MEMORANDUM. February 12, Interagency Transit Committee Members and Interested Parties. Anthony Zepeda, Associate Regional Planner

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1 MEMORANDUM February 12, 2014 To: Fr: Re: Interagency Transit Committee Members and Interested Parties Anthony Zepeda, Associate Regional Planner Cancellation of February 19, 2014 ITC Meeting The Interagency Transit Committee (ITC) meeting for February 19, 2014 is cancelled due to a lack of action and discussion items that would warrant a meeting. Attached, however, is an information packet for February. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the ITC is scheduled for March 19, 2014 at 1:30 PM at the SJCOG office (555 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, CA).

2 SAN JOAQUIN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS Meeting Cancelled for Wednesday, February 19, 2014 INTERAGENCY TRANSIT COMMITTEE INFORMATION ONLY PACKET 1. FY Call for Projects 2. FY Draft UTN Notice of Public Hearing 3. FY 2014 CMAQ Call for Projects Update 4. FY 2014 Active Transportation Program (ATP) Guidelines and Call for Projects Schedule

3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA-BUSINESS TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF MASS TRANSPORTATION MS N STREET P. 0. BOX SACRAMENTO, CA PHONE (916) FAX (916) TTY EDMUND G BROWN Jr Governor Flex your power! Be energy efficient! January 9, 2014 To: MPOs and RTP As Subject: Call for Projects - Ff A Section 5339 Small Urban Formula Distribution The California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans), Division of Mass Transportation (DMT) is pleased to announce a call for Federal Transit Administration (FfA) Section 5339 projects for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) Section 5339 is a new formula program that provides funding for capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and bus-related equipment, and bus-related facilities. This program was established under Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), replacing the previous Section 5309 discretionary program established under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The funding available to small urban areas with populations between 50,000 and 200,000 for FFY 2013 is $7,381,525. Please refer to Attachment 1 for the distribution for each region. During this initial call for Section 5339 projects DMT will not be accepting applications to construct bus-facilities. Applications for Section 5339 funding is limited to projects to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and bus-related equipment and facilities. Projects to construct Section 5339 bus-facilities may be included in future funding years. Applications and all required plans and documents need to be submitted in PDF format via to 5339apps@dot.ca.gov on or before March 15,2014. The application and guidelines are posted on the DMT website at: For more information, please contact Annette Clark at or Annette Clark@dot.ca.gov. We look forward to working with you in this application cycle. MARKCODEY Chief, Office of Federal Transit Grants Enclosure: Ff A Section Small Urban Formula Distribution "Caltrans improves mobility across California"

4 Attachment 1 Federal Transit Administration Section 5339 Small Urban Formula Distribution California Arroyo Grande-Grover Beach, CA $ Camarillo, CA $ Chico, CA $ Davis, CA $ Delano, CA $ El Centro-Calexico, CA $ El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)-Atascadero, CA $ Fairfield, CA $ Gilroy-Morgan Hill, CA $ Hanford, CA $ Hemet,CA $ Livermore, CA $ Lodi, CA $ Lompoc, CA $ Madera, CA $ Manteca, CA $ Merced, CA $ Napa,CA $ Petaluma, CA $ Porterville, CA $ Redding, CA $ Salinas, CA $ San Luis Obispo, CA $ Santa Barbara, CA $ Santa Cruz, CA $ Santa Maria, CA $ Seaside-Monterey, CA $ Simi Valley, CA $ Tracy, CA $ Turlock, CA $ Vacaville, CA $ Vallejo, CA $ Watsonville, CA $ Woodland, CA $ Yuba City, CA $ Yuma, AZ--CA $ $7,381,525 85, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,320 1,086 "Caltrans improves mobility across California"

