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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 2012 0321 CC REG ITEM 10E ITEM 10.E. 3�-,R I-'Apy/.A R. MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL - - -- -� AGENDA REPORT TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Dave Klotzle, City Engineer/Public Works Director Prepared by: Shaun Kroes, Senior Management Analyst DATE: March 9, 2012 (CC Meeting of 03/21/12) SUBJECT: Consider Opposition to AB 1778 (Williams) Pertaining to Ventura County Transportation Commission: Local Transportation Funds BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION As City Council is aware, SB 716 (Wolk) requires that all Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds be spent on transit services effective July 1, 2014. SB 716 also provided the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) with an opportunity to provide a report to the Legislature by December 31, 2011, analyzing options and providing a recommendation, for organizing public transit services and the future expenditure of local transportation fund revenues in Ventura County. The Ventura County transit operators, including the City of Moorpark, have been working with VCTC in the past few months to finalize the report to the Legislature. On February 21, 2012, Assemblymember Das Williams introduced AB 1778 (Fact Sheet attached). The proposed legislation, if enacted, would amend the dates adopted in SB 716 for both the report from VCTC to the Legislature and implementation of the provisions of SB 716. Specifically, AB 1778 makes a report to the Legislature a mandated responsibility of VCTC as opposed to the report being optional under SB 716, while giving VCTC until January 31, 2013 to submit the report. AB 1778 would also require legislative action to be completed and implemented by June 30, 2013, instead of July 1, 2014. If subsequent amending legislation is not approved, all TDA funds in Ventura County would be restricted to transit purposes beginning July 2013. VCTC has been making progress toward approval of a report to submit to the Legislature, and has reportedly been keeping the Legislature appraised of the progress. Any proposed legislation would appear to be premature, consequently, staff is SAPublic Works\Everyone\Reports\Staff Reports\2012\March\03-21-12(AB 1778)-doc 47 Honorable City Council March 21, 2012 Page 2 recommending that the City Council take a position of "oppose" on AB 1778. A proposed letter of opposition to the Legislature is attached. FISCAL IMPACT None. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS Oppose AB 1778 and authorize the Mayor to send a letter of opposition to the Legislature. Attachments: 1 —AB 1778 Fact Sheet 2 — Draft Letter of Opposition 48 Attachment 1 AB 1778 (Williams) Ventura County Transportation Commission: Local Transportation Funds SUMMARY transportation or community transit services beginning Assembly Bill 1778 requires the Ventura County July 1,2014. Transportation Commission (VCTC) to submit to the NEED FOR THE BILL Legislature by January 31, 2013, a report on the reorganization of transit services and expenditure of The VCTC had two years to complete their countywide local transportation funds. The bill stipulates that local transit plan and shows no signs of completing a plan transportation funds in Ventura County would be that's consistent with the provisions of SB 716: a available solely for transit purposes beginning July 1, comprehensive, county-wide plan for mass public 2013, rather than July 1, 2014 which is current law, transit. unless a legislative proposal in the report is enacted and implemented by June 30,2013. Given that VCTC is out of compliance with the requirements of the law, this bill would move the BACKGROUND timeline by which LTF funds must be used exclusively for transit purposes up from July 1,2014 to July 1, 2013. The Legislature enacted the Transportation This early roll over of LTF funds can be avoided if the Development Act(TDA), SB 325, Chapter 1400, Statutes report is delivered by January 30, 2013 and is enacted of 1971, in order to ensure "the efficient and orderly and implemented by June 30,2013. movement of people and goods in the urban areas of the state." The TDA authorized the boards of The efficient and orderly movement of people and supervisors in each county to impose a Y4-percent local goods in urban counties is of paramount importance. sales tax for transportation purposes. All counties Ventura County is an urban county with a population imposed the tax in 1972. To this end, revenues from well over 500,000. Many transit dependent people in the tax must be used for public transit purposes in Ventura County are not being served because of the counties with a population greater than 500,000 as of current diversion of these funds. They are in need of a the 1970 census. Counties with a population under comprehensive countywide transit plan consistent with 500,000 as of 1970 may use the revenues for transit and the provisions of SB 716. for local streets and roads if they make the finding that there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to SUPPORT be met. ■ None on File In 2009, SB 716 (Wolk) updated the census numbers in SB 325 by requiring each county with a population of OPPOSITION more than 500,000 as of the 2000 and any future federal census to use its Local Transportation Funds ■ None on File (LTF) funds for transit. SB 716 also provided that the VCTC submit to the appropriate legislative policy FOR MORE INFORMATION committees a report analyzing options for organizing public mass transportation services in Ventura County Tatum Holland and expending LTF revenues by December 31, 2011. Office of Assemblymember Das Williams VCTC has failed to complete the report and is now out (916)319-2035 of compliance with current law. tatum.holland @asm.ca.gov SB 716 additionally stipulated that if VCTC does not secure legislation to implement their proposed plan by the end of the 2011-12 legislative session, its LTF revenues would roll over for the exclusive use of public 49 Attachment 2 PQ PpK c4`'� F CITY OF MOORPARK o ° 799 Moorpark Avenue,Moorpark,California 93021 1 Phone(805)517-6200 1 Fax(805)532-2205 44°g4tE0 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR March 21, 2012 The Honorable Das G. Williams California State Assemblymember State Capitol, 10 & L Streets Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Opposition to AB 1778 (Williams) —Transit Dear Assemblymember Williams, On behalf of the City of Moorpark, I express our opposition to AB 1778 which requires the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) to submit to the Legislature by January 31, 2013, a report on the reorganization of transit services and expenditure of local transportation funds. The bill stipulates that local Ventura County transportation funds would be available solely for transit purposes beginning July 1, 2013, rather than July 1, 2014 which is current law, unless a legislative proposal is enacted and implemented by June 30, 2013. The City has been working closely with VCTC in the past few months to move forward with a final report to the legislature. It is the City's understanding that VCTC intends on adopting a final report for submittal to the Legislature at its April 13, 2012 meeting. It is for that reason that the City believes AB 1778 is premature and places requirements on Ventura County that do not exist for any other county in California. In closing, the City wants to bring to your attention factual errors which appeared in the Fact Sheet on AB 1778. As you know, SB 716 (Chapter 609, 2009 Statutes) authorizes (not requires) VCTC to submit a "...report analyzing options for organizing public mass transportation services in the county, for the expenditures of revenues deposited in the local transportation fund, and a recommended legislative proposal for implementing the plan..." References that VCTC is either not going to submit the report/plan or that VCTC is, "...out of compliance with current law" is not accurate with the direction of VCTC or provisions of SB 716. Any additional time that VCTC takes to finalize the report they are currently working on has been necessary as VCTC is working diligently to ensure that the plan takes into consideration all the concerns of multiple stakeholders (including the City) prior to submittal. For these reasons, the City of Moorpark opposes AB 1778. Thank you for your consideration of the City's position on this important matter. Sincerely, Janice S. Parvin Mayor C: Members,Assembly Transportation Committee;Ms.Janet Dawson, Principle Consultant,Assembly Transportation Committee;Mr. Gregson Porteous,Consultant,Assembly Republican Caucus;Capital Representation Group,Inc.;Mr.Darren Kettle,Executive Director, VCTC;Assembly Member Jeff Gorell;Senator Tony Strickland;Honorable City Council;City Manager; League of California Cities JANICE S.PARVIN ROSEANN MIKOS,Ph.D. KEITH F.MILLHOUSE DAVID POLLOCK MARK VAN DA 0 Mayor Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember