HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 8190 (Transportation Improvement Plan)RESOLUTION NO. 8190
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN RAFAEL APPROVING THE MARIN COUNTY TRANSPOR-
TATION IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN
I. WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Code, Sections
180000 through 180250, authorizes counties to prepare
transportation expenditure plans and to hold elections at which the
electorate may vote on the imposition of a retail transactions and
use tax to raise revenue for identified transportation
expenditures; and
II. WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Code establishes a
procedure for the adoption of transportation expenditure plans
which requires approval of the Board of Supervisors and the city
councils representing a majority of the cities and a majority of
the incorporated population; and
III. WHEREAS, the Marin Transportation Authority duly
constituted pursuant to Section 180051 of the California Public
Utilities Code, has prepared the Marin County Transportation
Improvement and Growth Management Plan which includes
transportation improvements needed to maintain mobility in Marin
County and identifies procedures which will keep residential and
commercial development from outpacing the provision of facilities
and services; and
IV. WHEREAS, the Marin Transportation Authority since August
1989 has held more than nine public meetings to develop and revise
the Transportation Improvement and Growth Management Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the San Rafael City
Council approves the Marin County Transportation Improvement and
Growth Management Plan and hereby recommends that the Marin County
Transportation Authority request the Board of Supervisors to hold
an election for the purpose of asking the voters to approve the
imposition of a one cent retail transactions and use tax for the
transportation improvements identified in the Plan.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on Monday, the eighteenth day of June, 1990, by the
following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Boro, Breiner, Shippey, Thayer & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNC ILMEMBERS : None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
JE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk
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MARIN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMiENT
AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Marin County Transportation Authority was created under the provisions of the
Public Utilities Code Section 180000 by the Marin County Council of Mayors and
Councilmembers and the Board of Supervisors to develop and implement the
Transportation Improvement and Growth Management Plan.
The activities of the Transportation Authority to implement the Plan shall commence
with the passage by the voters of a one cent increase in the retail sales tax in Marin
County.
The membership of the Transportation Authority includes:
- One Member of the Board of Supervisors
- One Member of the Novato City Council
- One Member of the San Rafael City Council
- Two City Council Members appointed by the Marin County Council of Mayors
and Councilmembers from the Cities in the Upper and Lower Ross Valley
(Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur, Ross, San Anselmo)
- Two City Council Members appointed by the Marin County Council of Mayors
and Councilmembers from the Cities in Southern Marin (Belvedere, Mill Valley,
Sausalito, Tiburon)
No jurisdiction shall have more than one representative on the Transportation Authority.
OBJECTIVES OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH
MANAGENNIENNT PLAN
The Transportation Improvement and Growth Management Plan will:
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Provide a balanced program for transportation improvements and growth
management
The plan provides public transit, highway and other transportation improvements
designed to relieve existing traffic congestion problems. The Plan also includes
growth management programs to ensure that new development will not cause
additional traffic congestion or other adverse impacts on public services.
Establish a Countywide Planning Agency, to Manage Growth
A Countywide Planning Agency will be established to ensure that local growth does
not exceed local water, sewer and transportation capacities. The Countywide
Planning Agency will be responsible for imple aen"'ng countywide performance
standards for traffic, housing, water and seder facilities, and environmental
protection.
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3. Provide transportation improvements which will improve the quality of life in Marin
while still protecting the natural environment
The Plan will improve the quality of life in Marin by providing a high level of
mobility through the implementation of transit projects and traffic flow
improvements which are beneficial to the environment. Transportation projects
which would cause significant adverse impacts to the environment will not be
implemented.
4. Emphasize improving public transit over expanding highway capacity.
The Plan requires that the majority of expenditures shall be for public transit,
including a light rail transit system from Novato to Larkspur, specialized paratransit
for the elderly and disabled, and other programs to discourage driving alone. A
smaller portion of expenditures shall be for improving and maintaining highways and
local streets and roads.
5. Provide a process to ensure that new development helps pay for the transportation
projects and services specifically needed to serve that new development
The Plan requires each city and the County to collect local and regional traffic
mitigation fees to ensure that new developments pay their share of the cost of local
and regional transportation improvements needed to serve new development.