5 Notice of Public Hearing before the San Joaquin Council of Governments NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN that at 2:00 PM (or shortly thereafter) on March 24, 2014 at the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG), 555 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, California, a public hearing will be held to receive oral and written statements regarding the analysis and determination of Unmet Transit Needs for Fiscal Year Draft Report. The public comment period for this document begins with this Notice and will close at 5:00 p.m. on March 24, SJCOG will consider this report for adoption at the April 24, 2014 Board of Directors meeting. Each year pursuant to state law, the San Joaquin Council of Governments must identify any unmet transit needs that may exist anywhere in San Joaquin County. If needs are found a further determination must be made as to whether those needs are reasonable to meet. State law, as presented in the Transportation Development Act (TDA) requires SJCOG to ensure that reasonable needs are met before Local Transportation Funds (LTF) are allocated for non-transit purposes. If you have any issues relevant to this item, you are invited to be present. If you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raise only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the SJCOG at or prior to the close of the public comment period. This document is available for public review. Copies can be obtained at the address above, electronically at by calling (209) , or via at info@sjcog.org. Written comments and statements may be submitted to SJCOG at 555 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, CA 95202, ed to Daniel Meza at meza@sjcog.org, faxed to , or via phone by calling the SJCOG office at

6 February 2014 ITC STAFF REPORT SUBJECT: RECOMMENDED ACTION: Fiscal Year 2014 Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Program Call for Projects Update Information SUMMARY: The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) initiated a Call for Projects (CFP) for the 2014 Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) Program on December 18, The CFP will result in the programming of new CMAQ projects in Fiscal Years (FYs) 2016/17 and 2017/18, which are being added to the SJCOG Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) as part of the 2015 FTIP Update. An estimated $20.2 million will be available for the CMAQ CFP. From the beginning of the 2014 CMAQ CFP development in October 2013, SJCOG staff, in coordination with the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and the CMAQ Policy Review Committee, have worked closely with projects sponsors to ensure that the application development process, scoring criteria, and project selection/project eligibility criteria have met the following standards: 1. Transparency. The application process, scoring criteria, cost effectiveness methods, and project selection criteria were developed, reviewed and approved by the TAC and presented for SJCOG Board of Directors approval in December This information was included in the December 18 th, 2013 CFP Announcement. 2. Objectivity. All project applications are subject to the established scoring criteria and cost-effectiveness methods approved by the TAC and Board in December The expectations and responsibilities of project sponsors are clearly established in the 2014 CMAQ Application and Scoring Criteria. 3. Accessibility. All of the 2014 CMAQ CFP materials have been made readily available to potential applicants and project sponsors throughout the process. SJCOG sent the information via to the TAC as well as posting the 2014 CFP on the SJCOG web page. In addition, SJCOG staff initiated meetings with partner agencies to discuss potential CMAQ projects and address any questions related to the CMAQ Program. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information only.

7 FISCAL IMPACT: Based on the CMAQ apportionment estimates provided by Caltrans, there is approximately $20.2 million dollars in CMAQ funding for the FY 2014 CMAQ Call for Projects including $19.4 million in new apportionments and approximately $820,000 in carry-over funding from the FY 2012 CMAQ Cost Savings pool. BACKGROUND: 2014 CMAQ Call for Projects Progress to Date SJCOG staff began development of the 2014 CMAQ CFP process in October The following is a list of milestones to date: In October 2013, SJCOG announced the development of the upcoming 2014 CMAQ CFP to the TAC. It was requested by TAC members that SJCOG provide clarification on the existing CMAQ Cost Savings Policy, Cost Effectiveness Policy, and the Scoring Criteria. In November 2013, SJCOG facilitated a meeting of the CMAQ Policy Review Committee to establish and clarify the 2014 CMAQ Cost Savings Policy, Cost Effectiveness Policy, Traffic Signal Default Values, and Scoring Criteria. The recommendations of the Policy Review Committee were presented-to and approved by the SJCOG Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Board of Directors (Board) in December SJCOG staff conducted CMAQ outreach meetings with local agencies to discuss potential projects and address questions regarding the CMAQ Program as well as to clarify the CMAQ Scoring Criteria and Cost Effectiveness Policy (December 2013 through February 2014). At the request of the TAC, SJCOG initiated contact with the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to discuss the impact of Roundabout and Bicycle/Pedestrian projects in the ARB Cost Effectiveness Model. The results of these discussions were shared with the TAC and project sponsors via on January 23 rd, SJCOG conducted a CMAQ Workshop for project sponsors on January 16 th, 2014 to provide an overview of the CMAQ Program and an introduction to the ARB Cost Effectiveness Model. The results of the Workshop and a follow-up list of Workshop questions and answers (Q&A) were ed to TAC members and project sponsors on January 23 rd, SJCOG staff worked with project sponsors to develop a working methodology for demonstrating the benefits of Roundabout projects. This information was shared at the 2014 CMAQ Workshop and included in the subsequent Workshop Q&A ed out to project sponsor.

