To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: ADOPT a resolution approving the submission of a claim to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to seek Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Transportation Development Act (TDA) funding
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution approving the submission of a claim to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to seek Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Transportation Development Act (TDA) funding in the amount of $1,597,900 for bicycle and pedestrian projects sponsored by the County and the Cities of Antioch, Brentwood, Concord, Danville, Martinez, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, and DIRECT the Public Works Director, or designee, to forward the claim to the MTC for final approval and final allocation of funding effective July 1, 2026, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Transportation Development Act, Article 3 Funds.
BACKGROUND:
Article 3 of the TDA, Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 99200 et seq., authorizes submission of claims to a regional transportation planning agency for the funding of projects exclusively for the benefit and/or use of pedestrians and bicyclists. The MTC, as the regional transportation planning agency for the San Francisco Bay region, has adopted MTC Resolution No. 4108, which delineates procedures and criteria for submission of requests for the allocation of TDA Article 3 funds. Each claimant whose project or projects have been prioritized for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2026/2027, TDA Article 3 Countywide coordinated claim is required to submit a resolution from its governing body to MTC requesting an allocation of TDA Article 3 funds.
On February 12, 2026, two members of the City-County Engineering Advisory Committee (CCEAC) and two members of the Countywide Bicycle Advisory Committee (CBAC) performed a virtual review of the project applications. At that time, the allocation from the MTC was estimated at $1,597,900. The funding recommendations for those projects were approved by the CCEAC at their April 16, 2026, meeting and subsequently approved by the Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference at their May 7, 2026, meeting.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve the recommendation and forward the list will eliminate a potential funding source.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
and for Special Districts, Agencies and Authorities Governed by the Board
body
IN THE MATTER OF
approving and authorizing the recommendation of the Public Works Director, or designee, for allocating the Transportation Development Act (TDA), Article 3 funds for bicycle and pedestrian projects for Fiscal Year 2026/2027 and directing the Public Works Director, or designee, to forward the list to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for final approval and allocation of funding effective July 1, 2026, Countywide.
WHEREAS,
Article 3 of the TDA, Public Utilities Codes (PUC) Section 99200 et seq., authorizes the submission of claims to a regional transportation planning agency for the funding of projects exclusively for the benefit and/or use of pedestrians and bicyclists; and,
WHEREAS, MTC Resolution No. 4108 requires that requests from eligible claimants for the allocation of TDA Article 3 funds be submitted as part of a single, countywide coordinated claim, composed of certain required documents; and,
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has undertaken a process in compliance with MTC Resolution No. 4108 for consideration of project proposals submitted by eligible claimants of TDA Article 3 funds in Contra Costa County, and a prioritized list of projects, included as Attachment A of this Resolution, was developed as a result of this process; and,
WHEREAS, each claimant in Contra Costa County whose project or projects have been prioritized for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2026/2027 TDA Article 3 countywide coordinated claim has forwarded to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors a certified copy of its governing body resolution for submittal to MTC requesting an allocation of TDA Article 3 funds
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approves the prioritized list of projects included as Attachment A to this resolution; and furthermore, be it RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approves the submittal to MTC, of the Contra Costa County Fiscal Year 2026/2027 TDA Article 3 countywide, coordinated claim, composed of the following required documents: (A) transmittal letter; (B) a certified copy of this resolution, including Attachment A; (C) one copy of the governing body resolution and required attachments, for each claimant whose project or projects are the subject of the coordinated claim; and (D) a description of the process for public and staff review of all proposed projects submitted by eligible claimants for prioritization and inclusion in the countywide, coordinated claim.
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