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COUNTY WIDE VMT STRATEGY. IT IS ONE OF THREE WORKSHOPS. IT IS ONE OF THREE WORKSHOPS. FIRST WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS FIRST WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS 43 HAND HOW IT RELATES AND HOW 43 HAND HOW IT RELATES AND HOW IT WILL LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE IT WILL LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE WHAT IS POTENTIALLY POSSIBLE. WHAT IS POTENTIALLY POSSIBLE. AGENDA WISE BACKGROUND AND AGENDA WISE BACKGROUND AND METHODS. METHODS. THRESHOLD AND MITIGATION.
THRESHOLD AND MITIGATION. AFTER THIS SLIDE I WILL HAND IT AFTER THIS SLIDE I WILL HAND IT OFF TO RON FOR REMAINING OF THE OFF TO RON FOR REMAINING OF THE PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION. WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS PRESENTATION? PRESENTATION? WE THINK THAT THE MITIGATION IS WE THINK THAT THE MITIGATION IS NEW FOR PROJECTS UND UNDER THE .
NEW FOR PROJECTS UND UNDER THE . IT IS VERY CHALLENGING GETTING IT IS VERY CHALLENGING GETTING THROUGH CEQA PROCESS. THROUGH CEQA PROCESS. WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY VARIETY OF WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY VARIETY OF MITIGATION FOR THE PROJECT. MITIGATION FOR THE PROJECT. COST-EFFECTIVE MITIGATION IS COST-EFFECTIVE MITIGATION IS DIFFICULT TO FIND. DIFFICULT TO FIND. THEN TO IMPLEMENT THE VMT.
THEN TO IMPLEMENT THE VMT. A LOT OF CHALLENGES AS WE MOVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS. FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS. POTENTIALLY OPPORTUNITIES.
POTENTIALLY OPPORTUNITIES. COUNTY WIDE APPROACH COULD COUNTY WIDE APPROACH COULD STREAMLINE THAT IDENTIFICATION STREAMLINE THAT IDENTIFICATION MUCH VMT MITIGATION, ALLOW MUCH VMT MITIGATION, ALLOW PROJECTS THROUGH CEQA QUICKER PROJECTS THROUGH CEQA QUICKER AND ALLOW US TO REDIRECT THE AND ALLOW US TO REDIRECT THE MITIGATION FUNDS TO HIGH MITIGATION FUNDS TO HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS AS WELL. PRIORITY PROJECTS AS WELL. OPPORTUNITY SIDE.
OPPORTUNITY SIDE. FOR THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL FOR THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL HAVE RON WALK US THROUGH THE 101 HAVE RON WALK US THROUGH THE 101 ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. >> THANK YOU, KEVIN. >> THANK YOU, KEVIN. PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS INSIGHTS SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS INSIGHTS ABOUT SB743 AND IMPLEMENTATION.
ABOUT SB743 AND IMPLEMENTATION. I LIKE THE WAY KEVIN FRAMED IT. I LIKE THE WAY KEVIN FRAMED IT. REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGENCIES REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGENCIES LIKE STA BECAUSE OF THE TYPES OF LIKE STA BECAUSE OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU DELIVER INVOLVING PROJECTS YOU DELIVER INVOLVING ADDING CAPACITY TO ROADWAY ADDING CAPACITY TO ROADWAY SYSTEM TO INDUCE VMT.
SYSTEM TO INDUCE VMT. ACTRIV TRANSPORTATION AND ACTRIV TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT CAN REDUCE IT AND TRANSIT CAN REDUCE IT AND QUALIFY AS MITIGATION MEASURES QUALIFY AS MITIGATION MEASURES FOR OTHER PROJECTS. FOR OTHER PROJECTS. MORE BACKGROUND 743 HOW WE GOT MORE BACKGROUND 743 HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHAT IS NEXT WITH HERE AND WHAT IS NEXT WITH RESPECT TO THE MITIGATION.
RESPECT TO THE MITIGATION. I WANT TO START WITH SOMETHING I WANT TO START WITH SOMETHING REALLY SIMPLE. REALLY SIMPLE. VMT IN BASIC FORM. VMT IN BASIC FORM. VERY SIMPLE METRIC. VERY SIMPLE METRIC. TWO VARIABLES. TWO VARIABLES. NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS, NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS, MULTIPLIED BY LENGTH OF THE MULTIPLIED BY LENGTH OF THE TRIPS.
TRIPS. IF YOU HAD ONE VEHICLE TRIP IF YOU HAD ONE VEHICLE TRIP GOING ONE MILE ONE VMT. GOING ONE MILE ONE VMT. SIMPLE. SIMPLE. FOUR VEHICLE TRIPS GOING FOUR VEHICLE TRIPS GOING 10 MILES, 40VMT. THAT IS WHERE 10 MILES, 40VMT. THAT IS WHERE SIMPLICITY STOPS.
SIMPLICITY STOPS. END UP IN PRACTICE WITH NINE END UP IN PRACTICE WITH NINE METRIC VERSIONS TO USE IN METRIC VERSIONS TO USE IN TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS WHY WE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS WHY WE ARE ANALYZING VMT. ARE ANALYZING VMT. >> ROLL BACK A FEW SECONDS TO >> ROLL BACK A FEW SECONDS TO SIMPLICITY PART. SIMPLICITY PART. THIS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT. THIS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT. AT LEAST TO ME.
AT LEAST TO ME. AND I THINK ONE OF THE AND I THINK ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL SHORTCOMINGS OF ANY FUNDAMENTAL SHORTCOMINGS OF ANY STATUTE THAT USING VMT AS STATUTE THAT USING VMT AS SURROGATE METRIC FOR GREEN HAS SURROGATE METRIC FOR GREEN HAS GAS EMISSIONS. GAS EMISSIONS. WHAT YOU SHOW AND TELL US HERE WHAT YOU SHOW AND TELL US HERE THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GREEN HAS GAS EMISSION.
GREEN HAS GAS EMISSION. THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO HOW THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO HOW FAR THE VEHICLE TRAVELS. FAR THE VEHICLE TRAVELS. >> YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. >> YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. >> IT IS THE RIGHT TRACK. >> IT IS THE RIGHT TRACK. SHOW ME ON YOUR SLIDE WHERE IT SHOW ME ON YOUR SLIDE WHERE IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. >> WHEN YOU TRAVEL ONE MILE IN A >> WHEN YOU TRAVEL ONE MILE IN A VEHICLE. VEHICLE. >> YOU ARE MAKING A CONNECTION >> YOU ARE MAKING A CONNECTION THAT IS NOT PART OF THE THAT IS NOT PART OF THE SIMPLICITY YOU JUST GOT DONE SIMPLICITY YOU JUST GOT DONE EXPLAINS IS WHAT I AM SAYING.
EXPLAINS IS WHAT I AM SAYING. >> THINK ABOUT THE POWERS THE >> THINK ABOUT THE POWERS THE VEHICLE THAT IS WHERE THE VEHICLE THAT IS WHERE THE GREENHOUSE GAS COMES FROM GAS OR GREENHOUSE GAS COMES FROM GAS OR ELECTRICITY. ELECTRICITY. WHAT YOU ARE GETTING TO THE FACT WHAT YOU ARE GETTING TO THE FACT THE WAY THE LAW WAS PASS IT THE WAY THE LAW WAS PASS IT TREATS ALL VMT THE SAME.
TREATS ALL VMT THE SAME. IT HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR IT HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION. MITIGATION. THINGS THAT MIGHT REDUCE THINGS THAT MIGHT REDUCE EMISSIONS AREN'T RELEVANT FOR EMISSIONS AREN'T RELEVANT FOR 743. 743. THEY ARE TRYING TO REDUCE HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO REDUCE HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE DRIVING. MUCH PEOPLE ARE DRIVING. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. I KNOW THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE IN THAT CONTEXT. MORE IN THAT CONTEXT. IN 375 IT IS VERY, IN 375 IT IS VERY, VERY RELEVANT.
VERY RELEVANT. AT ONE POINTS 375 WAS AT ONE POINTS 375 WAS UNDERSTANDABLE MAKING THAT LEAP UNDERSTANDABLE MAKING THAT LEAP FROM HOW FAR A VEHICLE TRAVELS FROM HOW FAR A VEHICLE TRAVELS USING AS SURROGATE FOR RELEASE USING AS SURROGATE FOR RELEASE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INTO OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
THE ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER, SINCE SB375 IS PASSED HOWEVER, SINCE SB375 IS PASSED AND IMPLEMENTED AND AND I AM AND IMPLEMENTED AND AND I AM SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, TOO. SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, TOO. MARKET FOR ZERO EMISSION MARKET FOR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES HAS EXPANDED. VEHICLES HAS EXPANDED. BY LAW IN CALIFORNIA IT HAS TO BY LAW IN CALIFORNIA IT HAS TO FOR THE TIME BEING. FOR THE TIME BEING. THERE IS A COURT CASE.
THERE IS A COURT CASE. I WANT TO STOP YOU HERE AND MAKE I WANT TO STOP YOU HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING PAGE IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT, IN TERMS OF ITS THAT, IN TERMS OF ITS MEASUREMENT FOR SB375 OR OTHERS MEASUREMENT FOR SB375 OR OTHERS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO GREENHOUSE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO GREENHOUSE GAS CONNECTION, IT HAS SERIOUS
GAS CONNECTION, IT HAS SERIOUS SHORTCOMINGS ESPECIALLY RELATED SHORTCOMINGS ESPECIALLY RELATED TO GAS TAX, TOO, BY THE WAY. TO GAS TAX, TOO, BY THE WAY. >> WE HAVE NINE FORMS OF METRIC >> WE HAVE NINE FORMS OF METRIC IN PRACTICE. IN PRACTICE. SOMETIMES WE ANALYZE FOR SOMETIMES WE ANALYZE FOR GREENHOUSE GAS, AIR POLLUTANT, GREENHOUSE GAS, AIR POLLUTANT, LAND USE PLANNING PURPOSES.