8 2014 CMAQ Scoring Committee and Project Selection Applications for the 2014 CMAQ CFP are due to the SJCOG offices by 5:00 PM on Friday, February 14 th, The applications will be reviewed, scored and ranked by the CMAQ Scoring Committee an ad hoc committee made up of TAC representatives and traffic engineers from partner agencies. All submitted applications will be reviewed and scored based upon the existing Scoring Criteria and Cost Effectiveness Policy approved by the TAC and SJCOG Board of Directors in December The CMAQ Scoring Committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, February 20 th and Wednesday, February 26 th from approximately 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM to review, score and rank the 2014 project applications. SJCOG is open to the suggestion of holding only one meeting on February 26 th, although this will be subject to the total number of applications received by SJCOG for this cycle. The purpose of holding two meetings is to ensure that the CMAQ Scoring Committee has adequate time to successfully review and score all project applications. After the Scoring Committee has completed the review, scoring and ranking of the 2014 applications, a final ranked list of CMAQ funding recommendations will be presented for review and approval to the SJCOG standing committees in March The final Board-approved funding recommendations will then be incorporated into the 2015 FTIP update. ATTACHMENTS: CMAQ Call for Projects Schedule Prepared by: Anthony M. Zepeda, Associate Regional Planner M\STAFFRPT\2014\February\ITC\FY 2014 CMAQ Call for Projects Update.doc

9 ATTACHMENT 1: 2014 CMAQ Call for Projects Schedule December 12, 2013: December 18, 2013: SJCOG Board Approves the 2014 CMAQ Scoring Criteria, Cost Savings Policy, Cost Effectiveness Policy and Authorizes Staff to Initiate the 2014 CMAQ Call for Projects Announce 2014 CMAQ Call for Projects Dec Feb. 2014: SJCOG Conducts One-on-One Meetings with Project Sponsors to Develop and Refine Potential Projects January 16, 2014: February 14, 2014: CMAQ Workshop for Project Sponsors CMAQ Applications Due to SJCOG Offices by 5:00 PM February 20, 2014: February 26, 2014: CMAQ Scoring Committee to Review and Score Applications / Project Sponsor Presentations CMAQ Scoring Committee to Review and Score Applications / Project Sponsor Presentations March 12, 2014: March 25, 2014: Present Scoring Committee Rankings/Funding Recommendations to the Technical Advisory Committee for Approval Present Scoring Committee Ranking/Funding Recommendations to the SCJOG Board of Directors for Approval

10 February 2014 TAC STAFF REPORT SUBJECT: RECOMMENDED ACTION: 2014 Active Transportation Program (ATP) Guidelines and Call for Projects Schedule Information SUMMARY: The Active Transportation Program (ATP) was created in 2013 by Senate Bill 99 and Assembly Bill 101 to promote the increased use of active modes of transportation, such as biking and walking. The ATP consolidates funding from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), the federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, the state Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program, and the state Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA). The new ATP will divide approximately $120 million per year between the state and regions according to guidelines developed by the California Transportation Commission (CTC). Consistent with the federal TAP requirements, the Draft ATP Guidelines distribute the total annual funding capacity between three separate programs with 10% going to small urban/rural areas with populations of 200,000 or less, 40% going to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) in urban areas with populations greater than 200,000 and 50% going to a statewide program. All funding must be competitively awarded with the requirement that 25% of the funds in each program benefit disadvantaged communities. While the state (Caltrans) will manage the competitive selection process for both the statewide and small urban/rural programs, the state is not eligible to use ATP funds. A link to the full draft 2014 ATP Guidelines is identified in the attachments. Per the draft 2014 ATP Guidelines and schedule, the SJCOG region will have two separate opportunities to fund ATP eligible projects. The first is as part of the statewide program and the second is as part of SJCOG s own MPO program. With the statewide program preceding the MPO programs, SJCOG is seeking to work with local agencies and active transportation interest groups to advance candidate projects for the statewide program call for projects that will begin on March 21, This may include the convening of a new multidisciplinary ATP advisory committee that will ultimately be required to support the selection of projects through SJCOG s MPO program. As part of this effort SJCOG will be considering the use of Measure K Bicycle/Pedestrian/Safe Routes to School funds to support the local match requirements of candidate projects. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discussion only.

