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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0527.092I ! Novemb3r 25, 1992 HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Palo Alto, California /. Designation of the palo Alto Bicycle Advisory COmmittee as the Official bdvisory committee to Meet the TDA Article 3 Funding Review Pr~-C$S Require~ Members of the council: Report In..B.l:W. This report discusses recent changes to the Metropol i tan Transportation Commission's (MTC) application guidelines for TDA Article 3 qLants. for bicycle and pedestrian projects. The r~vised guidelines require each city and county to appoint a bicycle advisory committee to review and/or priori tL~e TDA Article 3 bicycle projects, and to participate in the development and review of comprehensive bicycle plans~ staff recommends that the City Council desiqnate the city's existing advisory committee, the Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC), to fulfill the new MTC requirement. Background MTC adopted the state Transportation control Measure (TCM) Plan in November 1990. A requirement (MeaSure 19) of the plan is that cities and counties have bicycle advisory committees and adopted comprehensive bicycle plans to be eligible for TDA Article 3 funds, beginning .ith the 1993,-94 funding cycle. Pursuant to this measure, MTC has revised its application procedures for TDA Article 3 funas, with respect to cities, as follo_s~ • Each city is required to have a Bicycle Adviscry committee (SAC) to review and or prioritLze TOA Article 3 bicycle projects, and to participate in the developl'II.ent and review of comprehensive bicycle plans. • A city BAC must be composed of at least 3 members who live or work in the city. • The SAC shall be appoi~ted by the city Council~ CMR:527:92 r 1 1&1 • • piscussion The project lists developed by the BAC shall be recurrutended to the City Council for consideration and approval. Unlike many other cities, Palo J.lto has a long-established, active and committee bicycle advisory ~ommittee, the Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory Committee. The precursor of PABAC -"..as the Citizens Technical Ad,dsory Committee (C'TAC), which was (lJrmed in. 197) to reviev and evaluate the bicycle route system established in 1971-72. Follow-inq the final adoptic:n and implelll.entation of the Bike'Way Master Plan in the mid-197CS, the COl'rJ'littee's name was chanqed and its function evolved to a broader role of revie'W and comment on referrals from City staff, as 'Well as committee­ initiated proposals to staff on matters related to bicycl ing in the following general areas: • BnqinseriDg ~l .. e'bt Provide critique and evaluation of engineering projects (e.g~1 plans for bikeways, roads, intersect.'l.ons, traffic signals, bike park.ing facilities, etc~), Bikeway Master Plan, and transportation policies/programs • Education .ieaent -Provide liaison to community and a forum for discussing issues; and develop flyers/materials to promote sa.fe bicycling • hforc_ent Bl_eJJt -Provide input to Police Department on enforcement issues, theft prevention, and legislative matters As currently constituted; the committee reports to staff (through the Transportation Division liaison). Me~bership is open to Palo Alto residents and persons employed in Palo Alto and Stanford. Members have extensive bicycling experier.ce, interests, and technical knowledge~ Membership during the past few years has fluctuated from 8-12 members. The committee roster (Attachment 1) presently includes 10 members~ all avid and knowledgeable cyclists. For most, the bicyc~e is their primary means of transportation. Staff believes that the current ~ize of PABAC is more conducive to productive dialogue and discussion than the minimum three member committee proposed by MTC~ In order to comply with the new MTC requirements, T.he City Council could pursue one of the following alternatives: (I} create a new Council-appointed SAC far the purposes of th~ TDA funding process; or (2) designate the existing PABAC to fulfill this function. CHR:527:91 11/25/92 Page 2 st,aff feels that the narrow focus of the MTC-!rIandated SAC could mer-ely entail convening a small council-appointed SAC once 'Or twice a year, Quring the TDA appllcation process. However, that would not preclude staff's continued interest