LAND USE PLANNING PURPOSES. GREEN AND GRAY ROADS SHOWS HOW GREEN AND GRAY ROADS SHOWS HOW WE USE VMT AIR POLLUTION WE USE VMT AIR POLLUTION ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS. WHERE IT IS GENERATED AND WHAT WHERE IT IS GENERATED AND WHAT TYPES OF VEHICLES DETERMINES HOW TYPES OF VEHICLES DETERMINES HOW MUCH FUEL IS BURNED HOW MUCH IT MUCH FUEL IS BURNED HOW MUCH IT SHOWS UP.
SHOWS UP. NEAR SENSITIVERY SENATOR ONCE NEAR SENSITIVERY SENATOR ONCE WAY OR FOR GREENHOUSE GAS A WAY OR FOR GREENHOUSE GAS A DIFFERENT WAY. DIFFERENT WAY. SIMPLE METRIC. SIMPLE METRIC. IT CAN GET COMPLEX AS THE IT CAN GET COMPLEX AS THE DISCUSSION JUST ALLUDED TO. DISCUSSION JUST ALLUDED TO. IN TERMS OF HOW WE GOT HERE. IN TERMS OF HOW WE GOT HERE. WHERE HAS GIVEN US GOOD IDEA.
WHERE HAS GIVEN US GOOD IDEA. THERE IS A CONNECTION TO THERE IS A CONNECTION TO GREENHOUSE GASES. GREENHOUSE GASES. I WILL GO BACK TO AMEND B32 IN I WILL GO BACK TO AMEND B32 IN 2006 WHEN THE STATE FIRST 2006 WHEN THE STATE FIRST STARTED TO PASS GREENHOUSE STARTED TO PASS GREENHOUSE GASES. GASES. IT INTRODUCED TO CEQA.
IT INTRODUCED TO CEQA. FIRST TIME STATE INTRODUCED FIRST TIME STATE INTRODUCED DIRECT METRIC TO CEQA. DIRECT METRIC TO CEQA. DIDN'T TELL HOW TO MEASURE THE, DIDN'T TELL HOW TO MEASURE THE, THRESHOLD. THRESHOLD. BUT WE HAD TO ANALYZE IT. BUT WE HAD TO ANALYZE IT. FAST FORWARD TO SB375. FAST FORWARD TO SB375. REDUCING VMT FROM LAND USE REDUCING VMT FROM LAND USE TRANSPORTATION IS CHALLENGING.
TRANSPORTATION IS CHALLENGING. MPOs WERE TASKED WITH THAT. MPOs WERE TASKED WITH THAT. THEY TRACK THAT. THEY TRACK THAT. YOU CAN GO TO SB150 WHERE THEY YOU CAN GO TO SB150 WHERE THEY TRACK PERFORMANCE HOW THEY HAVE TRACK PERFORMANCE HOW THEY HAVE DONE OVER TIME. DONE OVER TIME. VMT AND GREENHOUSE GAS IN THE VMT AND GREENHOUSE GAS IN THE STATE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. STATE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. WE HAVE 743.
WE HAVE 743. MORE DIRECT EFFECT TO REDUCE MORE DIRECT EFFECT TO REDUCE ACTUAL VEHICLE TRAVEL REGARDLESS ACTUAL VEHICLE TRAVEL REGARDLESS OF WHAT POWERS THE CAR. OF WHAT POWERS THE CAR. IT IS A PROXY FOR OTHER IT IS A PROXY FOR OTHER POTENTIAL IMPACTS. POTENTIAL IMPACTS. WE TALKED ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS WE TALKED ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS AND AIR POLLUTION. AND AIR POLLUTION. SAFETY IS ANOTHER ONE.
SAFETY IS ANOTHER ONE. MORE PEOPLE DRIVE MORE RISK TO MORE PEOPLE DRIVE MORE RISK TO BEING EXPOSED TO COLLISION. BEING EXPOSED TO COLLISION. VMT IN CEQA MEASURES IMPACT OF VMT IN CEQA MEASURES IMPACT OF DRIVING. DRIVING. TENDS TO BE PROXY FOR OTHER TENDS TO BE PROXY FOR OTHER THINGS. THINGS. THAT IS HOW IT IS USED BY US THAT IS HOW IT IS USED BY US PRACTITIONERS.
PRACTITIONERS. WHAT DID THE LEGISLATURE EXPECT WHAT DID THE LEGISLATURE EXPECT WHEN THEY PASSED THIS? WHEN THEY PASSED THIS? REDUCING GREENHOUSE GRASSES FROM REDUCING GREENHOUSE GRASSES FROM LEGISLATIVE INTENT. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO IMPROVE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. PUBLIC HEALTH. ENCOURAGING INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
ENCOURAGING INFILL DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE TO THINK ABOUT THREE WE ARE TO THINK ABOUT THREE OUTCOMES WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS OUTCOMES WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS METRICS, METHOD TO USE AND WHAT METRICS, METHOD TO USE AND WHAT TYPE OF MITIGATION MEASURES ARE TYPE OF MITIGATION MEASURES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE. MOST EFFECTIVE. THAT TAKES US TO MORE DIFFICULT THAT TAKES US TO MORE DIFFICULT PARTS OF IMPLEMENTING 743. PARTS OF IMPLEMENTING 743. THRESHOLDS AND MITIGATION.
THRESHOLDS AND MITIGATION. WHAT CONSTITUTES SIGNIFICANT WHAT CONSTITUTES SIGNIFICANT IMPACT? IMPACT? UNDEUNDER THE CEQA WE HAVE TO UNDEUNDER THE CEQA WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE CHANGE IS DETERMINE WHEN THE CHANGE IS SIGNIFICANT. SIGNIFICANT. GOOD VERSUS BAD VMT. GOOD VERSUS BAD VMT. MOST DIFFICULT DECISION LEAD MOST DIFFICULT DECISION LEAD AGENCIES STRUGGLE WITH.
AGENCIES STRUGGLE WITH. WITHIN THE BU BU BUILT ENVIRONME WITHIN THE BU BU BUILT ENVIRONME HAVE PLACES WHERE HOMES, JOBS, HAVE PLACES WHERE HOMES, JOBS, SCHOOLS ARE LONG DISTANCES. SCHOOLS ARE LONG DISTANCES. CERTAIN DRIVING IS REQUIRED TO CERTAIN DRIVING IS REQUIRED TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMY, IN SOCIETY, HEALTHCARE, ECONOMY, IN SOCIETY, HEALTHCARE, GROCERIES.
GROCERIES. WHEN YOU ARE ESTABLISHING WHEN YOU ARE ESTABLISHING THRESHOLDS, THE WAY CEQA WORKS THRESHOLDS, THE WAY CEQA WORKS EACH LEAD AGENCY, CITY, COUNTY, EACH LEAD AGENCY, CITY, COUNTY, CALTRANS HAS OPTION TO PICK CALTRANS HAS OPTION TO PICK THRESHOLD. THRESHOLD. STATE HAS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
STATE HAS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY DID NOT CONNECT THRESHOLDS THEY DID NOT CONNECT THRESHOLDS TO INFILL HOUSING OR PROMOTING TO INFILL HOUSING OR PROMOTING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THEY WERE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THEY WERE TIED TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TIED TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS. GOALS. CITIES AND COUNTIES AND CALTRANS CITIES AND COUNTIES AND CALTRANS HAVE DONE THEIR OWN ANALYSIS FOR HAVE DONE THEIR OWN ANALYSIS FOR THE THRESHOLDS.
THE THRESHOLDS. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. IT VARIES DEPENDING HOW THEY IT VARIES DEPENDING HOW THEY VALUE E.M.T. VERSUS OTHER VALUE E.M.T. VERSUS OTHER OBJECTIVES FUTURE GROWTH, OBJECTIVES FUTURE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. ACTIVITY. ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THRESHOLDS WE ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THRESHOLDS WE HAVE IMPACTS TYPICALLY.
HAVE IMPACTS TYPICALLY. WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THOSE WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS. IMPACTS. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT VMT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT VMT IMPACTS WHY WE DRIVE SO MUCH. IMPACTS WHY WE DRIVE SO MUCH. BUILT ENVIRONMENTS HAVE BIG BUILT ENVIRONMENTS HAVE BIG FACTORS. FACTORS. WE REFER TO THE D'S. WE REFER TO THE D'S. VARIABLES. VARIABLES. DENSITY OF POPULATION.
DENSITY OF POPULATION. EMPLOYMENT, CLOSER PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYMENT, CLOSER PEOPLE ARE LIVING TOWARDS DESTINATION LIVING TOWARDS DESTINATION SHORTER TRIPS. SHORTER TRIPS. MORE LIKELY YOU COULD WALK, MORE LIKELY YOU COULD WALK, BIKE, TAKE TRANSIT. BIKE, TAKE TRANSIT. AS YOU IMPROVE THE DENSITY AND AS YOU IMPROVE THE DENSITY AND GET PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER IF GET PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER IF YOU HAVE A SUPPORTIVE NETWORK.
YOU HAVE A SUPPORTIVE NETWORK. WALKING, BICYCLING, TRANSIT. WALKING, BICYCLING, TRANSIT. IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE DISTANCE IS SHORT. DISTANCE IS SHORT. THESE ARE ALL THE PHYSICAL FORMS THESE ARE ALL THE PHYSICAL FORMS OF OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY OF OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY BEING A REAL DIFFERENCE. BEING A REAL DIFFERENCE. AT BOTTOM OF THE LIST IS DEMAND AT BOTTOM OF THE LIST IS DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
MANAGEMENT. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF TRANSPORTATION DEMAND TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT. MANAGEMENT. TDM. TDM. YOU ARE USING INCENTIVES OR YOU ARE USING INCENTIVES OR DISINCENTIVES TO CHANGE DISINCENTIVES TO CHANGE INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR. THE CHALLENGE WITH D VARIABLES. THE CHALLENGE WITH D VARIABLES. THINK OF A PYRAMIDS.
THINK OF A PYRAMIDS. THEY ARE IN THE PHYSICAL THEY ARE IN THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT HOW MUCH WE NEED TO DEVELOPMENT HOW MUCH WE NEED TO TRAVEL BY VEHICLES.
