BILL ANALYSIS �
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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