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RESOLUTION NO. 5-2008
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR MTC TO PROVIDE CONTINUED AND EXPANDED
FUNDING TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND
IMPROVEMENTS OF STREETS AND ROADS
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the designated
metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the San Francisco Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, as the MPO, MTC receives federal allocations of Surface Transportation
Planning (STP) funds, a portion of which pass through MTC to the Cities and the Counties
of the Bay Area and are used to maintain and improve local streets arid roads; and
WHEREAS, state and federal law requires that MTC develop a Regional Transportation
Plan (RTP) and update it every four years; and .
WHEREAS, the RTP is a 25-year transportation planning document that is required under
federal law to include a financial element; and
WHEREAS, MTC's adopted 2005 RTP (called "T-2030"), includes a 25-year forecast for
transportation in the Bay Area, including the allocation of federal STP funds; and
WHEREAS, MTC is in the process of updating its RTP; and
WHEREAS, under the current federal authorization (SAFETEA-LU), FHW A allocated
$32.7 billion in STP funds nationwide; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area's share of STP funds is $452 million over the life of SAFETEA-LU
from FY 2003 through FY 2009; and
WHEREAS, 100% of STP funds are eligible for funding transit capital shortfalls and local
streets and roads rehabilitation for the Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, in the past decade MTC has allocated an increasing percentage of STP funds in
successive RTPs to its regional programs such as Transportation for Livable Communities
(TLC) and Regional Pedestrian and Bicycles, and is contemplating further increases for
ABAG's FOCUS Program; and
WHEREAS, the amount of STP funding that MTC channels to its regional programs has
increased from $180 million in the 2001 RTP to $740 million in the 2005 RTP; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Contra Costa rely heavily upon federal funding sources to
maintain and improve local streets and roads; and.
WHEREAS, prior to the 1991 revisions, federal funding for local streets and roads was
provided directly to the cities and the counties through the federal aid urban and federal
aid secondary programs, and were not available to MTC for diversion to regional
programs; and
WHEREAS, MTC's regional programs, although beneficial to specific elements of the
transportation system, do not contribute directly to maintaining and improving local
streets and roads; and
WHEREAS, based upon the currently adopted RTP, the cost of maintaining local streets
and roads is $16.7 billion, while revenues are projected at $10.2 billion; and
WHEREAS, additional funding for streets and roads is urgently needed; and
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCT A) has requested support of
this resolution by its member jurisdictions; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council
1. Finds the deteriorating conditions of local streets and roads to be an extremely
serious problem warranting immediate attention, in order to limit further damages
and return the streets and roads to a decent state of repair; and
2. Supports expanded funding for local streets and roads out of discretional federal
funds flowing directly to MTC through commitment in the 2009 RTP; and
3. Encourages MTC to expanding funding of local streets and roads by utilizing
federal regional Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding, other discretionary
sources that flow directly through MTC, and new sources that become available to
the region; and
4. Urges MTC to cap the percentage of regional STP funds that are set aside for its
regional programs to current levels of less, in order to increase the opportunity to
fund local streets and roads rehabilitation and capital maintenance.
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APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on January 15, 2008, by
. the following vote:
AYES: Andersen, Arnerich, Doyle, Shimansky, Stepper
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY )-
ATTEST:
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