in meeting and 'Working with PABAC on a regular basis l in order to address a much more diverse sets of sUbjects. In addition tCl Transportation Oi vision sta;tf. the committ.ee often meets with represent,'ltlves of the: Police and Public Works Departments concerning pr-ojects or programs genlane to these departments' operations. Staff has consistently sought". the input of PABAC on the rOA project priority list (PABAC ..,ill review and make recommendations to Council on the TDA project priority list for-1993-94), and for issue~ pertaining to the bikeway ~aster plan .. In conclusion, s~aff feels that PABAC already performs the functions that MTC mandates, and the creation of a separate BAC -would be redundant. The members of PABAC discussed this subject at the September meeting, and expressed consensus support for maintaining the curr6nt status and functions of PABAC. Staff recommends that Council designate PA8AC as the City's official BAC. council could, at any future time, change the structure or reportinq responsibilities of the committee. Recon;mendation staff recommends that Council designate the Palo Alto Advisory Committee as the official BAC pursuant to quidelines fr-om MTC, for the purposes of the TOA ~rticle J review process. Respectfully submitted, /~U-'12c<~...." Bicycle revised fundinq GAYLt! LIKENS ser.ior Planner KENNETH R. SCHREIBER Director of Planning and Co~~unity Environment FLEKING Interim City Manager Attachment: 1. PABAC Roster 2. MTC Memorandum Regarding TDA Article 3 Guidelines cc: Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory committee CMR:527~91 11/25/92 Page 3 • (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) ATTACHMENT 1 PALO AI. TO BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1992·93 Membership Roste. Scott Seligman, Chair (6) Dave UggI~ Computer Science Department 2061 EI Sereno Avenue Stanford University Los Altos, CA 94024 Stanford, CA 94305 Bm Zaumen, Vice Chair m Alan Wachtel 912 Clara Drille 3446 Janice Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Courtney Mitchell (8) Irvin Dawid 786 West Greenwich Place 3886 La Donna Ave, Rear Apt. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Palo Allo, CA 94306-3156 Pete Peterson IS) Robert JaCKson 525 University Ave, Ste. 500 2929 Bryant Street Palo Alto. CA 9430i P"lo Alto, CA 94306 Ellen Fletcher (10) John Ciccarelli 777-108 San Antonio Avenue 2321 Ross Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Palo Alto, CA 94303-3622 ,,--' , ,,."" ; ~~: . . , .. :j' ;-;":-::>_' • MTC ATTACHMENT 2 ~SlP,"" po B01lT M[TROCE~T~J! 101 ~IGHTH S"ltEH OAKLAND, CA 9<i1&C7 4' )1'464-7700 .. FA.)( 415/464,7848 ;;::rrT"i"O, 0 U fA N TtAfIIS"OCTATION 1:0MM~~StON MEMORANDUM To: Fr: Re: See Distribution Below Doug KI.se/~;.";)~ Date: 1115/92 ~.I.: 1002.40,01 TranscQrtatiQD DeVelQPment Act (lOA) Att1tle 3 Guldel'n,s Rev1sfoDi The .tt.cn~ NTC TOA Article 3 Procedures and Project E •• leatlan Criteria cont.in revisIons adopted by the eo..lssion In December 1991 to c.-ply with ~revlously .dopt~ St.t. Transportation Control Me"ure, (STCHs). STCH 19 requlros cities and countl., to h.ve bicycle advIsory coaoltteo, (BACs) and adopted coopr.hensl.e bicycle plans to be eligible for TOA Article 3 funding, beginning with the FY 1993-94 funding cyclo. Tho guidelines e"RPt cities under 10,000 population fro. the BAC and bicycle plar req.lre.ents. Cities oyer 10,000 population can apply to NTC for exeoptlon fro. the BAC requlr ... nt, providing they tan demonstrate adequate user lnput ~nto the deY.l~plHnt of city bicycle project lists. NTC r.quests your .s.'.~nc. In adviSing city st.ffs of these ne. requlr..ents. He haye not distributed these guidelines to the cities. It you or your cities haye questfor.s regArd1ng these new requirements. please call Be at (SID) 454-7794. or your County Coordinator. 0' strlbutipn: DK:rbpi91l3p-3 Attach.en! Hitch Avalon, Contra Costa Lynn Har~, Hapa aruce Kir., San Mateo John Pont •• Solano cc: Cou~ty Public Wor~s Directors Cw/o attachments~ HTC TDA ~rticl. 3 Coordinators (JM,C, MR, VE, CG) , f Date' Nov"'er 26. 19BO M.I.: lOOZ.40.Cl ILA.: 1293R R,f,rred By: GR&AC Revised: 11124/82-C iT 126/86-C 09123/67-C 03/24/88-C 12116/91-C Attachment A Resolution No. 875 Poge 1 of 6 TRANSPORTATION DEVELCPM€NT ACT. ARTICLE 3. PEDESTRIA~ISICYCLE PROJECTS Procedures and Project eval~ation Criteria PROC£OORES El1g1bJ, Claimants The Tr."sportatlon Oe'leloPMnt Act (TOol). Public Uti lftles CoOe Sections 99233.3 and 99234. aLkes funds av,flabl. 