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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1976/08/17 Item 11CITY OF CHULA VISTA COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT ITEM N0. 11 FOR MEETING OF: $/17/76 ITEM TITLE: Resolution #8295 Approving Revised Procedures for Cooperative Development of F.A.U. Programs and the Appointment of Committee Member SUBMITTED BY Director of Public Works/City Engineer ',) ITEM EXPLANATION A new Federal Aid Highway Act (the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1976) was recently enacted which, among other things, provides funding for transit and for road projects on the Federal Aid Urban system. The Federal Act requires the states to develop procedures for local implementation of the Act. The Thoroughfare Advisory Committee, in accordance with the 1976 Act, has developed procedures for the implementation of the Federal Aid Urban Program. These procedures supplant those developed for the 1973 program. The purpose of the procedures is to define the cooperative process used in the San Diego County urbanized area for the selection of projects and the development of programs for the expenditure of FAU funds. The new procedures reflect the changes brought about by the 197Fi legislation which created the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) and the North County Transit Development Board (tdC1DB). This legislation gives the MTDB the authority to approve priorities within its area of jurisdiction which includes Chula Vista. A flow chart which was recently submitted to and approved by the Council and is attached to the draft procedures as Exhibit A depicts the step by step process proposed in the implementation of the FAU program. This flow chart also shows how the MTDB fits into the process. On June 17, 1976, the Thoroughfare Advisory Committee approved a draft copy (continued on supplemental page 2) ran unirn nrrnr.~ irn C/~rIIDIIJ HI IHl.irlGU Agreement Resolution X Ordinance Plat Other X Procedures Environmental Document: Attached Submitted on STAFF RECOMMENDATION: 1. Approve new FAU program procedures as submitted. 2. Appoint William J. Robens as Alember and John P. Lippitt as Alternate to the FAU Advisory Committee. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION A P COUNCIL ACTION C. -----~=~__a Dated.......~.~.._~..(.'....,~~............~........ Form A-113 (Rev 5-75) Supplemental page 2 Agenda Item No. 11 of the San Diego urbanized area Federal Aid Urban Program procedures for submittal to member agencies for review with the request that the procedures be approved. A summary of the principle elements of the procedure follows. 1. The agencies elegible to submit applicationa are determined. These agencies include the 11 cities in the urbanized area, the County, CALTRALdS District 11, the MTDB and the NCTDB. 2. The requirements for project applications are spelled out. These include such things as conforming to the local agency's general plan, appearing on the approved FAU system map, etc. 3. Applications are evaluated by the FAU Advisory Committee (heretofore called the Thoroughfare Advisory Committee). Membership and duties of the committee are defined. For the purpose of evaluation, projects shall be divided into 3 categories as follows: a) Regional road projects - up to 50~ of available funds. Regional projects shall be selected from that set of FAU system roads which have been identified as regionally significant. 1/5 of the regional projects may be traffic signals and road reha- bilitation (overlay) projects. b) Transit or transit assist projects - up to 25% of available funds. Transit projects includes almost any type of transit or transit assist project except the purchase of rolling stock. Rolling stock was excluded due to the availability of funds from other sources for this purpose. c. Local road projects - a minimum of 25~ of available funds. This money will be allocated to individual agencies for needed projects on the FAU system. Within each of the above categories priority lists are to be developed for the distribution of funds to specific projects. 4. The procedures indicate that any funds for regional or transit projects which are not used are to revert to local road projects for distribution to applying agencies. 5. There are certain special allocation controls in the procedure as follows: a) FAU funding for any project or combination of projects sub- mitted by CALTRANS shall not exceed 33-1/3g of the total available FAU funds. b. In accordance with legislation, the City of San Diego will be guaranteed a percentage of funds approximately equal to its percentage of population in the urbanized area. Projects submitted by CALTRANS and transit projects within Supplemental page 3 Agenda Item IVo. 11 the corporate limits of the City of San Diego, shall be credited to the City for the purpose of determining the percentage o£ funds. c) No changes to the evaluation process shall be made following the deadline for project submittals. 6. The FAU Advisory Committee will assemble a priority list of projects within established guidelines for transmittal to appropriate agencies for ratification. The project listing shall be considered approved if favorable action is indicated by resolution from local agencies representing: a) The majority of the incorporated cities. b) Incorporated cities representing the majority of population in the urbanized area. c) The incorporated city with a population greater than 200,000. The above approval is in accordance with federal requirements. If approval of the program does not occur, then the FAU Advisory Committee shall restructure the program in order to resolve the objections. If approval of the program as stated above does occur, then the FAU Committee assures appropriate review by the various agencies, as shown on the flowchart (Exhibit A). A copy of the complete program procedures is attached. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS: In the forwarding letter from the Thoroughfare Advisory Committee, it was requested that formal action be taken by each Council to appoint one committee member and one alternate to the Thoroughfare Advisory Committee as set forth in the new procedures or to approve the continuation of the existing appointments. The function of the committee is for an objective evaluation of projects on a technical basis. Therefore, the continued technical makeup of the committee seems appropriate. It is recommended that the current representatives to the Thoroughfare Advisory Committee, William J. Robens, Director of Public Works (Member) and John P. Lippitt, Assistant Director of Public Works (Alternate) be appointed as the representatives to the FAU Advisory Committee.