Metro - File #: 2020-0129

• File #: 2020-0129
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/5/2020
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 3/18/2020
• Title: APPROVE staff recommendation to program $50 million in Metro-controlled funding sources, including but not limited to Measure R funds identified in the expenditure plan for the Interstate 710 South and/or Early Action Projects, as seed funding for the 710 Clean Truck Program, to be made available contingent upon a Record of Decision issued by the Federal Highway Administration for the Interstate 710 South Project
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Air quality, Air transportation, Ara Najarian, Board approved a Motion, Budgeting, California Transportation Commission, Cleaning, Conformity, Congestion Mitigation And Air Quality Improvement Program, Council Of Governments, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Equity Focus Communities, Federal Highway Administration, Formula Funds, Funding plan, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities Council of Governments, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, I-710, Interchanges, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, James Butts, Janice Hahn, Long Beach, Long Beach-East LA Corridor, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Measure M, Measure R, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metro Affordable Transit Connected Housing Program, Metro Equity Platform, Mitigation, Motion / Motion Response, Multi County Goods Movement Action Plan, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Near zero emissions, Partnerships, Plan, Program, Project, Record Of Decision, Regional Surface Transportation Program, Regional transportation, Robert Garcia, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Southern California Association Of Governments, Strategic planning, Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, Trucking, Zero Emissions, Zero-Emission Truck Collaborative
• Related files: 2020-0067, 2020-0231

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MARCH 18, 2020

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO MOTION 8.1 - 710 CLEAN TRUCK PROGRAM

ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
APPROVE staff recommendation to program $50 million in Metro-controlled funding sources, including but not limited to Measure R funds identified in the expenditure plan for the Interstate 710 South and/or Early Action Projects, as seed funding for the 710 Clean Truck Program, to be made available contingent upon a Record of Decision issued by the Federal Highway Administration for the Interstate 710 South Project

Issue
ISSUE

At the January 2020 Board meeting, Directors Hahn, Solis, Butts, Garcia and Najarian introduced Motion 8.1 (Legistar File #2020-0067) that directed staff to include the 710 Clean Truck Program as an Early Action Item under both the Goods Movement Strategic Plan and the I-710 South Corridor Project. The Board also directed staff to report back within 60 days with a framework for implementing the 710 Clean Truck Program, delineating at a minimum the following items:
1. Assessment of eligible Metro funding sources and recommendations for seed funding.
2. Development of implementation details, including eligibility requirements, institutional arrangements, management, staff resources and administration.
3. Evaluation of potential strategies to accelerate progressive transition to Zero Emission Trucks in the I-710 corridor.
4. Recommendations on how to encourage the participation of key regulatory agencies and stakeholders in the development of the program, with a specific focus on community-based organizations, non-profits, and community advocacy groups.
This report provides a recommendation for seed funding for the 710 Clean Truck Program and a response to the Board's request for the current framework for implementation.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Metro Board of Directors approved the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) 5C for the I-71...