TRAVEL BY VEHICLES. REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICIES AND LOCATION EFFICIENCY POLICIES AND LOCATION EFFICIENCY OF LAND USE IS BIGGEST EFFECT IS OF LAND USE IS BIGGEST EFFECT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE TO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE TO REDUCE HOW MUCH PEOPLE NEED TO REDUCE HOW MUCH PEOPLE NEED TO DRIVE. DRIVE. AT TOP IS WHERE WE ARE LEAST AT TOP IS WHERE WE ARE LEAST EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE. THAT IS BUILDING OPERATIONS OR THAT IS BUILDING OPERATIONS OR TDM. TDM. PICTURE OFFICE BUILDING WHERE PICTURE OFFICE BUILDING WHERE YOU ARE OFFERING THE TENANTS OF YOU ARE OFFERING THE TENANTS OF THE BUILDING TRANSIT PASSES. THE BUILDING TRANSIT PASSES. THAT HAS A NUDGE EFFECT. THAT HAS A NUDGE EFFECT. IT HAS TO WORK WITH EACH IT HAS TO WORK WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
INDIVIDUAL PERSON. EACH PERSON HAS REASONS FOR EACH PERSON HAS REASONS FOR DRIVING OR TAKING TRANSIT. DRIVING OR TAKING TRANSIT. WHEN YOU NUDGE INDIVIDUALS IT IS WHEN YOU NUDGE INDIVIDUALS IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR. DIFFICULT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR. WE ARE LESS EFFECTIVE AT THE TOP WE ARE LESS EFFECTIVE AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMIDS.
OF THE PYRAMIDS. PROBLEM IS IF YOU ARE DOING PROBLEM IS IF YOU ARE DOING TRANSIT PASSES YOU HAVE TO DO IT TRANSIT PASSES YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR CONTINUALLY. EVERY YEAR CONTINUALLY. EXPENSIVE. EXPENSIVE. GUESS WHAT? GUESS WHAT? BUILDING TENANTS CHANGE OVER BUILDING TENANTS CHANGE OVER TIME. TIME. FOUR YEARS FROM NOW THEY COULD FOUR YEARS FROM NOW THEY COULD BE DIFFERENT.
BE DIFFERENT. SAME STRATEGY DOESN'T WORK THEY SAME STRATEGY DOESN'T WORK THEY DON'T WANT TRANSIT THEY WOULD DON'T WANT TRANSIT THEY WOULD RATHER BIKE. RATHER BIKE. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO YOU ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH TENANTS TO CHANGE KEEP UP WITH TENANTS TO CHANGE STRATEGIES. STRATEGIES. THEY REQUIRE YOU TO PAY FOR THEM THEY REQUIRE YOU TO PAY FOR THEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WHEN WE THINK OF THIS IN WHEN WE THINK OF THIS IN CONSTRUCT OF MITIGATION PROGRAM CONSTRUCT OF MITIGATION PROGRAM OR CRAFTING PROGRAM.
OR CRAFTING PROGRAM. WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN PRACTICE WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN PRACTICE WITHOUT PROGRAM APPROACH EVERY WITHOUT PROGRAM APPROACH EVERY PROJECT MITIGATES ITS OWN PROJECT MITIGATES ITS OWN IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION THEY ARE DONE ON SYSTEM THEY ARE DONE ON SYSTEM MITIGATION. MITIGATION. MITIGATION IS TRIED TO BE BUILT MITIGATION IS TRIED TO BE BUILT INTO THE PROJECT.
INTO THE PROJECT. YOU MIGHT IMAGINE THAT IS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE THAT IS DIFFICULT ON FREEWAY. DIFFICULT ON FREEWAY. HOW DO YOU BUILD ELEMENTS INTO HOW DO YOU BUILD ELEMENTS INTO THE FREEWAY TO REDUCE VMT? THE FREEWAY TO REDUCE VMT? EASIER FOR COMPLETE STREETS EASIER FOR COMPLETE STREETS WHERE INTEND IS TO ACCOMMODATES WHERE INTEND IS TO ACCOMMODATES DIFFERENT USERS AND MODES. DIFFERENT USERS AND MODES. STILL A CHALLENGE.
STILL A CHALLENGE. WE LOOK TO OFF SYSTEM WE LOOK TO OFF SYSTEM MITIGATION. MITIGATION. THESE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THESE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY, COUNTY OR REGION. CITY, COUNTY OR REGION. CHALLENGE IS THERE IS A LOT OF CHALLENGE IS THERE IS A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN COORDINATION BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS.
JURISDICTIONS. PART OF CEQA MITIGATION IT HAS PART OF CEQA MITIGATION IT HAS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND ENFORCEABLE. TO BE EFFECTIVE AND ENFORCEABLE. IF IT IS IN OTHER JURISDICTION IF IT IS IN OTHER JURISDICTION YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT JURISDICTION TO WITH THAT JURISDICTION TO IMPLEMENT. IMPLEMENT. THAT LEADS TO PROGRAM LEVEL THAT LEADS TO PROGRAM LEVEL SOLUTIONS.
SOLUTIONS. HOW DO WE TAKE AS CITY OR COUNTY HOW DO WE TAKE AS CITY OR COUNTY OR SUBREGIONAL LEVEL. OR SUBREGIONAL LEVEL. HOW DO WE PULL MOST EFFECTIVE HOW DO WE PULL MOST EFFECTIVE MIDGATIONS TOGETHER TO MAKE IT MIDGATIONS TOGETHER TO MAKE IT EASIER TO IMPLEMENT. EASIER TO IMPLEMENT. AGENCIES ARE EXPLORING NOW. AGENCIES ARE EXPLORING NOW. IN PRACTICE ON THE SYSTEM IN PRACTICE ON THE SYSTEM MITIGATION ONLY.
MITIGATION ONLY. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO BUILDS TO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO BUILDS TO PROJECTS. PROJECTS. EASIER IF YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR EASIER IF YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR ARTERIAL PROJECTS, LOCAL AGENCY ARTERIAL PROJECTS, LOCAL AGENCY PROJECTS. PROJECTS. GOOD EXAMPLE FROM THE COMPLETE GOOD EXAMPLE FROM THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN.
STREETS MASTER PLAN. BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES DIRECT LEE TO THE FACILITIES DIRECT LEE TO THE PROJECT. PROJECT. OFF SYSTEM YOU CAN HAVE BIGGER OFF SYSTEM YOU CAN HAVE BIGGER EFFECT AND INVEST IN TRAIL EFFECT AND INVEST IN TRAIL SYSTEMS COUNTY WIDE. SYSTEMS COUNTY WIDE. INVEST IN COUNTY WIDE TRANSIT.
INVEST IN COUNTY WIDE TRANSIT. MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BIGGER EFFECT. BIGGER EFFECT. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT VMT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT VMT MITIGATION TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE, MITIGATION TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE, LARGEST EFFECT IS IMPORTANT. LARGEST EFFECT IS IMPORTANT. IF WE ONLY WORK AT PROJECT IF WE ONLY WORK AT PROJECT SCALE, WE HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITY SCALE, WE HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
TO DO THAT. HERE IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE HERE IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE BUILDING INTO THE PROJECT. BUILDING INTO THE PROJECT. VRT LANES, TRANSIT MORE VRT LANES, TRANSIT MORE EFFECTIVE ARE TYPES ARE PROJECTS EFFECTIVE ARE TYPES ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE VRT MITIGATION TO THAT ARE VRT MITIGATION TO CREATE THE IMPACTS.
CREATE THE IMPACTS. ANOTHER ANOTHER EXAMPLE MOBILITY ANOTHER ANOTHER EXAMPLE MOBILITY HUBS WHERE WE TAKE TRANSIT HUBS WHERE WE TAKE TRANSIT STATIONS TO IMPROVE ABILITY TO STATIONS TO IMPROVE ABILITY TO EXTEND FIRST AND LAST MILE. EXTEND FIRST AND LAST MILE. IN SOME IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN IN SOME IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THINGS LIKE e-BIKE ACTUALLY DO THINGS LIKE e-BIKE SHARE. SHARE. THOSE THINGS.
THOSE THINGS. GO BEYOND ONE MILE EASILY. GO BEYOND ONE MILE EASILY. JUST MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE JUST MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND WITHOUT HAVING TO TO GET AROUND WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE. DRIVE. WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LEAD YOU WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LEAD YOU TO. TO. YOU WILL SEE IN OTHER SESSIONS.
YOU WILL SEE IN OTHER SESSIONS. THINKING ABOUT PROGRAM LEVEL THINKING ABOUT PROGRAM LEVEL MITIGATION. MITIGATION. YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF IMPACT FEE YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS. PROGRAMS. A FORM OF PROGRAM-BASED A FORM OF PROGRAM-BASED MITIGATION. MITIGATION. THERE ARE IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS THERE ARE IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS DEVELOPED IN THE STATE BASED ON DEVELOPED IN THE STATE BASED ON REDUCING VMT.
REDUCING VMT. FIRST IN L.A. FIRST IN L.A. NOW THEY ARE LOOKING TO SIMPLER NOW THEY ARE LOOKING TO SIMPLER PROGRAMS. PROGRAMS. VMT MITIGATION EXCHANGESES AND VMT MITIGATION EXCHANGESES AND BANKS.
BANKS. EXCHANGES ARE A LIST OF PROJECTS EXCHANGES ARE A LIST OF PROJECTS EVIDENCE THEY REDUCE VMT AND EVIDENCE THEY REDUCE VMT AND COULD BE EFFECTIVELY BUILT BY COULD BE EFFECTIVELY BUILT BY PROJECT APPLICANT OR PAID FOR PROJECT APPLICANT OR PAID FOR FULLY BY PROJECT APPLICANT FULLY BY PROJECT APPLICANT CREATING VMT IMPACTS. CREATING VMT IMPACTS. VMT BANKS ARE MORE COMPLEX.
