BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1368| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SB 1368 Author: Wolk (D) Amended: 6/16/14 Vote: 21 SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 4/29/14 AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso, Lara, Liu, Pavley, Roth, Wyland SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14 AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg SENATE FLOOR : 35-0, 5/27/14 AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara, Leno, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Lieu, Liu, Wright, Yee ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/14/14 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT : State highways: relinquishment SOURCE : Solano County Transit Joint Powers Authority Solano Transportation Authority DIGEST : This bill adds a joint powers authority (JPA) formed for the purposes of providing transportation services and CONTINUED SB 1368 Page 2 transit districts to the list of public agencies to which the California Transportation Commission (CTC) may relinquish park-and-ride lots. Assembly Amendments add transit districts to the list of public agencies to which the CTC may relinquish park-and-ride lots. ANALYSIS : Existing law gives the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law provides for the relinquishment of state highways or portions of state highways to any county or city by the CTC, in accordance with specified criteria and procedures. Existing law, in addition, authorizes the CTC to relinquish to a county transportation commission or regional transportation planning agency a park-and-ride lot within their respective jurisdictions, if Caltrans enters into an agreement with the county transportation commission or regional transportation planning agency ensuring that an equal or greater number of parking spaces will be maintained. This bill includes JPAs formed for the purposes of providing transportation services and transit districts to the list of agencies to which the CTC may relinquish park-and-ride lots. Comments The Solano County Transit (SolTrans) JPA, within the author's district, seeks ownership of a park-and-ride facility known as the Curtola Park and Ride Hub, through relinquishment from Caltrans. According to the author's office, this allows SolTrans to increase parking supply, improve transit operations, facilitate carpools, modernize on-site amenities, and serve as a transit hub to nearby facilities including the Vallejo Transit Center and the Vallejo Ferry Terminal. This bill takes a statewide approach in recognition that other JPAs may desire similar arrangements in the future. SolTrans . SolTrans is a JPA that provides public transportation to the southern Solano County Cities of Vallejo and Benicia. The City of Benicia, City of Vallejo, and the Solano Transportation Authority came together in 2010 to create SolTrans for the purpose of unifying public transit systems in southern Solano County. In 2011, SolTrans officially took over the public transit programs from the Cities of Vallejo and CONTINUED SB 1368 Page 3 Benicia. Statutory legitimacy and permanence of JPAs . SolTrans reports that Caltrans has expressed informal concerns about this bill related to the statutory legitimacy and permanence of JPAs. This stems from the multi-entity nature and shared governance of JPAs, which could make uncertain the ultimate entity responsibility for management and liability of relinquished property, especially if the JPA were to dissolve. Although this is a reasonable concern, it is one that Caltrans already manages because existing law allows the CTC to relinquish property to regional transportation planning agencies, which are also multi-agency entities, composed of local public agencies like JPAs. Moreover, existing law gives the CTC the ability to negotiate relinquishments "on terms and conditions that the CTC finds to be within the best interests of the state." These terms and conditions could include contingencies that specify transfer of ownership and liability of properties in the event of dissolution of a JPA. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, potential one-time costs of over $150,000 to Caltrans to relinquish each park-and-ride lot, depending on the terms of the relinquishment agreement. (State Highway Account) Ongoing savings to Caltrans from reduced maintenance and rehabilitation costs for relinquished park-and-ride lots. (State Highway Account) SUPPORT : (Verified 5/23/14) Solano County Transit Joint Powers Authority (co-source) Solano Transportation Authority (co-source) ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/14/14 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, CONTINUED SB 1368 Page 4 Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins NO VOTE RECORDED: Roger Hernández, Vacancy JA:d 8/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED