BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1784
Author: Fong (D)
Amended: 4/12/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM : 8-0, 6/15/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe,
Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 4/22/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
SOURCE : Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority to enter into agreements with
cities within its area of jurisdiction and the County of
Santa Clara to improve their streets and roads.
ANALYSIS : The Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority (VTA) provides three countywide transportation
services. First, VTA plans, develops, and operates
countywide bus and light rail transit services. Second,
VTA is the congestion management agency for Santa Clara
County. Among its congestion management responsibilities
are preparation of the county's congestion management plans
and programming of transportation projects for inclusion in
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's regional
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transportation improvement program for the nine county San
Francisco Bay Area. VTA's third major responsibility is
the management of Santa Clara County's local transportation
sales tax program which funds improvements to state
highways, local streets and roads and the local transit
system.
This bill authorizes VTA to enter into agreements with
Santa Clara County and the cities in the county to improve
their streets and roads. This does not apply to
improvements to state-owned and operated highways in the
county unless authorized elsewhere in law.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/16/10)
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (source)
City of Campbell
City of Cupertino
City of Gilroy
City of Mountain View
Santa Clara County Cities Association
Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
some smaller cities in Santa Clara County do not have the
in-house resources to manage construction of local road
improvements. VTA, however, has extensive experience in
managing construction of transportation capital improvement
projects. By granting VTA the authority to do work for
others within the county, this bill addresses a serious
problem of small local agencies risking the loss of capital
outlay funds because the environmental review process, the
engineering skills, or the project management requirements
exceed the capabilities of the locality. This bill offers
an option to avoid this situation.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Bradford,
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Brownley, Buchanan, 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, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blumenfield, Caballero, Huber, Huffman,
Norby
JA:nl 6/16/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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