VMT BANKS ARE MORE COMPLEX. YOU PURCHASE VMT REDUCTION YOU PURCHASE VMT REDUCTION CREDITS BASED ON HOW MANY VMT CREDITS BASED ON HOW MANY VMT YOUR PROJECT GENERATES ABOVE THE YOUR PROJECT GENERATES ABOVE THE THRESHOLD. THRESHOLD. YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH VERIFICATION ALL PROJECTS THE VERIFICATION ALL PROJECTS THE BANK IS GOING TO PAY FOR WILL BANK IS GOING TO PAY FOR WILL REDUCE VMT.
REDUCE VMT. A WHOLE VERIFICATION COMPLEX A WHOLE VERIFICATION COMPLEX THAT IS COMPLEX. THAT IS COMPLEX. WE WILL SPEND MORE TIME TALKING WE WILL SPEND MORE TIME TALKING IN OTHER SESSIONS ABOUT THE IN OTHER SESSIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS THAT IS THE OVERVIEW. DETAILS THAT IS THE OVERVIEW. WE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO WE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. >> VERY GOOD.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR DICKINSON. DIRECTOR DICKINSON. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT IS QUITE INTRIGUING. IT IS QUITE INTRIGUING. I WANT TO COMMENT MORE IN A I WANT TO COMMENT MORE IN A MOMENT.
MOMENT. I WILL SAY BY WAY OF FULL I WILL SAY BY WAY OF FULL DISCLOSURE THAT, OF COURSE, DISCLOSURE THAT, OF COURSE, SB743 WAS A BILL BY THEN SENATE SB743 WAS A BILL BY THEN SENATE PRO TEM DARRELL STEINBERG. PRO TEM DARRELL STEINBERG. I MANAGED THE BILL ON THE I MANAGED THE BILL ON THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR. ASSEMBLY FLOOR. I HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY WITH IT I HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY WITH IT AS WELL.
AS WELL. IT WAS FUNDAMENTALLY FOCUSED IT WAS FUNDAMENTALLY FOCUSED TWO THINGS.
TWO THINGS. ONE, GET AWAY FROM USING LEVEL ONE, GET AWAY FROM USING LEVEL OF SERVICE AS MEASURE FOR WHAT OF SERVICE AS MEASURE FOR WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO MITIGATE NEEDED TO BE DONE TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC IMPACTS WITH NEW TRAFFIC IMPACTS WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE LEVEL OF SERVICE JUST MEANT YOU BUILDS SERVICE JUST MEANT YOU BUILDS BIGGER FACILITIES RATHER THAN
BIGGER FACILITIES RATHER THAN LOOKING AT HOW TO REDUCE TRAVEL. LOOKING AT HOW TO REDUCE TRAVEL. THAT WAS ONE CORE OBJECTIVE.
THAT WAS ONE CORE OBJECTIVE. THE SECOND WAS REALLY WHAT YOU THE SECOND WAS REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PRIMARILY WHICH IN EFFECT WAS PRIMARILY WHICH IN EFFECT WAS TRYING TO HAVE PROJECTS ACTUALLY TRYING TO HAVE PROJECTS ACTUALLY INTERNALIZE EXTERNALITY WHAT INTERNALIZE EXTERNALITY WHAT THEY WERE PUTTING INTO THE AIR THEY WERE PUTTING INTO THE AIR IN TERMS OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
IN TERMS OF GREENHOUSE GASES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T DO VERY OFTEN IN A LOT OF DO VERY OFTEN IN A LOT OF PROJECTS IN A LOT OF WHAT WE DO PROJECTS IN A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IN THE PUBLIC REALM. IN THE PUBLIC REALM. WHAT IS INTRIGUING TO ME ABOUT WHAT IS INTRIGUING TO ME ABOUT THIS. OF COURSE, THERE IS A
THIS. OF COURSE, THERE IS A STRUGGLE WITH HOW MUCH STRUGGLE WITH HOW MUCH MITIGATION COSTS FOR SIGNIFICANT MITIGATION COSTS FOR SIGNIFICANT NEW PROJECTS BECAUSE THE NEW PROJECTS BECAUSE THE EXTERNALITY IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT EXTERNALITY IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT WHAT IS PUT INTO THE AIR.
WHAT IS PUT INTO THE AIR. IT MAKES IT HARD ON A SINGLE IT MAKES IT HARD ON A SINGLE PROJECT BASIS A LOT OF TIMES PROJECT BASIS A LOT OF TIMES ECONOMICALLY TO MAKE THAT ECONOMICALLY TO MAKE THAT PROJECT WORK WITH THE KIND OF PROJECT WORK WITH THE KIND OF MITIGATION REQUIRED. MITIGATION REQUIRED. IDEA OF MITIGATION BANK IS IDEA OF MITIGATION BANK IS INTRIGUING TO ME.
INTRIGUING TO ME. THE YARD OF LOOKING AT WHAT YOU THE YARD OF LOOKING AT WHAT YOU COULD -- THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT COULD -- THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT WHAT YOU COULD DO COUNTY WIDE OR WHAT YOU COULD DO COUNTY WIDE OR LARGER REGIONAL BASIS TO LARGER REGIONAL BASIS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF PROJECTS. PROJECTS. IT SEEMS TO ME TO HAVE A LOT OF IT SEEMS TO ME TO HAVE A LOT OF PROMISE.
PROMISE. ONE COULD SAY IT IS PROBLEMATIC ONE COULD SAY IT IS PROBLEMATIC TO THE EXTENT IT MIGHT ALLOW TO THE EXTENT IT MIGHT ALLOW PROJECTS TO HAPPEN THAT PROJECTS TO HAPPEN THAT OTHERWISE YOU WOULD SAY THAT IS OTHERWISE YOU WOULD SAY THAT IS NOT A PROJECT WE SHOULD BUILD NOT A PROJECT WE SHOULD BUILD BECAUSE YOU GET MITIGATION HERE BECAUSE YOU GET MITIGATION HERE BUT YOU GET IMPACTS OVER THERE
BUT YOU GET IMPACTS OVER THERE WERE THE NEW PROJECT IS BUILT.
WERE THE NEW PROJECT IS BUILT. I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE AN I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ELEMENT OF DISCUSSION WITH ELEMENT OF DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO THE IDEA OF SETTING RESPECT TO THE IDEA OF SETTING UP A BANK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME UP A BANK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE PROJECTS CLEARLY WE THERE ARE PROJECTS CLEARLY WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN TO WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN TO ENHANCE AND GROW OUR COUNTY, OUR ENHANCE AND GROW OUR COUNTY, OUR REGION, OUR CITIES.
REGION, OUR CITIES. LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF MEETING REQUIREMENTS OF SB743 MEETING REQUIREMENTS OF SB743 LIKE USING THE BANK TO ME MAKE LIKE USING THE BANK TO ME MAKE GREAT SENSE TO EXPLORE. GREAT SENSE TO EXPLORE. THIS IS FIRST OF THREE THIS IS FIRST OF THREE PRESENTATIONS. PRESENTATIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO. CAN YOU TELL US WHETHER ANYONE CAN YOU TELL US WHETHER ANYONE HAS ANY KIND OF CONCRETE OR HAS ANY KIND OF CONCRETE OR TANGIBLE WAY STARTED TO WORK ON TANGIBLE WAY STARTED TO WORK ON OR MOVE FORWARD ANYPLACE AROUND OR MOVE FORWARD ANYPLACE AROUND THE STATE THE IDEA OF MITIGATION THE STATE THE IDEA OF MITIGATION BANK FOR VMT?
BANK FOR VMT? >> THE THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAM >> THE THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAM TYPES IMPACT FEES, EXCHANGE OR TYPES IMPACT FEES, EXCHANGE OR BANK. BANK. IMPACT FEES IN PLACE IN A FEW IMPACT FEES IN PLACE IN A FEW PLACES. PLACES. FIRST IN LA AS PART OF THE WEST FIRST IN LA AS PART OF THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN. SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN. CITY OF ORANGE ALSO HAS ONE.
CITY OF ORANGE ALSO HAS ONE. SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE IN SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE IN LIEU FEE PROGRAMS. LIEU FEE PROGRAMS. THERE ARE PILOT STUDIES. THERE ARE PILOT STUDIES. CITY OF LA THROUGH LA METRO DID CITY OF LA THROUGH LA METRO DID ONE OF THE PILOTS. ONE OF THE PILOTS. THEY WERE TESTING THE USE OF THEY WERE TESTING THE USE OF TRANSIT PASS SUBSIDIES AS AN TRANSIT PASS SUBSIDIES AS AN EXCHANGE OR BANK FORMAT.
EXCHANGE OR BANK FORMAT. THEY MOVED THINGS PROBABLY THE THEY MOVED THINGS PROBABLY THE FURTHEST ALONG WHERE THEY HAD FURTHEST ALONG WHERE THEY HAD THE DATA TO DO VERIFICATION. THE DATA TO DO VERIFICATION. YOU DO FIND SOME THINGS THAT MAY YOU DO FIND SOME THINGS THAT MAY BE ARE UNIQUE OR SURPRISING. BE ARE UNIQUE OR SURPRISING. THIS IS ALL NEW.
THIS IS ALL NEW. EACH OF THOSE PILOTS GOING ON IS EACH OF THOSE PILOTS GOING ON IS HELPING US TO ADVANCE PRACTICE HELPING US TO ADVANCE PRACTICE TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS. THIS. IT IS VERY EARLY.
IT IS VERY EARLY. PEOPLE ARE IN THE MORE PILOT PEOPLE ARE IN THE MORE PILOT STAGE THAN, YES, WE ARE RUNNING STAGE THAN, YES, WE ARE RUNNING THIS TWO OR THREE YEARS AND WE THIS TWO OR THREE YEARS AND WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. >> IN SUBSEQUENT PRESENTATIONS >> IN SUBSEQUENT PRESENTATIONS WILL YOU TELL US MORE WHAT IS WILL YOU TELL US MORE WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE?
HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE? >> YES, WE CAN COMPARE IMPACT >> YES, WE CAN COMPARE IMPACT FEES, WHO IS DOING BANKS OR FEES, WHO IS DOING BANKS OR EXCHANGES, HOW FAR DID THEY EXCHANGES, HOW FAR DID THEY ACTUALLY GET? ACTUALLY GET? WE WILL KEEP THAT UP-TO-DATE AS WE WILL KEEP THAT UP-TO-DATE AS CLOSE TO PRESENTATION DATE AS CLOSE TO PRESENTATION DATE AS POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. >> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE >> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE THINK WHAT TO DO IN SACRAMENTO THINK WHAT TO DO IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. COUNTY. I TAKE THE CHAIR'S POINT.
I TAKE THE CHAIR'S POINT. OF COURSE, IN 2013 WHEN THIS OF COURSE, IN 2013 WHEN THIS LEGISLATION WAS BEING CONSIDERED LEGISLATION WAS BEING CONSIDERED WE DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY PERCENTAGE WE DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY PERCENTAGE OF EVs OR THE ZERO EMISSION OF EVs OR THE ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES ON THE ROAD THAT WE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
HAVE TODAY. MAYBE SOMEONE WANTS TO LOOK AT MAYBE SOMEONE WANTS TO LOOK AT AMENDING 743 TO TAKE THAT INTO AMENDING 743 TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. ACCOUNT. IN THE MEANTIME, WE STILL ARE IN THE MEANTIME, WE STILL ARE DOMINATED BY COMBUSTION ENGINE DOMINATED BY COMBUSTION ENGINE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. TO ME IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO TO ME IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THIS AS IT WAS IMPLEMENT THIS AS IT WAS INTENDED WHEN THE LEGISLATION INTENDED WHEN THE LEGISLATION WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. THANKS, MR. CHAIR. THANKS, MR. CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR KENT. DIRECTOR KENT. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO PURPORT TO SPEAK I AM GOING TO PURPORT TO SPEAK FOR SOME UNSPECIFIED FOR SOME UNSPECIFIED CONSTITUENCY FOR WHICH I MAY OR CONSTITUENCY FOR WHICH I MAY OR MAY NOT SPEAK ACCURATELY FOR MAY NOT SPEAK ACCURATELY FOR MAJORITY OR MINORITY.
MAJORITY OR MINORITY. I HEAR A ECONOMIC TRADE-OFF I HEAR A ECONOMIC TRADE-OFF IMPLIED BY ON SYSTEM, OFF SYSTEM IMPLIED BY ON SYSTEM, OFF SYSTEM MITIGATION INVESTMENT IN MITIGATION INVESTMENT IN CAPACITY AND INCENTIVES AND CAPACITY AND INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES. DISINCENTIVES. SIMPLISTICALLY IT AMOUNTS TO NO SIMPLISTICALLY IT AMOUNTS TO NO MORE LOCAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE LOCAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT.
EMPLOYMENT. INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO MAKE LIVING INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO MAKE LIVING IN EXISTING CORRIDORS WITH IN EXISTING CORRIDORS WITH RESTRICTED CAPACITIES. RESTRICTED CAPACITIES. PUTTING INVESTMENT IN LOCAL PUTTING INVESTMENT IN LOCAL CAPACITY DOES NOT ASSIST WITH CAPACITY DOES NOT ASSIST WITH ECONOMIC WELL-BEING.
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING. WHAT FREEDOM DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHAT FREEDOM DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND HOW DO YOU THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT TRADEOFF IN POLICY? MANAGE THAT TRADEOFF IN POLICY? >> THAT IS A FUN QUESTION. >> THAT IS A FUN QUESTION. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT VMT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT VMT. YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN INTO YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN INTO COMPONENT PARTS.
COMPONENT PARTS. SOME TRIPS ARE MADE BECAUSE THEY SOME TRIPS ARE MADE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO WORK. ARE GOING TO WORK. COMMUTE TRIP. COMMUTE TRIP. MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LONGER MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LONGER DISTANCE CORRIDORS.
DISTANCE CORRIDORS. OTHER TRIPS ARE MADE NEAR THE OTHER TRIPS ARE MADE NEAR THE HOME TO GO TO SCHOOL, GROCERY HOME TO GO TO SCHOOL, GROCERY SHOPPING, TO GO MEET A FRIEND SHOPPING, TO GO MEET A FRIEND FOR COFFEE. FOR COFFEE. WE HAVE VMT FOR DIFFERENT WE HAVE VMT FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND USING DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND USING DIFFERENT PARTS OF NETWORK.
PARTS OF NETWORK. YOU CAN MEASURE VMT FOR EACH YOU CAN MEASURE VMT FOR EACH COMPONENT PART AND TARGET COMPONENT PART AND TARGET MITIGATION TO EACH COMPONENT MITIGATION TO EACH COMPONENT PART.
PART. ARE YOU TRYING TO REDUCE LONG ARE YOU TRYING TO REDUCE LONG DISTANCE COMMUTED TRIPS OR DISTANCE COMMUTED TRIPS OR DRIVING TRIPS AND GET MORE MADE DRIVING TRIPS AND GET MORE MADE BY WALKING AND BICYCLES OR ON BY WALKING AND BICYCLES OR ON TRANSIT?
TRANSIT? YOU CAN BECOME SOPHISTICATED HOW YOU CAN BECOME SOPHISTICATED HOW TO TARGET TYPE OF VMT TO ANALYE TO TARGET TYPE OF VMT TO ANALYE AND STRATEGY TO ADDRESS WHAT AND STRATEGY TO ADDRESS WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY VALUES MOST. YOUR COMMUNITY VALUES MOST. NO RIGHT OR WRONG. NO RIGHT OR WRONG. HOW DO COMMUNITIES VALUE VMT AND HOW DO COMMUNITIES VALUE VMT AND VMT REDUCTION. VMT REDUCTION. THREE BUCKETS.
THREE BUCKETS. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PROTECT WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PROTECT IN COMMUNITY? IN COMMUNITY? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO AVOID AS WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO AVOID AS WORLD CHANGES AND WHAT ARE YOU WORLD CHANGES AND WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO CREATE? TRYING TO CREATE? MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK AND BIKE IS ONE THING.
BIKE IS ONE THING. PROTECT EXISTING ABILITY TO GET PROTECT EXISTING ABILITY TO GET TO WORK ON TIME? TO WORK ON TIME? THOSE ARE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO THOSE ARE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO ANSWER TO PICK RIGHT METRICS HOW ANSWER TO PICK RIGHT METRICS HOW TO BREAK THEM DOWN A AND TAKE GT TO BREAK THEM DOWN A AND TAKE GT MITIGATION ACCORDINGLY. MITIGATION ACCORDINGLY. >> DIRECTOR HUME.
>> DIRECTOR HUME. >> I WILL STAY WITH THIS LINE OF >> I WILL STAY WITH THIS LINE OF THINKING. THINKING. THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT THE CHAIR THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT THE CHAIR BROUGHT UP IN HIS ORIGINAL BROUGHT UP IN HIS ORIGINAL COMMENTS. COMMENTS. IN SO FAR AS ELECTRIFICATION OF IN SO FAR AS ELECTRIFICATION OF THE FLEET CANNOT THE FLEET CANNOT BE CONTEMPLATED.
BE CONTEMPLATED. WHEN THIS WAS ENACTED. WHEN THIS WAS ENACTED. NUMBER OF EVs OR THE ZERO NUMBER OF EVs OR THE ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES WERE FAR FEWER EMISSION VEHICLES WERE FAR FEWER THAN NOW. THAN NOW. THAT TREND LINE WILL CONTINUE TO THAT TREND LINE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
INCREASE. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT OR EVEN TRYING TO PROTECT OR EVEN ENCOURAGE OR MOVE AWAY FROM. ENCOURAGE OR MOVE AWAY FROM. IN A WORLD WHERE EVs ARE THE IN A WORLD WHERE EVs ARE THE NORM. NORM. WHY ARE THESE METRICS STILL WHY ARE THESE METRICS STILL IMPORTANT?
IMPORTANT? ARE YOU LOOKING HOW WE SPEND OUR ARE YOU LOOKING HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME HOW HEALTHY OUR LIFESTYLE TIME HOW HEALTHY OUR LIFESTYLE IS. IS. >> YOU PICKED UP ON A COUPLE OF >> YOU PICKED UP ON A COUPLE OF THEM. THEM. GET TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY. GET TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY. WIN OF THE CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW WIN OF THE CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES. CURRENT ONES ON THE NETWORK. CURRENT ONES ON THE NETWORK. GENERATE LESS EMISSIONS OUT OF GENERATE LESS EMISSIONS OUT OF TAILPIPE PER MILE. TAILPIPE PER MILE. THEY ARE HEAVIER THAN GAS POWER THEY ARE HEAVIER THAN GAS POWER VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. IN TERMS OF COLLISIONS WITH IN TERMS OF COLLISIONS WITH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES MORE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES MORE WEIGHT AND MORE ENERGY IN WEIGHT AND MORE ENERGY IN COLLISION THE COLLISION SEVERITY COLLISION THE COLLISION SEVERITY THE WORSE. THE WORSE. YOU MIGHT SOLVE THE GREENHOUSE YOU MIGHT SOLVE THE GREENHOUSE GAS PROBLEM WITH ELECTRIC SAFETY GAS PROBLEM WITH ELECTRIC SAFETY IS WORSE.
IS WORSE. WHEN WE LOOK AT PROXY VARIABLE WHEN WE LOOK AT PROXY VARIABLE IT IS NOT DESCRIBING ANYTHING IT IS NOT DESCRIBING ANYTHING DIRECTLY. DIRECTLY. PROXY FOR GREENHOUSE GASES, PROXY FOR GREENHOUSE GASES, SAFETY, LAND USE EFFICIENCY. SAFETY, LAND USE EFFICIENCY. IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SOLVE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SOLVE GREENHOUSE GAS IT WOULD GAUGE GREENHOUSE GAS IT WOULD GAUGE SOMETHING LIKE SAFETY.
SOMETHING LIKE SAFETY. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THERE IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE OTHER METRICS MORE ARE OTHER METRICS MORE MEANINGFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.
MEANINGFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. I SHOULD POINT OUT CEQA DOESN'T I SHOULD POINT OUT CEQA DOESN'T PREVENT US FROM USING A HOST OF PREVENT US FROM USING A HOST OF METRICS TO ANALYZE METRICS TO ANALYZE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, TRANSIT, SCOOTER, BICYCLE LENS, TRANSIT, SCOOTER, BICYCLE LENS, SAFETY LENS. SAFETY LENS. IT IS MANDATED FOR LAND USE IT IS MANDATED FOR LAND USE PROJECTS.
PROJECTS. STATE HAS ELECTED TO USE IT FOR STATE HAS ELECTED TO USE IT FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. EVERY LEAD AGENCY MAKES THAT FOR EVERY LEAD AGENCY MAKES THAT FOR THEMSELVES. THEMSELVES. IF OTHER METRICS ARE SUITED TO IF OTHER METRICS ARE SUITED TO YOUR COMMUNITY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS YOU HAVE THAT CHOICE.
THAT CHOICE. >> FOR THE SAFETY ASPECT, PROXY, >> FOR THE SAFETY ASPECT, PROXY, IF YOU WILL. IF YOU WILL. IS IT NOW A PROBABILITY IS IT NOW A PROBABILITY EQUATION. EQUATION. MORE VMT MORE LIKELIHOOD THIS MORE VMT MORE LIKELIHOOD THIS COULD HAPPEN? COULD HAPPEN? >> YES.
>> YES. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS FROM A WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS FROM A PREDICTING FUTURE KIND OF THING, PREDICTING FUTURE KIND OF THING, YES, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE FUTURE YES, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE FUTURE YEAR FORECASTS AS PART OF CEQA YEAR FORECASTS AS PART OF CEQA ANALYSIS.
ANALYSIS. WE CAN RELY ON SOME RESEARCH WE CAN RELY ON SOME RESEARCH RELATED TO WHAT WE CALL VMT PER RELATED TO WHAT WE CALL VMT PER CAPITA HOW MUCH WE GENERATE AS CAPITA HOW MUCH WE GENERATE AS INDIVIDUALS.
INDIVIDUALS. WHEN YOU FIND PLACES THAT WHEN YOU FIND PLACES THAT GENERATE A LOT OF VMT PER CAPITA GENERATE A LOT OF VMT PER CAPITA YOU TEND TO FIND A HIGHER LEVEL YOU TEND TO FIND A HIGHER LEVEL OF COLLISIONS, MORE SEVERE OF COLLISIONS, MORE SEVERE COLLISIONS AND THIS IS ALL COLLISIONS AND THIS IS ALL DOCUMENTED PRETTY WELL IN BOTH DOCUMENTED PRETTY WELL IN BOTH THE FORMER OFFICE OF PLANNING
THE FORMER OFFICE OF PLANNING RESEARCH, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND RESEARCH, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND CALTRANS. CALTRANS. THEY HAVE THIS ON THEIR WEBSITES THEY HAVE THIS ON THEIR WEBSITES IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT IT. IT. RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE TO BE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF.
MINDFUL OF. BASIC RELATIONSHIP HIGHER BASIC RELATIONSHIP HIGHER PROBABILITY OF HIGHER COLLISIONS PROBABILITY OF HIGHER COLLISIONS AND MORE SEVERE COLLISIONS AS AND MORE SEVERE COLLISIONS AS YOU JUST RELY MORE ON DRIVING. YOU JUST RELY MORE ON DRIVING. THAT IS ELECTRIC OR GAS-POWERED. THAT IS ELECTRIC OR GAS-POWERED. >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON. >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON. >> THANKS, CHAIR.
>> THANKS, CHAIR. I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY. I NEGLECTED TO SAY AND PROBABLY I NEGLECTED TO SAY AND PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE IT IS SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE IT IS RELEVANT TO THE OTHER COMMENTS. RELEVANT TO THE OTHER COMMENTS. AIR RESOURCES BOARD AND DIRECTOR AIR RESOURCES BOARD AND DIRECTOR GUERRA AND THE CHAIR ARE GUERRA AND THE CHAIR ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
FAMILIAR WITH THIS. HAS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED IF HAS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED IF WE HAD ALL EV FLEET, WE STILL WE HAD ALL EV FLEET, WE STILL HAVE TO REDUCE MILES TRAVELED IN HAVE TO REDUCE MILES TRAVELED IN ORDER TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OR ORDER TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OR GOALS WITH RESPECT TO REDUCTION GOALS WITH RESPECT TO REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OUT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OUT OF TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.
OF TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO LEAVE I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO LEAVE IMPRESSION IF WE HAD ALL IMPRESSION IF WE HAD ALL ELECTRIC FLEET THAT WOULD SOLVE ELECTRIC FLEET THAT WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO MENTION I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO MENTION THAT. THAT. THANKS.
THANKS. >> THAT IS WHY I CAN'T STAND THE >> THAT IS WHY I CAN'T STAND THE TERM ZERO EMISSIONS. TERM ZERO EMISSIONS. YOU ARE GETTING ELECTRONS FROM YOU ARE GETTING ELECTRONS FROM SOMEWHERE.
SOMEWHERE. UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE SMUD UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE SMUD SERVICE AREA IN 2031 WITH SERVICE AREA IN 2031 WITH GUARANTEE THAT IS ALL RENEWABLE GUARANTEE THAT IS ALL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO, THOSE ELECTRONS COULD PORTFOLIO, THOSE ELECTRONS COULD BECOMING FROM OUT OF STATED BECOMING FROM OUT OF STATED COAL. COAL. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU AGAIN. MR. BEWSEY.
MR. BEWSEY. >> REAL QUICKLY. >> REAL QUICKLY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS WHERE I SEE A LOT OF THINGS WHERE I SEE A LOT OF VALUE IN DOING THIS WORK. VALUE IN DOING THIS WORK. I THINK THAT THE STATE OR REGION I THINK THAT THE STATE OR REGION COULD TAKE A STRONGER ROLE. COULD TAKE A STRONGER ROLE. WE HAVE MORE LOCAL CONTROL WHERE WE HAVE MORE LOCAL CONTROL WHERE THIS GOES.
THIS GOES. BRINGING IT TO YOU MAKES A LOT BRINGING IT TO YOU MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. OF SENSE. THERE ARE REAL APPLICABLE THERE ARE REAL APPLICABLE EXAMPLES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS TO EXAMPLES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS TO DO THIS. DO THIS. EXAMPLE OF ELK GROVE PROPERTIES EXAMPLE OF ELK GROVE PROPERTIES OF ROADWAYS TO WIDEN.
OF ROADWAYS TO WIDEN. THEY WANT LIGHT RAIN TO ELK THEY WANT LIGHT RAIN TO ELK GROVE OR BRT TO ELK GROVE. GROVE OR BRT TO ELK GROVE. I KNOW THAT JURISDICTION WELL I KNOW THAT JURISDICTION WELL THEY HAVE THE LAGUNA CREEK TRAIL THEY HAVE THE LAGUNA CREEK TRAIL PROJECT. PROJECT. CITRUS HEIGHTS YOU HAVE SUNRISE CITRUS HEIGHTS YOU HAVE SUNRISE TOMORROW WITH B RT COMING IN.
TOMORROW WITH B RT COMING IN. OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME OF OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME OF THAT BMT MITIGATION WHEN THAT BMT MITIGATION WHEN CALTRANS PLANS TO WIDEN 80. CALTRANS PLANS TO WIDEN 80. THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE. HERE. THE OTHER ONE THAT. THE OTHER ONE THAT. THEY LOOK AT EXPANDING TOLLING THEY LOOK AT EXPANDING TOLLING THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THEIR PLAN IN 20-25 YEARS TO ADD THEIR PLAN IN 20-25 YEARS TO ADD TOWING TO ALL MAJOR FREEWAYS IN TOWING TO ALL MAJOR FREEWAYS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTIES. SACRAMENTO COUNTIES. THOSE REVENUES CAN RETURN BACK. THOSE REVENUES CAN RETURN BACK. YELLOW 80 THEY ANTICIPATE YELLOW 80 THEY ANTICIPATE $12 MILLION ONLY TO VMT $12 MILLION ONLY TO VMT MITIGATION.
MITIGATION. OVER 20 YEARS THAT IS A LOT OF OVER 20 YEARS THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT PROJECT. MONEY FOR THAT PROJECT. WE ANTICIPATE THEY WILL BE ABLE WE ANTICIPATE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
TO DO THAT. WHEN SACRAMENTO COUNTY WE HAVE WHEN SACRAMENTO COUNTY WE HAVE -- WHERE IS MAGNITUDE MORE -- WHERE IS MAGNITUDE MORE POTENTIAL EXPRESS LANES COMING POTENTIAL EXPRESS LANES COMING TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY AT SOME TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE?
POINT IN THE FUTURE? THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO TAKE THOSE THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO TAKE THOSE REVENUES AND PUTTING THEM BACK REVENUES AND PUTTING THEM BACK IN THE COMMUNITY, FUNDING IN THE COMMUNITY, FUNDING TRANSIT, FUNDING WE HAVE A LOT TRANSIT, FUNDING WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSIT NEEDS ON THE OF TRANSIT NEEDS ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE.
OPERATIONAL SIDE. WHETHER THAT IS LIGHT RAIL OR WHETHER THAT IS LIGHT RAIL OR BUS RAPID TRANSIT OR VALLEY RAIL BUS RAPID TRANSIT OR VALLEY RAIL OR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. PROJECTS. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS IN THE REGION.
ASSOCIATIONS IN THE REGION. I THINK THIS IS -- I AM TRYING I THINK THIS IS -- I AM TRYING TO SAY GETTING IN FRONT OF THIS TO SAY GETTING IN FRONT OF THIS IS SMART WAY TO CONTROL REVENUES IS SMART WAY TO CONTROL REVENUES IN THE FUTURE. IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I DON'T REPRESENT ELK GROVE. >> I DON'T REPRESENT ELK GROVE. I KNOW THEY JUST DON'T WANT IT.