11 FISCAL IMPACT: None at this time. SCHEDULE: CTC adopts ATP Guidelines March 20, 2014 Statewide ATP Call for Projects begins March 21, 2014 Project applications due to Caltrans May 21, 2014 MPOs submit optional guidelines to Caltrans May 21, 2014 CTC action on MPO guidelines June 25, 2014 CTC adopts statewide ATP projects August 20, 2014 MPO project recommendations due to CTC September 30, 2014 CTC adopts MPO project recommendations December 10, 2014 ATTACHMENTS: 1) Draft 2014 Active Transportation Program Guidelines available at: 2) 2014 Active Transportation Program Fund Estimate Prepared By: Wil Ridder, Senior Regional Planner

12 State of California California State Transportation Agency DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION M e m o r a n d u m To: CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION CTC Meeting: December 11-12, 2013 Reference No.: 4.4 Action Item From: STEVEN KECK Acting Chief Financial Officer Prepared by: Ron Sheppard Division Chief Budgets Subject: 2014 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUND ESTIMATE RESOLUTION G RECOMMENDATION: The California Department of Transportation (Department) requests the California Transportation Commission (Commission) approve the 2014 Active Transportation Program (ATP) Fund Estimate. ISSUE: The 2014 ATP Fund Estimate s program capacities are based on Senate Bill (SB) 99 and Assembly Bill (AB) 101, along with the Federal Highway Administration, Commission and California State Transportation Agency guidance. The Department will work with Commission Staff to make any needed updates or amendments. In addition, the following assumptions were used to calculate the 2014 ATP Fund Estimate s program capacities: 1. Distribution to Metropolitan Planning Organizations is based upon total population. Federal Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) funding distributed according to Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century (MAP21) guidance. Other federal funds distributed by total population. 2. Recreational Trails not subject to Federal TAP distribution guidelines. 3. Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program funds will not be used in the ATP percent obligation authority for all federal funding apportionments. 5. Fiscal year of the ATP Fund Estimate includes fiscal year carry over funds. 6. Population based on 2010 census data. 7. State and federal resources will remain stable throughout the fund estimate period. BACKGROUND: The Administration proposed the ATP in the January 2013 Governor s Budget proposal, but due to the complex nature of the programs, and the scope of the changes proposed, the Legislature chose to defer action on this proposal when adopting the June 15 th Budget package and instead froze funds for these purposes and inserted intent language that the ATP would be developed before the end of the 2014 legislative session. Caltrans improves mobility across California

13 CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS Reference No.: 4.4 CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION December 11-12, 2013 Page 2 of 2 The new ATP will divide approximately $124.2 million for active transportation projects between the state and regions subject to guidelines that will be adopted by the Commission. This replaces the current system of small-dedicated grant programs, which fund programs like Safe Routes to Schools, bicycle programs, and recreational trails. The intent of combining this funding is to improve flexibility and reduce the administrative burden of having several small independent grant programs. The ATP, as articulated in SB 99 and AB 101, signed into law September 26, 2013, differs from the Administration's initial proposal in several areas. These changes reflect compromises reached with various stakeholders and mirror concerns raised about the proposal in budget hearings, including: 1. Funding for the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program continues to remain a stand-alone program administered by the Natural Resource Agency instead of being consolidated in the ATP. 2. The Safe Routes to Schools program is guaranteed at least $24 million of funding from the Program funds for three years. Of this amount, at least $7.2 million is available for noninfrastructure program needs including the continuation of technical assistance by the state. In the original proposal, the Safe Routes to Schools program had no funding minimum. 3. This proposal includes a requirement that 25 percent of all ATP funds benefit disadvantaged communities, an addition to the January proposal. 4. The state will not exercise its option to opt out of using federal funds transportation funds for recreational trails, which was initially part of the administration's proposal. In addition, the Department of Parks and Recreation will retain $3.4 million of federal funds for recreational trails. RESOLUTION G-13-17: BE IT RESOLVED that the California Transportation Commission does hereby adopt the 2014 ATP Fund Estimate, as presented by the Department on December 11, 2013, with programming in the 2014 ATP to be based on the statutory funding identified. Attachment Caltrans improves mobility across California