6. Provide the funding necessary to implement the Transportation Improvement and
Growth Management Plan_
The Plan recognizes that available federal and state funding is not sufficient to
meet Marin's transportation needs and that a local sales tax and traffic mitigation
fees are the only funding sources available to solve Marin's transportation
problems. The establishment of a local sales tax and countywide traffic mitigation
fee program will greatly enhance Marin's ability to secure its full share of federal
and state funds over the 20 year life of the sales tax.
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TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN PLAN
The following transportation projects and programs will be funded with the revenue from
a one cent sales tax increase combined with revenue from existing Federal, State, and
local funding programs.
Proj
Highway 101 Corridor
Construct and Operate Light Rail Transit
from Novato to Larkspur
Widen Highway 101 to provide new lanes
for buses and carpools through San Rafael
and Novato and north to the Sonoma
County Line
Local Transportation Improvement Finds
Maintain, repair or expand local streets,
increase local transit, or provide other
local transportation improvements as
determined appropriate by each City and
by the County
Specialized Transportation
Provide paratransit services for the
elderly and the disabled.
Allocation of Sales Tax Revenue
Total Over Average
20 Years Per Year Per Cent
$195,000,000 $ 9,750,000 52.0%
86,250,000 4,312,500 2 3. 0
67,500,000 3,375,000 18.0130,
9,375,000 468,750 2.5%
Transportation Systems Management (TSM)
Provide programs to encourage commuters
to avoid driving alone by carpooling,
riding public transit, using bicycles,
or walking. 5,625,000 281,250 1.5no'
Regional Planning
Establish a Countywide Planning Agency to
manage growth, establish Traffic Mitigation
Fees, and achieve Traffic Standards. 7,500,000 375,000 2.OQV'
Administration
Administer and manage implementation of thf.
projects funded by the sales tax. 3,750,000 187,500 1.0�
TOTALS
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$375,000,000 $18,750,000 100.0ro
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DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS INCLUDED
IN PLAN
Highway 101 Corridor
The Marin County Sales Tax Plan is a balanced transit and highway program designed to
meet the transportation needs in the 101 Corridor over the next 20 years.
The centerpiece of the Sales Tax Plan is the construction and operation of a Light Rail
Transit system on the Northwestern Pacific (NWP) Railroad right-of-way from Novato to
the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. Light Rail Transit is a modern, quiet, wheelchair
accessible, electric -powered inter -urban railroad. New Light Rail lines have recently
been completed in San Diego, Portland, Santa Clara County, and Sacramento.
Future extensions of the rail transit line south to San Francisco and north to Santa Rosa
will be possible when additional funding beyond the funds provided by the 20 year local
Marin County sales tax is available.
The rail transit line will be grade separated at appropriate locations including central San
Rafael and across Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. The rail line will provide a direct and
convenient connection to high speed ferries to San Francisco by traveling over Sir
Francis Drake Boulevard on a new rail bridge and then around the back side of Wood
Island to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. Stations on the rail transit line will be provided
at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal, Bellam Boulevard, Central San Rafael, Civic Center,
Smith Ranch Road, St. Vincent's, Hamilton Air Force Base, Ignacio, Rowland Boulevard,
and Central Novato. Space will be reserved for a 10 -foot wide paved bicycle path along
the light rail line wherever the right-of-way is wide enough to safely accommodate both
rail transit and bicyclists.
The Marin Light Rail Transit System will be owned and operated by a new transit
operator other than the Golden Gate Bridge District. No sales tax funds shall be used for
acquisition of the NWP right-of-way or development of the light rail system until the
Marin County Transit District or Marin County Transportation Authority has control over
the title of the NWP right-of-way.
The major highway project included in the Marin Sales Tax Plan will widen Highway 101
through San Rafael and Novato and north to the Sonoma County Line. The new lanes on
Highway 101 will be restricted to buses and carpools. When the new lanes are complete,
there will be continuous bus and carpool lanes on Highway 101 from Mill Valley to the
Sonoma County Line.