I KNOW THEY JUST DON'T WANT IT. THEY PLANNED FOR IT MORE THAN 20 THEY PLANNED FOR IT MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. YEARS AGO. I WOULD SAY THEY MORE THAN WANT I WOULD SAY THEY MORE THAN WANT IT. IT. >> THEY DON'T WANT IT? >> THEY DON'T WANT IT? >> MORE THAN WANT IT. >> MORE THAN WANT IT. PLANNED FOR IT.
PLANNED FOR IT. SPEAKING AS FORMER PROJECT SPEAKING AS FORMER PROJECT MANNER FOR LAGUNA RIDGE. MANNER FOR LAGUNA RIDGE. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER. WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER. MR. ALLISON. MR. ALLISON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. DAN ALYSON REPRESENTING MYSELF. DAN ALYSON REPRESENTING MYSELF. IT WAS GOOD PRESENTATION.
IT WAS GOOD PRESENTATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL ONES. ONES. I THINK PROGRAM LEVEL MITIGATION I THINK PROGRAM LEVEL MITIGATION IS WELL WORTH EXPLORING. IS WELL WORTH EXPLORING. IT IS A GREAT IDEA. IT IS A GREAT IDEA. SOME PROJECTS HAVE SO MUCH VMT SOME PROJECTS HAVE SO MUCH VMT IMPACT THEY SHOULD BE REJECTED IMPACT THEY SHOULD BE REJECTED NO MATTER WHAT.
NO MATTER WHAT. THEY ARE BAD PROJECTS. THEY ARE BAD PROJECTS. I ASK HOW WELL GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY I ASK HOW WELL GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY BE HANDLED. BE HANDLED. UPPER INCOME COMMUNITY GETS BIKE UPPER INCOME COMMUNITY GETS BIKE FACILITIES AND LOWER INCOME FACILITIES AND LOWER INCOME COMMUNITY GETS MORE VMT WITH COMMUNITY GETS MORE VMT WITH AUTO POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC AUTO POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THE POINT VMT IS PROXY FOR THE POINT VMT IS PROXY FOR SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. I REALIZE IT IS NOT PART OF 743. I REALIZE IT IS NOT PART OF 743. IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. EVERY VEHICLE ON THE READY EVERY VEHICLE ON THE READY CREASES SAFETY FOR PEOPLE USING CREASES SAFETY FOR PEOPLE USING OTHER MODES.
OTHER MODES. BANKS AND EXCHANGES SOUND BANKS AND EXCHANGES SOUND SIMILAR TO CAP AND TRADE THAT SIMILAR TO CAP AND TRADE THAT THE STATE HAS WHICH HAS PLUSES THE STATE HAS WHICH HAS PLUSES AND MINUSES. AND MINUSES. CRITICIZED AND ALSO EFFECTIVE. CRITICIZED AND ALSO EFFECTIVE. I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT RELATIONSHIP THERE IS.
WHAT RELATIONSHIP THERE IS. I HAVE DOUBTS THAT THE BANK WILL I HAVE DOUBTS THAT THE BANK WILL EVER BE BIG ENOUGH TO COVER EVER BE BIG ENOUGH TO COVER CALTRAN FREEWAY EXPANSIONS. CALTRAN FREEWAY EXPANSIONS. TREMENDOUS VMT INDUCING TREMENDOUS VMT INDUCING PROJECTS. PROJECTS. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER PROJECTS I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER PROJECTS WE COULD DO COULD MAKE UP FOR WE COULD DO COULD MAKE UP FOR THAT EVEN WITH TOLLING.
THAT EVEN WITH TOLLING. >> ANY OTHERS SIGNED UP? >> ANY OTHERS SIGNED UP? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. >> DIRECTOR GUERRA. >> DIRECTOR GUERRA. >> THANK YOU I WOULD BE REMISS >> THANK YOU I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT A CONCERN IF I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT A CONCERN I WAS WAITING TO ASK UNTIL THE I WAS WAITING TO ASK UNTIL THE STUDY COMES BACK.
STUDY COMES BACK. I WANT IT OUT THERE. I WANT IT OUT THERE. ONE CONCERN ABOUT BANKING THAT I ONE CONCERN ABOUT BANKING THAT I WOULD FEAR AND IT IS SIMILAR TO WOULD FEAR AND IT IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF LOOKING AT FREEWAY, BUT THAT OF LOOKING AT FREEWAY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A TRAVESTY I THINK IT WOULD BE A TRAVESTY IF A BANK CREATED TO FUND THE IF A BANK CREATED TO FUND THE BUS DRIVER SYSTEM THROUGH BUS DRIVER SYSTEM THROUGH STOCKTON BOULEVARD AND ACTIVE
STOCKTON BOULEVARD AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WOULD TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WOULD STILL RESULT IN WHAT WE HAVE STILL RESULT IN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY ON SOME INTERNAL AVENUES TODAY ON SOME INTERNAL AVENUES WITH THREE LANES GOING EACH WITH THREE LANES GOING EACH DIRECTION AS TRADE-OFF. DIRECTION AS TRADE-OFF. I THINK THAT HAS LED TO THE I THINK THAT HAS LED TO THE SEPARATION AND COMMUNITIES AND SEPARATION AND COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS. SAFETY ISSUES ON INTERSECTIONS. SAFETY ISSUES ON INTERSECTIONS. I WANT FROM THE ONSET I THINK I WANT FROM THE ONSET I THINK THERE IS BENEFITS TO LOOKING AT THERE IS BENEFITS TO LOOKING AT A BANK.
A BANK. NOT AT CONTINUING TO REPLICATE NOT AT CONTINUING TO REPLICATE THE TERRIBLE TRANSPORTATION THE TERRIBLE TRANSPORTATION DESIGNS THAT HAVE ONLY CONTINUED DESIGNS THAT HAVE ONLY CONTINUED TO CREATE PROBLEMS WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE PROBLEMS WE ARE TRYING TO TURN BACK TODAY. TO TURN BACK TODAY. I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ITEM. REQUIRES NO ACTION ON OUR PART. REQUIRES NO ACTION ON OUR PART. WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM. >> ITEM 11. >> ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMENTS I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMENTS FROM LAST BOARD MEETING FROM LAST BOARD MEETING REGARDING STOCKTON BOULEVARD AND REGARDING STOCKTON BOULEVARD AND CAPITAL CORRIDOR PROJECT. CAPITAL CORRIDOR PROJECT. WE REACHED OUT TO BOARD MEMBERS WE REACHED OUT TO BOARD MEMBERS WITH COMMENTS ABOUT THAT WITH COMMENTS ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
PROJECT. WE TALKED WITH THE CITY OF WE TALKED WITH THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO STAFF AS WELL SACRAMENTO STAFF AS WELL REGARDING CURRENT STATUS AND REGARDING CURRENT STATUS AND POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS. POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS. WE TALKED TO CITY STAFF. WE TALKED TO CITY STAFF. THEY ARE WILLING TO COME BACK TO THEY ARE WILLING TO COME BACK TO STA FOR PRESENTATION IF THAT IS STA FOR PRESENTATION IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTS.
SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTS. THEY INITIATED CONSULTANT FOR THEY INITIATED CONSULTANT FOR INITIAL DESIGN/ENVIRONMENTAL INITIAL DESIGN/ENVIRONMENTAL WORK. WORK. I THINK THEY ARE INTERESTED IN I THINK THEY ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THAT GOING A LITTLE GETTING THAT GOING A LITTLE FARTHER. FARTHER. IT MIGHT BE FALL/WINTER BEFORE IT MIGHT BE FALL/WINTER BEFORE THEY WOULD WANT TO COME BACK.
THEY WOULD WANT TO COME BACK. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD IF THAT IS AN INTEREST FOR BOARD IF THAT IS AN INTEREST FOR THAT TO COME BACK AS THAT TO COME BACK AS INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION. INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION. >> DIRECTOR GUERRA. >> DIRECTOR GUERRA. >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE THAT TO COME BACK.
I WOULD LIKE THAT TO COME BACK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST IF I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST IF WE HAD THE COUNTY DOT INVOLVED WE HAD THE COUNTY DOT INVOLVED IN THIS. IN THIS. I REMEMBER EARLY ON WE WERE I REMEMBER EARLY ON WE WERE HAVING A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER HAVING A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY DOT. MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY DOT. BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH IS RIGID BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH IS RIGID SPLIT MULTI JURISDICTION.
SPLIT MULTI JURISDICTION. IF WE COULD DO THAT. IF WE COULD DO THAT. ALSO, UPDATE ON MOU BETWEEN ALSO, UPDATE ON MOU BETWEEN THREE AGENCIES. THREE AGENCIES. >> GOOD CALL. >> GOOD CALL. DIRECTOR MAPLE. DIRECTOR MAPLE. >> I WANTED TO SHARE SAME >> I WANTED TO SHARE SAME COMMENTS AS DIRECTOR GUERRA.
COMMENTS AS DIRECTOR GUERRA. WE WERE IN SACOG THIS MORNING WE WERE IN SACOG THIS MORNING WITH SOME COLLEAGUES ON THIS WITH SOME COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD. BOARD. IT WAS THIS PROJECT THAT WAS IT WAS THIS PROJECT THAT WAS DISCUSSED MULTI JURISDICTIONAL DISCUSSED MULTI JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES. BOUNDARIES. THERE IS EXCITEMENT AND ON OTHER THERE IS EXCITEMENT AND ON OTHER BOARDS I AM ON.
BOARDS I AM ON. IT WOULD BE A TIMELY IT WOULD BE A TIMELY PRESENTATION TO THIS BOARD. PRESENTATION TO THIS BOARD. >> DIRECTOR MAPLE I CAN SEND YOU >> DIRECTOR MAPLE I CAN SEND YOU THE E-MAIL FOR BACKGROUND. THE E-MAIL FOR BACKGROUND. I WILL WORK WITH COUNTY, CITY I WILL WORK WITH COUNTY, CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE GET STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE GET INFORMATIONAL ITEM ON THAT.