14 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM (ATP) PROPOSAL FUND ESTIMATE ($ in thousands) 2-Year 3-Year Total Total RESOURCES STATE RESOURCES Beginning Balance $0 $0 State Highway Account 34,200 34,200 34,200 68, ,600 State Resources Subtotal $34,200 $34,200 $34,200 $68,400 $102,600 FEDERAL RESOURCES Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) $63,650 $63,650 $63,650 $127,300 $190,950 TAP Recreational Trails 1,900 1,900 1,900 3,800 5,700 Other Federal 19,950 19,950 19,950 39,900 59,850 Federal Resources Subtotal $85,500 $85,500 $85,500 $171,000 $256,500 TOTAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE $119,700 $119,700 $119,700 $239,400 $359,100 DISTRIBUTION URBAN REGIONS (MPO Administered) State ($13,221) ($13,221) ($13,221) ($26,442) ($39,663) Federal (34,659) (34,659) (34,659) (69,318) (103,977) Urban Regions Subtotal ($47,880) ($47,880) ($47,880) ($95,760) ($143,640) SMALL URBAN & RURAL REGIONS (State Administered) State ($4,829) ($4,829) ($4,829) ($9,658) ($14,487) Federal (7,141) (7,141) (7,141) (14,282) (21,423) Small Urban & Rural Regions Subtotal ($11,970) ($11,970) ($11,970) ($23,940) ($35,910) STATEWIDE COMPETITION (State Administered) State ($16,150) ($16,150) ($16,150) ($32,300) ($48,450) Federal (43,700) (43,700) (43,700) (87,400) (131,100) Statewide Competition Subtotal ($59,850) ($59,850) ($59,850) ($119,700) ($179,550) TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS ($119,700) ($119,700) ($119,700) ($239,400) ($359,100) Notes: Individual numbers may not add to total due to independent rounding. Final dollar amounts may vary based on actual apportionment and obligational authority by FHWA or any changes in Federal guidance.

15 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM (ATP) PROPOSAL URBAN REGION SHARES ($ in thousands) FISCAL YEAR URBAN REGIONS FEDERAL TAP FEDERAL OTHER STATE TOTAL Disadvantaged Communities* MTC Region $ 10,503 $ 3,829 $ 5,816 $ 20,149 $ 5,037 SACOG Region 2,945 1,218 2,247 6,410 1,602 SCAG Region 28,985 9,667 12,213 50,865 12,716 Fresno COG (Fresno UZA) 1, ,005 2, Kern COG (Bakersfield) ,021 2, SANDAG (San Diego UZA) 5,052 1,658 2,013 8,722 2,180 San Joaquin COG (Stockton) , Stanislaus COG (Modesto) , Tulare CAG (Visalia) , Total $ 51,119 $ 18,199 $ 26,442 $ 95,760 $ 23,940 FISCAL YEAR URBAN REGIONS FEDERAL TAP FEDERAL OTHER STATE TOTAL Disadvantaged Communities* MTC Region $ 5,252 $ 1,915 $ 2,908 $ 10,075 $ 2,519 SACOG Region 1, ,123 3, SCAG Region 14,493 4,833 6,106 25,432 6,358 Fresno COG (Fresno UZA) , Kern COG (Bakersfield) , SANDAG (San Diego UZA) 2, ,006 4,361 1,090 San Joaquin COG (Stockton) Stanislaus COG (Modesto) Tulare CAG (Visalia) Total $ 25,559 $ 9,100 $ 13,221 $ 47,880 $ 11,970 Notes: Individual numbers may not add to total due to independent rounding. Final dollar amounts may vary based on actual apportionment and obligational authority by FHWA or any changes in Federal guidance. *Per Senate Bill 99, ATP guidelines shall include a process to ensure no less than 25 percent of overall program funds benefit disadvantaged communities.