'n the nino-county Metropolitan Transportat'on CoImfsslon (KTC) Region for pedestrian/bicycle purposes. HTC aLkes annual allocations of TDA Artlcl, 3 funds to eligible claimants after review of application, submItted by cl.laants. All cit1es and counties 1n each of the n1ne ~TC regi~n counties are el'~'ble to claim funds under TOA Article 3. App 11 cat1 gn 1~ NTC w\11 ~t'fy the count1es by letter at the begtnni~g of the TeA ~rt'cle 3 proc:~s in October~ Count1es will be re~ponsibTe for contacting al1 cities v'th~n their jurisd1ct1or. ~nd encouraging submissIon of project applications. 2. Cl~imants w1l1 send two copies of each application to MTC~ and one or more copies to the county (.ee 'Prlorlty Setting' belo.). [he appllc.tlo, S"ould be received by MTC by January I. 3. MTC will not1fy the county and th~ claimants ~ithin 30 days of any rema1ning conditions to be met for the projects to b~ el~gible for funding. A project is e11gible for funding if: a. the application is complete a~d all project documentation has been received by HTC. Projec.t doc~menta.tion includE:S U1e four items listed under ~Gu (Adjition~l materials required) an tne application form. Claimants wil1 ha~e until April 1 to complete the documentation. b. the project is constructio~ and/ar engineering of a capital project; or is to maintain a bikfway which is ciosed ta motorized traffic; or is for a bicycle safety education progra~. , . ,~., Attachment A ResollJtion No. Page 2 of 6 875 c. the claimant fs ~11g1ble to claim TOA Art'jere 3. funds I,mo'er Sect10n 9923~ of the Public Utilities Code; d. t~e b1cych project meets the mandatory m1nimum safety de~ign cr1terla published in ~.n __ J.=lQQQ of the California Higflway Design ~. (Applies to bi<e.ay projects only.); e~ the project 1s ready to 1~plement wiV1in the next fisca.l yea.r; f~ the project meets the rel4utrements of the Califcr"~a Environtllenta.l Quality Act «(EGA, Publ~c Reso~rces Code Sections 21000 et seq.). Projects for ~hfch CEQA documentation is not completed .ill be considered If tne documentat!on can be completed before allocation is made. g. • jurisdiction agrees to .... lnt.ln the f.cliity. h. the bicycle project h included in on~ or more of the fo110 .. ;n9: a deta1led bicyc'e drct!1at1on element or plan ir'lcl'Jded in iil general plan or a~ adopted co~prehens've bi~eway plan (such as outlined in Section 2377 of the California Bi~e~ays Act~ Streets an~ Highways Code §2370 et ",q.). PriQrity Sgtt1ng 1. The county shall Establish a process for establtshing project priorities. Each co~nty and C1ty 1s required to have a Bicycle Advisory Commltt~e (SAC) to review and/or prioritize TO~ Art1cl! 3 b~cycle prcj~cts ar.d to part1clpate in the development and reyie~ of comprehensive bicycle plans. (SACs are ~ndated by State Transportation Control ~easure (STCM '9], adopted by HTC on November 28. 1990. MTC Resolution No. 2178. Revised). A "city BAC s~al1 be comp'Jsed of at least 3 members 'Who live or work in the city. More £e~ber5 mdy be added a~ desired. Tney will be appointed by the CHy Council. The City Manager w111 des~gnate staff to provide admin1strative and technica1 support to the Committee. Citles under 10,000 popuTatio~ ~ho have difficulty in iDeating a sufficient n~mber of quaTified members, may apply to MTC for exemption from these requirements. Cities over 10,000 population may also apply to MTC for e:remption from the ci ty SAC reQui rement 1 f th::oy can dO?mojrlstra.t€ that the countywide SAC prov~des for e~panded city repre~entatio[1. A county 8~C shall be comp0sed of at least 5 members who live or wor~ i~ the cCJunty. Hore members may be added as desire!:!. Hemb.:rs ... 