The Marin Transportation Authority will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
on the Light Rail Transit Line from Novato to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. This EIR
will examine the cumulative impact of implementing all of the 101 Corridor Plan
projects in Marin County including the light rail line, increased transbay bus and ferry
services, and extending the carpool lanes on Highway 101 through San Rafael and Novato
and north to the Sonoma County Line. This EIR must be completed before moving ahead
with construction of the rail line or extension of the carpool lanes from Novato north to
the County line.
Local Transportation Improvements
The Plan allocates a portion of the sales tax funding for local projects. These projects
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will be selected by each of the eleven cities in Marin and by the County to serve the
transportation needs felt to be most important from each jurisdiction's own perspective.
Projects may include the repair or reconstruction of city streets, added local transit
services, or other transportation programs.
In order to qualify for the local transportation improvement funds, each city and the
County will have to meet several eligibility requirements and participate in a
Countywide Planning Agency established through a Joint Powers Agreement. The
eligibility requirements are described in the Growth Management Program.
SpeciaUzed Ziansportation/Paratransit
The Plan will provide funding for improving and expanding paratransit services for the
elderly and disabled. These paratransit services will enable elderly and disabled county
residents to live more independently in the community.
Transportation Systems Management (TSM)
The Plan will provide funding for the implementation of a Countywide TSM Program to
increase the use of transit, carpools, vanpools, bicycles or walking and to decrease the
number of Marin employees commuting by single-occupant vehicles. The program will
provide assistance to employers in encouraging their employees to use commute
alternatives and reduce the use of the single-occupant auto.
Under the Countywide TSM Program, employers will fully inform their employees about
alternatives to commuting alone in single-occupant automobiles. Large employers with
200 or more employees will use part time transportation coordinators to provide on-site
transportation services to employees, to conduct annual ridesharing campaigns, and to
distribute information on commute alternatives to all new employees.
Regional Planning
The Countywide Planning Agency will administer the countywide planning and
growth management program. This program will include:
1. reviewing local city and county general plans for consistency with the
countywide standards for traffic, housing, water and sewer facilities and
environmental protection, and
2. reviewing the annual growth rate in each jurisdiction to ensure that it does not
exceed the jurisdiction's annual Trip Budget. The annual Trip budget for each
jurisdiction will limit the amount of residential and commercial development
in that jurisdiction each year to prevent the vehicle trips generated by new
development from exceeding the capacity of the local transportation system.
The Countywide Planning Agency will also develop a regional traffic mitigation fee
program to be used by each city and by the County in conjunction with the local traffic
mitigation fees required by the countywide growth management program.
Administration
The Marin Transportation Authority will develop a schedule for implementing the
regional transportation projects funded by the one cent sales tax and will closely monitor
the implementation of the projects to ensure that they are proceeding on schedule.
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GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The overall goal of the Marin County Growth Management Program is to ensure that
residential and commercial development does not exceed local water, sewer, and
transportation capacities. Countywide performance standards for traffic, housing, water
and sewer facilities, and environmental protection will be implemented to prevent new
development from increasing traffic congestion or exceeding water and sewer
capacities. Each new development will be required to pay for the transportation
projects, facilities, and services needed to serve that development.
Organization
The eleven cities and the County will use a Joint Powers Agreement to establish a
Countywide Planning Agency to administer the growth management program. The
County will appoint one County Supervisor and each city will appoint one City
Councilmember to serve on the Board of Directors of the Countywide Planning Agency.
The Countywide Planning Agency will annually review each jurisdiction's application for
local transportation improvement funds and determine whether the local eligibility
requirements have been met. The Countywide Planning Agency will also (1) review the
general plans of the cities and the County to determine consistency with the countywide
standards for traffic, housing, water and sewer facilities, and environmental protection,
and (2) review city and county performance in complying with the annual growth limits
established by their annual trip budgets.
Allocation of Funds to Local Jurisdictions
The Transportation Authority will annually allocate local transportation improvement
funds to each city and to the County provided that the Countywide Planning Agency has
determined that each of the cities and the County have met the eligibility
requirements. The formula for allocating local transportation improvement funds shall
be the same formula used to allocate gas tax funds based on population and road mileage.
