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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2002 0417 CC REG ITEM 10AITEM IV A , .k � 7 Moorpark City Counc�.a ��r AGENDA REPORT�/,�, TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: John Brand, Senior Management Analyst 0 DATE: April 10, 2002 (CC meeting of April 17, 2002) SUBJECT: Consider Providing Comments on the Draft Unmet Transit Needs Findings to the Ventura County Transportation Commission. BACKGROUND On April 3, the City Council requested that staff place an item on the agenda to allow for review of the draft Unmet Transit Needs documents and process. The purpose is to provide the Council with an opportunity to review the draft findings and to provide comments to the City VCTC representative prior to VCTC's consideration of the draft findings in May. Previously, on February 6, the City Council heard and made comments for inclusion in the Unmet Transit Needs process that VCTC conducts annually. On April 3, under separate cover, Council received VCTC's draft summary and findings document. As Council knows, this process fulfills a statutory requirement to provide the public with the opportunity to identify transit needs prior to the allocation of Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds at the local level. Public transit is the priority for expenditure of the 1-4fi state sales tax authorized by the TDA legislation. VCTC prepared the summary of the comments and draft findings on those comments for the FY 2002/2003 Unmet Transit Needs public hearings. There are no proposed findings of unmet needs affecting Moorpark or Moorpark Transit. DISCUSSION On April 3, Councilmember Mikos expressed concerns about the draft comments. She felt that the "report card" included for the first Unmet Transit Needs CC Meeting of April 17, 2002 Page 2 time with the summary of comments did not fulfill its intent. Two years ago, as a part of its statutorily- required review of the Unmet Transit Needs comments and findings, the CTAC /SSTAC (Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee /Social Services Transportation Advisory Committee) requested that every year the process begin with a "report card" on the status of previous years' findings, determinations, and goals. The Committee felt that the "report card" would give the public a better understanding of the process and the status of various transit programs. This year, the "report card" on last year's findings was distributed after the comment period had closed. It includes an update on the findings and demonstration projects, but not on the goals or recommendations that were also adopted by VCTC. Additionally, Councilmember Mikos expressed a concern that the goals adopted by VCTC in conjunction with the Unmet Needs findings should be tracked in the report card as well. Staff proposes that the Council convey to VCTC the City's desire to receive a "report card" each year prior to the beginning of the Unmet Transit Needs process. The report card would include, at a minimum, a status update on all of the findings, demonstration projects, goals, and recommendations cited or adopted by VCTC in conjunction with the Unmet Transit Needs Hearings from the previous years, and any uncompleted items from prior years' Unmet Transit Needs Hearings. RECOMMENDATION Provide comments on the draft Unmet Transit Needs findings, including the proposed direction on the report card, and direct staff to transmit the comments to VCTC.