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          Date of Hearing:   August 25, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                    AB 141 (Ammiano) - As Amended:  August 6, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency

           SUMMARY :   This bill separates legally the Treasure Island  
          Mobility Management Agency (TIMMA) from the San Francisco County  
          Transportation Authority (SFCTA) for purposes of implementing  
          the Treasure Island transportation program.  Specifically,  this  
          bill:
           
          1)Renames the transportation management agency for Treasure  
            Island the Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency (TIMMA).  
             

          2)Allows the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to revise or  
            revoke its designation of a transportation management agency  
            at any time.  

          3)Provides that TIMMA is an independent and autonomous public  
            agency governed by the board of SFCTA or by a body the board  
            of supervisors designates in the future.  

          4)Affirms that the transportation management agency is a  
            separate and distinct legal entity that is responsible for its  
            own obligations, debts, and liabilities.  

          5)Includes urgency provisions.  

           EXISTING LAW:  

          1)Authorizes the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to designate  
            a board or agency to act as the transportation management  
            agency to adopt and implement a comprehensive transportation  
            program for Treasure Island that will encourage public transit  
            and bicycle, pedestrian, and waterborne modes of  
            transportation and minimize the impact of Treasure Island  
            development on traffic on and around the Bay Bridge.  

          2)Grants the transportation management agency extensive powers  
            to implement the transportation program for Treasure Island,  
            including the power to:








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             a)   Administer and collect the congestion pricing fees;

             b)   Regulate on- and off-street parking, including adopting  
               and collecting parking fees, fines, and penalties;

             c)   Adopt and collect transit pass fees from residents and  
               other users of Treasure Island;

          d)Use fee revenues for operation, maintenance, construction,  
            collection and enforcement, and administration of the  
            transportation program; and,

          e)Enter into contracts and agreements with governmental agencies  
            and private parties as necessary and proper to implement its  
            transportation program, including construction and maintenance  
            of transportation facilities.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   The San Francisco County Board of Supervisors  
          designated the SFCTA to assume the role as the Treasure Island  
          transportation management agency, referred to as TIMMA.  TIMMA  
          is an independent public agency with a governing board composed  
          of the same members of SFCTA that shares staff and other  
          resources on a reimbursement basis.  

          SFCTA, the bill's sponsor, is seeking to "firewall" the new  
          responsibilities of TIMMA from SFCTA to ensure legal protection  
          for the transportation authority and revenue protection for  
          their local transportation taxes.  Present plans anticipate that  
          the TIMMA will initiate major financial commitments for long  
          term contracts beginning early in 2015 and it is highly  
          desirable for the firewall concept to be in place in 2015 to  
          provide the necessary protection for the transportation  
          authority and its revenue.  

          This bill was substantially amended in the Senate and the  
          Assembly-approved version of this bill was deleted.  This bill,  
          as amended in the Senate, has not been heard in an Assembly  
          policy committee.  
           
          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 








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          San Francisco County Transportation Authority (sponsor)
          The Honorable Edwin Lee, Mayor, City of San Francisco
          Treasure Island Development Authority

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093