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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 141
Author: Ammiano (D)
Amended: 8/6/14 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 8/5/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso, Lara, Liu,
Pavley, Roth, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gaines
SUBJECT : Treasure Island Transportation Management Act
SOURCE : San Francisco County Transportation Authority
DIGEST : This bill separates legally the Treasure Island
Mobility Management Agency from the San Francisco County
Transportation Authority for the purposes of implementing the
Treasure Island transportation program.
ANALYSIS : Treasure Island is located in San Francisco Bay,
midway between San Francisco and Oakland, and is within the city
and county of San Francisco. It was built between 1937 and 1939
as an addition to the existing, natural Yerba Buena Island and
as the site of the 1939 and 1940 Golden Gate International
Exposition. In 1941, the Navy began leasing Treasure Island.
In 1993, the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission
listed Treasure Island for shutdown. The naval base on the
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island officially closed on September 30, 1997.
In April 1997, the Board of Supervisors of the city and county
of San Francisco created the Treasure Island Development
Authority (TIDA) to develop and implement a reuse plan for
Treasure Island. AB 699 (Migden, Chapter 898, Statutes of 1997)
permitted the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to designate
TIDA as a redevelopment agency and invest it with the powers in
California's Community Redevelopment Law. AB 699 removed
Treasure Island from the jurisdiction of the San Francisco
Redevelopment Agency and the San Francisco Port Commission and
turned those powers over to a single-purpose entity (TIDA).
AB 981 (Leno, Chapter 317, Statutes of 2008) provides for a
transportation program for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena
Island (together called Treasure Island in state law), including
authorizing tolls to vary with traffic conditions and to be paid
by drivers of motor vehicles entering and exiting Treasure
Island from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
AB 981 authorizes the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, based
on TIDA's recommendation, to designate a board or agency,
including possibly itself, 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.
On April 1, 2014, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
designated the San Francisco County Transportation Authority
(SFCTA) as the transportation management agency for Treasure
Island. The SFCTA is the long-range transportation planning for
the city and county, and it analyzes, designs, and funds
improvements for San Francisco's roadways and public
transportation networks. Its 11-member board consists of the 11
members of the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors.
AB 981 grants the transportation management agency extensive
powers to implement the transportation program for Treasure
Island, including the power to:
Administer and collect the congestion pricing fees.
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Regulate on- and off-street parking, including adopting and
collecting parking fees, fines, and penalties.
Adopt and collect transit pass fees from residents and other
users of Treasure Island.
Undertake studies, evaluations, and other mechanisms to adopt
and amend the transportation program and to recommend fees
with the purpose of relieving transportation-related impacts.
Use fee revenues for operation, maintenance, construction,
collection and enforcement, and administration of the
transportation program.
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, transit operations, and traffic
impact mitigation measures.
This bill:
1.Allows the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to revise or
revoke its designation of an entity to serve as the
transportation management agency at any time.
2.Renames the transportation management agency for Treasure
Island as the "Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency."
3.Provides that the transportation management agency is an
independent and autonomous public agency governed by the board
of the SFCTA, as designated by the board of supervisors on
April 1, 2014, 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.Authorizes the transportation management agency under its own
name to do all acts necessary or convenient to exercise its
designated powers and financing of projects, including to:
Employ agents or employees.
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Acquire, construct, manage, maintain, lease, or operate
any public facility or improvements.
Sue and be sued.
Invest any money not required for the immediate
necessity of the agency.
1.Requires the transportation management agency to adopt an
annual budget and to compensate its board members, including
reimbursing them for costs they incur while performing their
duties.
2.Authorizes the SFCTA to make direct contributions or
contributions on a reimbursement-for-costs basis to the
transportation management agency for costs the agency incurs
in implementing the transportation program for Treasure
Island.
Comments
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors endorsed a development
plan for Treasure Island in December 2006, after an exhaustive
planning process involving the Treasure Island Citizen's
Advisory Board, TIDA, and other public forums. The plan calls
for 8,000 homes, 500 hotel rooms, and 550,000 square feet of
office and retail uses. One of the major constraints to the
development plan, however, is limited access to Treasure Island,
because a single auto route, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge, connects it to the rest of San Francisco. To address
this constraint, AB 981 established a scheme to provide a
comprehensive transportation program for Treasure Island,
including roadway and transit capital improvements and operating
subsidies, that could be put in place and managed over time.
On April 1 of this year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
designated the SFCTA to manage the transportation program on
Treasure Island. Proponents of this bill anticipate that the
Treasure Island transportation management agency will initiate
major financial commitments for long-term contracts beginning
early next year. They are endorsing this legislation in order
to shield the local transportation sales tax and other revenues
from any liabilities of the Treasure Island Mobility Management
Agency. This bill establishes what they describe as a highly
desirable firewall to provide the necessary protection for the
SFCTA and its revenue.
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Other examples exist where state law establishes legally
distinct entities that have the same board of directors to
manage separate transportation programs. For example, in 2003,
SB 916 (Perata, Chapter 715) made the Bay Area Toll Authority
legally distinct from the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, despite having the same board, for purposes of
managing the Bay Area toll bridges.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/6/14)
San Francisco County Transportation Authority (source)
Edwin Lee, Mayor of San Francisco
Treasure Island Development Authority
JA:nl 8/6/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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