The Countywide Planning Agency will administer the eligibility requirements for the
local transportation improvement funding. Local jurisdictions will have to demonstrate
that their General Plans are in compliance with the countywide standards and their
annual growth rate does not exceed their annual Trip Budget in order to qualify for the
local transportation improvement funds.
Local Elig bility Requirements
Each local jurisdiction shall meet the following eligibility requirements in order to
receive local transportation improvement funds.
1. Participate in the Regional Planning Process
Each jurisdiction shall participate in the regional planning work of the Countywide
Planning Agency. More specifically, each jurisdiction shall (1) join th- Countywide
Planning Agency established by a Joint Powers Agreement; (2) submit its local General
Plan for review by the Agency to determine whether it complies with the countywide
standards for traffic, housing, water and sewer facilities, and environmental protection;
(3) submit a complete account of all residential and commercial projects approved during
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the preceding year so the Countywide Planning Agency can determine whether the
jurisdiction has complied with the annual growth limit established by their annual trip
budget allocation, and (4) provide local land use and transportation data for use in the
countywide transportation computer model.
2. Adhere to Annual Growth Limit Established by Trip Budget Allocation
Each jurisdiction shall annually submit a complete account of all residential and
commercial projects approved during the preceding year to the Countywide Planning
Agency so the Agency can determine whether the jurisdiction has complied with the
annual growth limit established by their annual Trip Budget Allocation.
The Trip Budget Allocations for each jurisdiction will be determined when the
Countywide Planning Agency reviews each jurisdiction's General Plan for conformance
with the countywide standards for traffic, housing, water and sewer facilities and
environmental protection. The total vehicle trips generated by all of the development
allowed under each jurisdiction's General Plan over the next 20 years will be calculated,
and this estimate of total vehicle trips will be divided by 20 to establish the annual Trip
Budget Allocation. In order to be eligible to receive local transportation improvement
funds, local jurisdictions must not exceed their Trip Budget Allocations when approving
development projects.
3. Adopt Traffic Level of Service (LOS) Standards
Each local jurisdiction shall adopt Level of Service (LOS) traffic standards for local
streets and roads and the regional Level of Service D standard of Highway 101 and each
local jurisdiction shall establish and implement policies, programs, and projects to
achieve and maintain these Level of Service standards. The local Level of Service
standards may be higher but shall not be lower than Level of Service D. The Countywide
Planning Agency shall regularly review local progress in achieving the Level of Service
standards on Highway 101 and other routes of regional significance.
The Countywide Planning Agency shall work with local jurisdictions in a cooperative
process to establish the local and regional Level of Service standards. In developing
policies, programs and projects for achieving the traffic service standards, the Agency
shall jointly work with local jurisdictions to evaluate the following options:
1. modifying or adjusting local development patterns to reduce travel
demand,
2. developing and implementing capital improvement projects or
transportation service programs,
3. determining whether there may be a need for a special exemption from
the Level of Service standards for a specific highway or road segment
if a significant percent of traffic traveling through the road segment is
from outside the local jurisdiction, or if the transportation
improvements needed to achieve the Level of Service standard would
adversely affect the natural ens 'ronment.
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The Countywide Planning Agency shall determine the method to be used to calculate
Level of Service and may establish alternative procedures to be used for unusual
situations or special circumstances.
4. Develop Five Year Capital Improvement Programs to Meet the Traffic Level of
Service Standards -
Each jurisdiction shall prepare on-going five year capital improvement programs for
implementation of transportation projects needed to meet and maintain their adopted
Traffic Level of Service Standards. The local five year improvement programs shall be
based on the level of development specified in each jurisdiction's General Plan, shall be
coordinated with the regional transportation improvements programs developed by the
Countywide Planning Agency, and shall specifically identify the funding sources for each
capital project.
5. Adopt a Development Traffic Mitigation Fee Program
Each jurisdiction shall establish a traffic mitigation fee program for new development to
ensure that developers pay for the transportation projects and services required to serve
each new development.
