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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 Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SENATE FLOOR : 35-0, 5/27/14
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, 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
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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
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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, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
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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. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Roger Hern�ndez, Vacancy
JA:d 8/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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