Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 15, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: MEASURE R ORDINANCE 10-YEAR REVIEW AMENDMENT PROCESS AND PROGRESS REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the Measure R Ordinance Ten-Year Review Amendment Process and Progress Report.
Issue
ISSUE
This Board item responds to Motion #7 from December 2019 to provide monthly progress reports on the development of a process to implement a transfer amendment to the Measure R Ordinance.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Measure R Ordinance ("Ordinance") permits the Board to amend the Ordinance not more than once every ten years, beginning in 2020, to transfer sales tax revenue between the transit and highway capital subfunds. This Board item identifies a proposed process and schedule (Attachment A) that would disseminate information to key decision-makers, including the public at-large, receive input, and provide the Metro Board with components of a transfer amendment for consideration during the summer of 2020.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Staff proposes that the transfer amendment process include the following steps:
* Outreach with stakeholders including Metro staff, Board staff, subregional councils, Policy Advisory Council, and public at-large.
* Staff will provide useful information to stakeholders during February 2020 regarding existing Metro projects and programs, related funding, potential transfer amounts, Ordinance requirements, related Board policy including those for sustainability and complete streets, and expected timing of the amendment.
* Staff will develop and conduct a public outreach effort intended to inform the public at-large of the potential transfer amendment, implications, and mechanisms to provide input.
* Staff will coordinate with the subregional councils and other regional transportation entities to facilitate formal internal discussions with their members during February, March, and April 2020 regard...
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