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Fairfax approves Transportation Authority of Marin's amended Measure AA expenditure plan
Summary
After questions about local priorities including Sir Francis Drake, the Fairfax Town Council voted to approve amendments to the Measure AA county transportation expenditure plan that shift about 5% of funds to crossing-guard support and multi-jurisdictional capital projects ("reimagined roadways").
The Fairfax Town Council voted May 6 to approve amendments to the countywide Measure AA transportation-expenditure plan, following a presentation by the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM).
Anne Richmond, TAM's executive director, described the process and said the amendments affect roughly 5 percent of Measure AA funds while keeping the measure's overall structure intact. "We are not talking about a change or an increase in the half-cent sales tax rate for Measure AA," Richmond told the council; the amendments instead adjust how a small portion of the funds are distributed.
What changes: Derek McGill, TAM's director of planning, said the amendments would increase crossing-guard funding by 0.5 percentage points to sustain 96 guards countywide and shift roughly 4 percent to a new "reimagined roadways" category designed to make larger, multi-jurisdiction corridors shovel-ready. Tam staff also described a short-term "double-allocation" accounting step to ease the transition for local jurisdictions in the first year.
Local priorities and process: Council members and residents pressed TAM staff about whether Fairfield priorities — particularly the Fairfax stretch of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Bolinas Road — would be considered for the reimagined roadways list. Tam staff said the board will run a 6–9 month process after July 1 to identify corridors and that Fairfax's Sir Francis Drake segment appears on an example list and will be part of the corridor-selection discussion.
Vote and next steps: The council approved the amended plan by a 4–1 vote (motion by Council Member Blasch; second by Council Member Kohler). That acceptance is the local step TAM requested as it moves toward implementing the amendments on July 1. TAM staff said jurisdictions will be engaged in corridor selection and prioritization over the coming 12–18 months.
