To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Report on Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budgets for the Congestion Management Agency and the Regional Transportation Planning Committees
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 budget for the Congestion Management Agency (CMA), a function performed by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (Authority) and APPROVE FY 2025/26 County contributions of $699,510 to the CMA and $123,463 to the Regional Transportation Planning Committees that assist with implementing Measure J (2004), as required by prior agreements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No impact to the General Fund. The County contributions to the Congestion Management Agency and the Regional Transportation Planning Committees are accounted for and funded from the annual operating budgets approved by the Board of Supervisors for the Public Works Department and the Department of Conservation and Development, using gas tax and Measure J Return-to-Source revenue.
BACKGROUND:
The agreement that created Contra Costa County's Congestion Management Agency (CMA) requires referral of its budget to member jurisdictions. The Regional Transportation Planning Committees (RTPCs) were established by the County and the cities to facilitate cooperative multi-jurisdictional transportation planning in the four subregions of the County, pursuant to the Measure J Transportation Improvement and Growth Management Program. Some RTPCs require member jurisdictions to review their proposed annual budgets. The Board of Supervisors takes this action annually.
This Board Order also recommends approval of the budgeted financial contribution from Contra Costa County to the CMA and the RTPCs for FY 2025/26, as required by agreements creating these entities.
Exhibit "A" compares the FY 2025/26 CMA and RTPC budgets and the proposed County contribution to these entities t...
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