committee at the November 14th Committee meeting.
Also attached to this staff report are the Contra Costa Transportation Authority’s State and Federal Platforms. The County typically reviews these documents and looks for opportunities to collaborate.
State
Three legislative platform proposals are attached for the Committee’s consideration:
1. Joint and Several Liability Reform
2. Active Transportation Funding that Integrates on-going Maintenance Support
3. Proposal to Amend Federal and State Gas Tax Eligibility for Non-Motorized Transportation Corridors
Staff will be available to discuss the options for each of the above proposals at Thursday’s meeting.
Federal
1. Consider combining the two multi-use trail enhancement planks, "Iron Horse Corridor Enhancement", and "East Contra Costa Multi-Use Trail Network". Requests were made for facilities in other parts of the County. Rather than have geographic specificity on projects, a countywide program would provide staff the flexibility to tailor requests to available funding.
2. Vasco Road - Byron Highway Connector clarification, this is a subset of the (eventual) SR-239 program of projects.
Formatting/Miscellaneous Edits
1. Update Supervisorial District Map on both the State and Federal documents.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
DISCUSS and REVISE the County's 2025-26 State and Federal Legislative Platforms (TWIC Referrals Only) and DIRECT staff as appropriate.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
None.