BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1600| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSENT Bill No: AB 1600 Author: Torres (D), et al. Amended: 5/30/12 in Assembly Vote: 21 SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/26/12 AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Pavley, Rubio, Simitian, Wyland SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/31/12 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority SOURCE : Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority DIGEST : This bill authorizes the extension of the Gold Line light rail line from the City of Claremont in Los Angeles County to the City of Montclair in San Bernardino County. ANALYSIS : SB 1847 (Schiff), Chapter 1021, Statutes of 1998, created the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority, now known as the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (Authority), to oversee the planning, design, and construction of a light rail line from east Pasadena to Claremont. Currently, the Authority CONTINUED AB 1600 Page 2 has sufficient resources to build the line as far as Azusa. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates the light rail service and maintains the line to East Pasadena. The Authority's governing board consists of five voting members, three of whom the city councils of the cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and South Pasadena appoint, one of whom is appointed by San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, and one member who is appointed by MTA. The Governor, the City of Pasadena, and the City of South Pasadena each appoint one nonvoting member. This bill: 1. Authorizes the Authority to plan, design, and build an extension of the Gold Line from the City of Claremont to the City of Montclair. 2. Authorizes the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) to appoint one nonvoting member to the governing board. 3. Authorizes MTA to operate each phase of the Gold Line light rail beyond its current terminus in east Pasadena to Azusa and Claremont. 4. Authorizes MTA to operate the Gold Line light rail trains outside of Los Angeles County, which is its area of jurisdiction, to Montclair in San Bernardino County. 5. Prohibits MTA from operating on right-of-way owned by SANBAG without a construction and maintenance agreement between MTA, SANBAG, and the Authority. 6. Clarifies that the Authority may accept grants, fees, allocations, and transfer of funds from federal, state, and local agencies. 7. States that MTA does not have to allocate funds to extending the light rail line to Montclair beyond the funds that it has allocated as of January 1, 2012. Comments CONTINUED AB 1600 Page 3 According to the author's office, this bill increases mass transportation options in the eastern San Gabriel Valley and in western San Bernardino County by authorizing the construction of the Gold Line light rail system to Montclair. In addition, the Authority has determined that the extension of the Gold Line to the City of Montclair will have beneficial environmental and traffic impacts. The Authority believes that Montclair, with a regional transportation center, is the logical terminus for the Gold Line because it allows for the intermodal interface with the San Bernardino County bus system and with the Metrolink commuter rail system. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: Yes SUPPORT : (Verified 8/6/12) Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (source) Cities of Arcadia, Azusa, Claremont, Duarte, Glendora, Irwindale, La Verne, Monrovia, Montclair, Ontario, Pasadena, Pomona, San Dimas, and South Pasadena County of San Bernardino League of California Cities, Los Angeles County Division San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/31/12 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Donnelly, Mansoor, CONTINUED AB 1600 Page 4 Mendoza, Valadao JJA:m 8/7/12 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED