To: Board of Supervisors
From: Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee
Report Title: Re-Appointment of Regional Measure 3 Independent Oversight Committee Members
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPOINT Nazanin Shakerin and Kathy Chang to the Regional Measure 3 Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) for a term ending on June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None to the County. RM3 IOC members are eligible for a $50.00 per meeting stipend (maximum of 4 meetings/year) and reimbursement of actual travel expenses as defined by the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA). The stipend and travel reimbursement are both paid for by BATA.
BACKGROUND:
Senate Bill 595 (SB 595 - 2017) required the nine Bay Area counties to conduct a special election, known as Regional Measure 3 (RM3), on a proposed increase to toll rates on state-owned bridges in the region. The revenue from toll increases would fund several transportation projects and programs, including roadway operations, transit, and goods movement, that would provide congestion relief on transportation corridors at or approaching bridges throughout the Bay Area. This election took place on June 5, 2018, with voters approving a three-dollar toll increase, phased in one-dollar increments every three years through 2025, with the first one-dollar increase effective January 1, 2019.
SB 595 also required that the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) establish an independent oversight committee (IOC), comprised of two citizen representatives from each Bay Area county, within six months of the effective date of the toll increase. The RM3 IOC would convene to ensure that any toll revenues generated pursuant to the RM3 toll increase would be expended consistent with the applicable requirements of the RM3 expenditure plan, which contains a list of eligible transportation projects and programs.
At its July 9, 2019 meeting, the Board of Supervisors referred the IOC citizen representative recruitment to the Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committe...
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