4 II be appaintE'd by th~ County Board of Supenisors and/or Co,'gestia,l Mar;.aGemer,:. Agency (CMA). The county e):€'Cutive/admir.istrator .. i 11 designate staff to provide adm~ni.startion and technical support to the Committee. (Note: The intent is that BACs be composed of bicyclists/pedestrians, z. The project lis.ts developed by the City BACs sllall be recom.ilended to its City.Councll. ,An cHy project lists will be far-warded to the Coul"1ty PublIC ~or~.s Department for evaluatiordprioritizdtion by the Ccunty .... ide Bicycle Ao;hisory Committee. . . , .. " . .... ttach:ft~nt A Resolution No. 873 Page 3 of 6 County Committees y1ll. at a ~inimum. be re~ponsible for evaluating projects w1th1n the unincorporated portions of the county and setting a countywide priorit1zation list (~ased an city &nd county project lists) for annudl rcA ArtIcle 3 lllocat1ons. E1ther the Board of SuperYiso~s or the Conge.tlon Management Agency (CMA) wIll adopt the annual countywIde ll.t and forward It to HTe for approval, The county w111 forward to MTC by April 1 a copy of the following: a) a cover letter stating the total amount of money being claimed; b) the complete prIority ll.t of project. wIth an IndIcation of the cut-off DOlnt follov1"9 whIch projects are recomoended for funding In the next fIscal ye.r, The project ... y be categorIzed .s Group 1 (thos ••• petted to b. funded) and Group Z (those con.ldered hIgh priorIty b'lt for which fundIng Is not avallable), c} an indication of how the projects were reviewed by city and cou~ty committees and representatives and what ~ethods wer! ~$ed to contact interested members of th~ public: and d) I Board of Supery1sors l or CMA resolut1on approvtn9 the priority list and luthorlzlng tho rlll~, MIt Stiff Ey.luat1oo If a recommended PTOj.ct I. eligible for funding. staff .nIl rec~nd to the CommissIon that the ~rolect be approved, MTC 'taff will complete Its evaluation for Coamiss10n action in Mayor June and will send copies of the staff e .... aluat1ons to the county and ctatmanti. prior to the Comm1s~~on meeting. Allocation The Commission wIll act by resolutIon to lppTove the priorIty list and allocation of funds for the recommended projocts. The County Auditor ~ill be notif'eo by alloc:at1on "tnstructlons to reserve f1Jnds fC'r the approved projects. Clalmants will b~ sent copies of t~~ alTocation 1nstructioni. and instructions for cia;ming disbursement. Disbursement I. When costs are incurred, the claimant shall submit to MTC: a) 3 CQ~~r l~tter referring to the proj~ct by name and allocation instructlcn number and requestlng disbursement of funds; b) a document sno~i"g that costs have bBen incurr€o. 2. MTC ~ill approve the disbursement and issue an authorization to the Count) Auditor to disbur)e funds to the ciaimant. r" ~~ ttachment A Resolutlon No. S75 Pag.4of6 Funds vll) be allocated to claimants for speclfic projects. so transFers of funds to ct~er projects sponsored by the same claimant may not b~ made. If ~ ct~1Bant has to abandon a project during the fiscal year, 1t sh~u'd request tha, KTC re.cind the allocation. The public should have an opportunity to review such a reqUEst. The c~unty may choose to e1ther: 1. req"e.t that the funds b. allocated to the next project on the appro'led priority list. or 2. request that the funas b. allocated to complete another prevlously approved project. or 3. allow the funds to ret~rn to the local tra~sportat1on fund (LTf) unallocated ~!lance for use in the next fiscal year. Requests for adc1t1ona1 funds needed to complete appro¥ed projects ~ill be handled on l case-by-case bas1s. Thes2 requests should be made to ~TC and th~ county before add~t1onGl C05tS are 1nc~rred. At ~TC'S d~scr2t1on. additional funds may be ai~GCated to a previously app~oved project to cover cost overruns after the 'fa.ct If: a) thE fund;; are da.~lned' in the sam! fheal year the project Is built; ~ b} tne cl.,~ is ~d. before the end of tn. fi,c'l year. fi seal Aydit All claiaants that have recelved an allocat1on of TDA funds lre required to subm1t an annua.l tertified fiscal audit to MTC a.,d to the Secretar.,.,." of Business and Transportatlon Agency vithin 180 days after the c10se ~f the fiscal year, 1n accordance with PUC Section 99245. Please see the appropriate App.ndix in tne TOA Section of the HTC FU~P APPLlCAT[ON MANUAL foc • dl$cus~ton of th1s requirement. Fatlure to s~bmit t~e required audit for ~ TCA article will preclude MTC from ma~.ing a nelit Articl,= 3 allocation. for example. i delinquent Po,rticle 4.5 fiscal audIt .. ill delay any other TOA allocation to the (1tylcounty w1th an outstanding audit. Unt1l the audit requirement 15 ~.t. no ~e~ Artic!e 3 alTocations w111 be made. for further Infprmati en Claimants are ~tror.gly encouraged to de~elop the~r claims ~;th the HTC staff at an early date sa that the for~al