The traffic mitigation fee programs established by each city and by the County shall
include a local traffic mitigation fee to fund the local transportation improvements
needed for new development and a regional mitigation fee for the regional transportation
improvements needed for new development. The regional mitigation fee levied by the
local jurisdictions shall be based on the regional mitigation fee program developed by the
Countywide Planning Agency.
The Countywide Planning Agency shall develop a program of regional traffic mitigation
fees to fund transportation improvements of countywide significance and shall consider
existing local traffic mitigation fees when setting the regional fees for each area of the
County.
6. A�r'ee that local transportation improvement funds are intended to supplement
rather than replace existing dedicated or discretionary transportation funding
programs -
7. Consider local transit, paratransit, school transportation and bikeway needs when
deriding how to spend the local transportation improvement funds_
The local transportation improvement funds do not have to be used for maintaining the
local street system. Each jurisdiction is encouraged to consider other uses for these
funds including local transit, paratransit, school transportation services, and bikeways.
B. Participate in the Marin County Transportation Systems Management (TSM) Program
Each jurisdiction shall participate in the TSM Program which is adopted by the majority
of cities and the County. This program is expected to be based on the model TSM
Ordinance developed by the County.
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PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS
The Transportation Authority may approve administrative amendments to this Sales Tax
Expenditure Plan with a minimum of 4 votes, provided the amendments do not
substantively alter the regional transportation projects or growth management program.
Substantive amendments to the Sales Tax Expenditure Plan involving major changes in
the regional transportation projects shall require the approval of the Marin
Transportation Authority, the County, and a majority of the cities representing a
majority of the incorporated population.
Substantive amendments to the Sales Tax Expenditure Plan involving major changes in
the growth management program shall require the approval of the Marin Transportation
Authority, the County, and a majority of the cities representing a majority of the
incorporated population. In addition, any changes to the countywide standards for
traffic, housing, water and sewer facilities, and environmental protection contained in
the Joint Powers Agreement establishing the Countywide Planning Agency shall require
an amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement. Any changes to the annual Trip Budget
Allocation process outlined in the Joint Powers Agreement establishing the Countywide
Planning Agency shall also require an amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement.
Amendments to the Joint Powers Agreement must be approved by all of the local
jurisdictions participating in the Countywide Planning Agency.
The Transportation Authority shall transmit proposed project and program amendments
to the Sales Tax Expenditure Plan to the cities and the county for review. If any of the
cities or the county request a vote on the proposed amendment because they view it as
substantive in nature, then the Authority must submit the amendment to the cities and
the County for their approval.
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PROPOSED MARIN SALES TAX BALLOT LANGUAGE
Marin County Transportation Improvement and Growth Management Plan. This
Plan will enact a one percent Sales Tax in Marin County for construction of transit and
highway projects to reduce traffic congestion on Highway 101 and local streets, and for
implementation of a countywide growth management program to prevent future growth
from exceeding local water, sewer, and transportation capacities.
The sales tax funded highway and transit projects include:
• Construction and operation of an electric powered light rail transit line from
Novato to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal,
• Widening Highway 101 to extend the carpool lanes through San Rafael and
Novato and north to the Sonoma County Line,
• * Improving local streets and roads,
s Improving transit for the elderly and handicapped, and
• Establishing a countywide program to encourage ridesharing, transit use, and
alternate work hours.
The Countywide Growth Management program will utilize a newly established
Countywide Planning Agency to:
• Review the annual growth rates in each city and the county to ensure that
residential and commercial development does not exceed local water, sewer,
and transportation capacities,
0 Require developers to pay; traffic mitigation fees to mitigate the negative
traffic impacts caused by their development,
• Implement countywide standards for traffic flow, housing, water and sewer
facilities, and environmental protection, and
• Provide sales tax funds to local jurisdictions which are in conformance with the
countywide standards for traffic flow, housing, water and sewer facilities, and
environmental protection.
Shall the Marin Transportation Authority be authorized to establish a one percent
retail transactions and use tax for 20 years with an Article XEIB appropriations limit of
$375 million and with the proceeds from the tax to be placed in a Special Fund solely for
use in implementing the specified highway and transit projects and administering the
countywide growth management program?
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