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Commission approves STIP guidelines, fund estimate and staff letter on SB 416; consent calendar passed
Summary
At its August meeting the Transportation Commission approved new 2014 STIP guidelines with changes, adopted the final 2014 fund estimate, voted to send a staff comment letter on Senate Bill 416 and approved the consent calendar; several other routine items were also approved by motion.
The Transportation Commission on Aug. 1 approved several administrative and policy items, including adoption of the 2014 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) guidelines, the final 2014 fund estimate and a staff recommendation to send a comment letter on Senate Bill 416 (Liu).
Commissioners voted on the measures during a single meeting session that also cleared the consent calendar and several routine personnel and calendar items. The votes were taken by motion, second and voice vote or roll call as noted in the meeting record.
Why it matters: The STIP guidelines set the state’s requirements for programming STIP funds and the fund estimate fixes the department’s allocation capacity for the upcoming cycle. The comment letter on SB 416 formalizes the commission staff’s suggested clarifications to a bill that would change how proceeds from certain surplus property sales are used in the 710 Corridor.
Key actions at a glance - Adoption of 2014 STIP guidelines: Motion by Commissioner Burke, seconded by Commissioner Guardino; adopted after roll call. The adopted draft included two staff-proposed edits: removal of a conflicting bullet on page 40 and an adjusted threshold for project-level reporting (total project cost of $50 million or greater, or $15 million or more in STIP funds).
- Final 2014 fund estimate: Motion by Commissioner Arp, seconded by Commissioner Dunn; adopted. Staff described allocation capacity across SHOPP, STIP and bond programs and noted a temporary PTA cash drawdown with an expected loan repayment to bolster the PTA later in the plan.
- Direction to finalize and send staff comment letter on SB 416 (Liu): Motion by Commissioner Tavolone, seconded by Commissioner Dunn; approved. Staff will finalize the letter to the author and present it for the chair’s signature.
- Consent calendar (items 27–46): Approved by motion and second. The consent calendar items were presented as routine and passed without separate discussion.
Other procedural votes recorded in the meeting record included approval of minutes and the 2013–2014 meeting calendars and several personnel-related motions.
The meeting transcript records motions, seconders and that items were approved by voice vote or roll call where noted; specific vote tallies were not provided for all items in the transcript.
