Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: MEASURE M 3% LOCAL CONTRIBUTION GUIDELINES REVISIONS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
ADOPT revised Measure M Guidelines, Section VIII - 3% Local Contribution to Major Transit Projects (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
In June 2023, the Board directed staff to release the draft revised Measure M Guidelines, Section VIII - 3% Local Contribution to Major Transit Projects (Guidelines) for a 30-day public comment period. As a result of completion of the public comment period, the revised guidelines are ready for adoption by the Board.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Measure M Ordinance (Ordinance) requires local jurisdictions to pay three percent (3%) of the total cost of new major rail projects. The Measure M Guidelines adopted by the Board in 2017 guide Metro's implementation of this requirement. In April 2022, the Board requested that staff make several revisions to the Guidelines for consistency and flexibility. The Board adopted these revisions in February 2023 and directed Metro via Motion 10.1 by Directors Hahn, Dutra, Butts, and Sandoval (Attachment B) to make several additional revisions and clarifications. Staff presented the draft revisions to the Board in June 2023 and has circulated them for public comment.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Measure M Guideline Revisions
The current revisions make a substantive change to allow Metro competitive grant funds (e.g. Metro Active Transport, Transit, and First/Last Mile (MAT)) to be credited toward a jurisdiction's 3% local contribution. These types of funds were previously ineligible as a local contributions source. The additional flexibility may benefit some jurisdictions that are able to secure competitive funds for in-kind or FLM improvements supporting a major rail project.
All other revisions are clarifications of existing practice and were discussed in detail prior to the public comme...
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