claim process can be expedited. If you ~ave any questions reg~rding the appl~cat;on forms Dr related matters, p1~G)e • contact the MTe offices and refer to the HTC staff person who is re~p0n5jble for Article 3 claims for your county. Copies of the Transpart~tjon Development Act and the related regulations in the California Adm;nistrat;~e Code are avalldble from MTC l:j)on request. The counties should consider the following criteria along with any explicit criteria the cQunty deems necessary when evaluatir'lg projects for the count}~Tde pri~rity list. 1 ... i!t Attachment A Resclut1Qn No. 875 Page 5 of 5 Tne b&s'c object1ves of the MTC suggest~~ cr1terla are to g1ve prior1ty to projects which increase the Sdfety. security, and efficiency of bfcycle and pede5trian travel, and to the ~.tent practicable provide for a coord~r.ated systell. Con,'derat1on shouid be g1ven to projects wh1cn ~an demonstrate one ~r more of the followlng objectives: (Hot listed In prloray order.) 1. E11.fnation or 1aprovement of an fde.,tifled problem arpa (specific safety hazards such as h19h-traffi~ narrow roadways or b4rrfers to travel) on routes tnat would otherwise provide relat1v&ly safe and d1rect b1cycl~ er pedestr1an travel ~se. given the character of the users. for ex~le. roadway wfdentng. shoulder pavlng. restr1ping or parking r..oyal to provide 'pa,e for bicycles; a blcyclelpedostrla. bridge aCTOSS a stream or railroad tracks on an otherwise useful route; a segMOnt of Class r bicycle path to dlyert young bicyclists fraa a hfgh tr~ffic arterial; a pedestrian path to provfde safe access to a school or ot~er activity center; replacement of substandard grates or cul,erts; adjustment of traffic-actuated Signals to Make th~ bicycle sens1tlve. Projects to iaprove saf~ty shoul d b. based on current traffl c safety englno.rlng knowl edge. 2.. Roadway r..,rovetllents or cOHstruct1on of a. continUOiJs interconnected route to prov'de reas~nabl~ direct access to activ1ty centers CemploYllent. edUCilt'onal , ClJltlJral, recreational) ",·nere access did not previously txist or was hazardous. For example, devtlopment of Class I paths on continuous rights-of-way with few 'ntersect'ons (such as abandoned railroad rights-of-way) whicn lead to activity center5~ an appropr1att combination of Class I, Class II. and Class III b1kfways on routes 1dentified as high demand access routes; btcycle route s1gns or blke lanes on sele~ted routes which receive priority raa1 ntenance ar.d cleanjng. 3. Stcure btcycl~ par~ing facilities, especially in high use activity areas, at transit terminals, and at park-and-ride lots. Des1rable fac11tttes 1nclude lockers, sheltered and guarded cheCK-in areas, self-Tocking sheltered racks which eliminate ni! need to carry a chain, and racKs yhich accept U-shaped locks. 4. Otner provisions tnat facilitate bicycle/transit trips. For example, bike racks on bl!ses, paratransitltrailer comblnations. bicycie loar, or chec~-in facilities at transit terminals. 5. Haint!nance of bilceway~ ... hich are closed to motorized traffic .... here county pollcy supports the use of ArticTe 3 funds for this purpose. 5. Projects identified in a recent ( .... ithin five years) (ompreh~nsive loca' hfcycle or pedestr'ian plan. ~e encourage counties to establish a five-year plan for bic.vcle project~. 7. Projects whlch enhance or encourage bicycle or pedestrlan commutes. ::?, Attd.chment A. c" Resolutlon No. 175 Pag. 6 of 6 8~ Projt~ts in jurisdictions ",hid ha .... e tl1cycTe safety ed'ucatfofi and 1:1..­ enforcement. distribution of bicycle route information, ~ b!cycle parking plan, and pdorit)' maintenance of bike .... ays. 9. Projects wntc~ have documented local su~port 'n terms of requests for improvement from b1cyc~1sts. employers. employees. or residents in th~ area; or local effort in terms of funding or prelim1nary studies_ iO. Projects whIch provide conn£ct;on to and cont;r;o1tl wlth longer TOut!5 pro .... ided by other means or by other jurisdictions to 1~prove roglonal contlnuity. 11. 51 eyc '1 e Sa fety Eduea ti on Programs. Up to ft ve per.t;er. t of a cOP..inty I So Artic]! 3 fund may be expended to supplement monies from other source~ to fund a b1cyc1e safety educatlon program and staffing. For a 91Yen bicycl'! safety educa.tion project. no mare thar, 50 percent shall b. funded vith Articl. 3 funds.