BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1670| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 1670 Author: Beall (D), et al Amended: 7/15/10 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/29/10 AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk NO VOTE RECORDED: Ashburn SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 11-0, 8/12/10 AYES: Kehoe, Ashburn, Alquist, Corbett, Emmerson, Leno, Price, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 6/1/10 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : State Highway: relinquishment SOURCE : City of San Jose DIGEST : This bill authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish segments of State Route (SR) 82 and SR 130 in the City of San Jose. ANALYSIS : Existing law 1. Identifies the California state highway system through a description of segments of the state's regional and CONTINUED AB 1670 Page 2 interregional roads that are owned and operated by the Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2. Defines a "state highway" as any roadway that is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved, or maintained as a state highway according to legislative authorization. 3. Specifies that it is the intent of the Legislature for the routes of the state highway system to connect the communities and regions of the state and that they serve the state's economy by connecting centers of commerce, industry, agriculture, mineral wealth, and recreation. 4. Provides that any expansion or deletion of the state highway system occurs through a statutory process requiring the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to make findings that it is in the best interest of the state to include or delete a specified portion of roadway from the system. This bill: 1. Authorizes the CTC to relinquish to the City of San Jose a ten mile segment of SR 82, locally know as the Monterey Highway, from Blossom Hill Road to I-880, and a 2.5 mile segment of SR 130, locally known as Alum Rock Boulevard, from the city limits to SR 101, both of which are located in the city, upon terms and conditions the CTC finds to be in the best interest of the state. 2. Requires the City of San Jose to provide signage directing motorist to the continuation of SR 82 and SR 130. 3. Provides that the relinquishments will become effective immediately following the county recordation of the relinquishment resolutions containing the CTC's approval of the specified terms and conditions. 4. Specifies that following the effective date of relinquishment, the relinquished segment will no longer be a state highway and may not be considered for future adoption as a state highway. AB 1670 Page 3 5. Requires the City of San Jose ensure the continuity of traffic flow on the relinquished portions, including any traffic signal progression. Background High-speed rail an option for part of SR 82 . Of the ten miles of SR 82, being proposed for relinquishment to San Jose, two miles may be used by the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) as a possible alignment into the Diridon Station near downtown San Jose. The city public works department staff indicates that there is adequate right-of-way to accommodate the proposed improvements to the roadway and the high-speed trains. The HSRA is in the process of preparing an environmental document for the corridor from Merced to San Jose. Several alternatives are identified in documents on the HSRA's website for this particular corridor. It appears that the segment of SR 82 from near Bernal Road in south San Jose to the vicinity of Capitol Expressway is being considered as an alignment for the high-speed train service. Since neither the state nor federal environmental documents have been adopted by the HSRA, it is unclear exactly how the alignment of SR 82 will be harmonized with the high-speed rail alignment through that segment of the SR 82 corridor. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee: Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund Caltrans improvements unknown one-time costs (minor to millions) Special* Prior to relinquishment (see staff comments) Caltrans maintenance unknown long-term savings following Special* and repair relinquishment AB 1670 Page 4 CTC administration minor costs to administer agreements Special* * State Highway Account SUPPORT : (Verified 8/16/10) City of San Jose (source) Alum Rock Village Business Association Bellarmine College Preparatory Builders Exchange of Santa Clara County County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors Downtown College Prep Independent Construction Estimators Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network Piazza Family LP Pierluigi Oliverio, Councilmember, City of San Jose Rose Garden Neighborhood Preservation Association Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Shasta/Hanchett Park Neighborhood Association Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition The Alameda Business Association ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the City of San Jose, this bill allows San Jose to have greater control over the design and use of the streets currently designated as state highways. San Jose's goals include "improving the pedestrian environment, implementing multi-modal objectives, and modifying local circulations patterns by reducing the amount of right-of-way previously developed to auto-centric standards." Among the multimodal objectives that the city intends to implement in the corridor are bus rapid transit and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. ASSEMBLY FLOOR : AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, AB 1670 Page 5 Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Audra Strickland, Vacancy JJA:dok 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****