INFORMATIONAL ITEM ON THAT. SEPARATELY REQUESTED WITH SEPARATELY REQUESTED WITH CAPITAL CORRIDOR STAFF TO CAPITAL CORRIDOR STAFF TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT AND FUNDING DISCUSS THE PROJECT AND FUNDING GAP. GAP. I PROVIDED BRIEFING TO DIRECTOR I PROVIDED BRIEFING TO DIRECTOR DICKINSON ON THIS. DICKINSON ON THIS. THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED CEQA.
THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED CEQA. ONCE N E.P.A. IS COMPLETED IT ONCE N E.P.A. IS COMPLETED IT CAN PURSUE FUNDING. CAN PURSUE FUNDING. IT IS IN HALFWAY BETWEEN CEQA IT IS IN HALFWAY BETWEEN CEQA AND N E.P.A. NOW. AND N E.P.A. NOW. I ANTICIPATE MUCH MORE I ANTICIPATE MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE WHEN FEDERAL FUNDING COMPETITIVE WHEN FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.
IN THE FUTURE. WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS THOSE WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS THOSE ARE NOT MEASURE A PROJECTS. ARE NOT MEASURE A PROJECTS. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS BROADER QUESTION HOW TO SUPPORT BROADER QUESTION HOW TO SUPPORT NON-MEASURE A. NON-MEASURE A. BACK TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHAT BACK TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHAT SHOULD STA DO?
SHOULD STA DO? WE WILL REFER THAT BACK SO WE WE WILL REFER THAT BACK SO WE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING HAVE SOME LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. SB1 COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. SB1 COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. CTC RELEASED STAFF CTC RELEASED STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT LAST RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT LAST FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. WE HAD FOUR APPLICATIONS WE HAD FOUR APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED WITHIN THE SACRAMENTO SUBMITTED WITHIN THE SACRAMENTO AREA. AREA. $127 MILLION WAS REQUESTED. $127 MILLION WAS REQUESTED. NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE AWARDED WITH EXCEPTION OF I AWARDED WITH EXCEPTION OF I STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT $25 MILLION.
$25 MILLION. A LOT OF REASONS WHY THE A LOT OF REASONS WHY THE PROJECTS DID NOT GET AWARDED. PROJECTS DID NOT GET AWARDED. WE WILL DO DEBRIEFS WITH C TC WE WILL DO DEBRIEFS WITH C TC STAFF. STAFF. I REACHED OUT TO APPLICANTS. I REACHED OUT TO APPLICANTS. PT CPA, THE CONNECTOR AND JAMES PT CPA, THE CONNECTOR AND JAMES CORE LESS TO DISCUSS.
CORE LESS TO DISCUSS. THIS IS FIRST TIME WE HAVE DONE THIS IS FIRST TIME WE HAVE DONE REGIONAL PRIORITIZATION TO TRY REGIONAL PRIORITIZATION TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MOVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MOVE ANYTHING THE SAME DIRECTION. ANYTHING THE SAME DIRECTION. PRIORITY ACROSS THE REGION. PRIORITY ACROSS THE REGION. THE FACT NONE OF THE PROJECTS THE FACT NONE OF THE PROJECTS PRIORITIZED WERE FUNDED IS PRIORITIZED WERE FUNDED IS CONCERNING.
CONCERNING. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT. MAKE IT BETTER. MAKE IT BETTER. I AM HAPPY I STREET BRIDGE I AM HAPPY I STREET BRIDGE PROJECT WAS FUNDED. PROJECT WAS FUNDED. THAT IS A WIN FOR THE REGION. THAT IS A WIN FOR THE REGION. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT. MORE WORK TO DO ON THAT. MORE WORK TO DO ON THAT. >> DIRECTOR KENNEDY.
>> DIRECTOR KENNEDY. >> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT >> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
YOU. AS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF OUR INTERESTING TO SEE IF OUR FREEWAY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FREEWAY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS SEEN UPTICK ON PROGRAM HAS SEEN UPTICK ON HIGHWAY 50 SINCE THIS PROGRAM HIGHWAY 50 SINCE THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN GOING SINCE THIS HAS BEEN GOING SINCE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH.
PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH. I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER THAT NOW. THAT NOW. IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING THOUGHT. THOUGHT. >> WE WILL TAKE THAT AS FOLLOW >> WE WILL TAKE THAT AS FOLLOW UP ITEM.
UP ITEM. I WILL SAY WE HAVE EXISTING I WILL SAY WE HAVE EXISTING AGREEMENT WE EXTENDED ON CONSENT AGREEMENT WE EXTENDED ON CONSENT WHICH ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE WHICH ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES DURING ADDITIONAL SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION. CALTRAN BEES IS USING THAT.
CALTRAN BEES IS USING THAT. THIS WEEKEND THERE IS WORK ON 80 THIS WEEKEND THERE IS WORK ON 80 WITH CLOSURES WE PROVIDE WITH CLOSURES WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICE. ADDITIONAL SERVICE. WE CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER ON WE CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT. THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> JUST REMINDER JULY NO BOARD >> JUST REMINDER JULY NO BOARD MEETING.
MEETING. RECESS. RECESS. IN AUGUST WE ANTICIPATE COMING IN AUGUST WE ANTICIPATE COMING BACK WITH VMT MITIGATION PROGRAM BACK WITH VMT MITIGATION PROGRAM OPTIONS FOR DISCUSSION. OPTIONS FOR DISCUSSION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT EVERY YEAR WE ANTICIPATE THAT EVERY YEAR SACOG GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS SACOG GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS IDENTIFYING THE REGIONAL IDENTIFYING THE REGIONAL PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.
PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. THEY WILL RESTART THAT PROCESS THEY WILL RESTART THAT PROCESS AGAIN. AGAIN. WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY ACTION WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY ACTION IN AUGUST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN AUGUST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE PRIORITIES OF TO MAKE SURE PRIORITIES OF SACRAMENTO ARE REFLECTED WITH SACRAMENTO ARE REFLECTED WITH SACOG AND WHAT IS USED FOR SACOG AND WHAT IS USED FOR CAP-TO-CAP.
CAP-TO-CAP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR? DIRECTOR? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE -- WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE -- WAIT THAT IS NEXT ITEM.
WAIT THAT IS NEXT ITEM. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THIS MATTER. >> WE DO NOT. >> WE DO NOT. >> NEXT ITEM. >> NEXT ITEM. >> FINAL ITEM COMMENTS AND >> FINAL ITEM COMMENTS AND REPORTS FROM AUTHORITY MEMBERS. REPORTS FROM AUTHORITY MEMBERS. DIRECTOR TALAMANTES REPORT OUT? DIRECTOR TALAMANTES REPORT OUT? >> NOTHING EXCITING.
>> NOTHING EXCITING. WE DID A ROAD MAP AND TIMELINE WE DID A ROAD MAP AND TIMELINE FOR 80 CAUSEWAY PROJECT TOLL FOR 80 CAUSEWAY PROJECT TOLL EXEMPTIONS AND VIOLATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS AND VIOLATIONS AND TOLL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ON TOLL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND ON CALL SERVICES. CALL SERVICES. I GOT VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THE I GOT VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE COMMITTEE TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE THAT APPLY.
THAT APPLY. >> DIRECTOR GUERRA ANYTHING TO >> DIRECTOR GUERRA ANYTHING TO REPORT ON NEW TRANSPORTATION REPORT ON NEW TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE? FUNDING SUBCOMMITTEE? >> WE HAD FIRST MEETING TODAY >> WE HAD FIRST MEETING TODAY WITH THE CHAIR OF THE WITH THE CHAIR OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE FROM REGIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE FROM REGIONAL TRANSIT.
TRANSIT. SITTING NEXT TO ME BOARD MEMBER SITTING NEXT TO ME BOARD MEMBER MAPLE HERE. MAPLE HERE. WE DISCUSSED SOME INFORMATION WE DISCUSSED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES ABOUT HOW THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES CAN WORK TOGETHER AND WILL BE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER.
WORKING TOGETHER. ALSO I WANT TO THANK OUR EARLY ALSO I WANT TO THANK OUR EARLY CONVERSATION WITH SUBCOMMITTEE CONVERSATION WITH SUBCOMMITTEE TO DIRECT OUR STAFF KEVIN BEWSEY TO DIRECT OUR STAFF KEVIN BEWSEY AND HIS TEAM TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND HIS TEAM TO COMMUNICATE WITH RESPECTIVE CITY MANAGERS AND DOT RESPECTIVE CITY MANAGERS AND DOT DIRECTORS TO COMMUNICATE WITH DIRECTORS TO COMMUNICATE WITH CONSTITUENTS AND NEXT STEPS.
CONSTITUENTS AND NEXT STEPS. >> MR. HUME, ANYTHING TO REPORT >> MR. HUME, ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT ON THE -- WE HAVE TO FIND A OUT ON THE -- WE HAVE TO FIND A BETTER NAME. BETTER NAME. ROLE IN THE REGION SUBCOMMITTEE. ROLE IN THE REGION SUBCOMMITTEE. >> WORKING ON A NEW NAME. >> WORKING ON A NEW NAME. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MR. ALLISON.
MR. ALLISON. >> I WASN'T SURE WHAT WOULD COME >> I WASN'T SURE WHAT WOULD COME FROM THE SUB COMMITTEES. FROM THE SUB COMMITTEES. I AM GLAD STA IS EXPLORING I AM GLAD STA IS EXPLORING FUNDING AND THE ROLE OF STA IN FUNDING AND THE ROLE OF STA IN THE REGION. THE REGION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.
VERY GOOD. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM? ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM? DIRECTOR MAPLE. DIRECTOR MAPLE. >> ON THAT I W WANT TO THANK >> ON THAT I W WANT TO THANK DR. GUERRA I THANK YOU FOR DR. GUERRA I THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS BETTER IF IT COMES MAKING THIS BETTER IF IT COMES TO FRUITION. TO FRUITION. THANK YOU.
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