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Maricopa council packet includes resolution finding no unmet transit needs for 2025‑26
Summary
City staff held the required public hearing materials and recommended adoption of Resolution No. 2025‑05 declaring there are no unmet transit needs that can reasonably be met in Maricopa for FY2025‑2026; the packet contains statutory background on the Transportation Development Act and public‑notice proof.
The council packet for May 27, 2025 contains staff materials and a proposed resolution for the city’s mandated Transportation Development Act (TDA) public hearing on unmet transit needs. The packet includes a staff background explaining TDA requirements, the public notice published in the Taft Midway Driller, and Resolution No. 2025‑05 finding “there were no Unmet Public Transit Needs that could reasonably be met in the City of Maricopa” for fiscal year 2025‑2026.
Under the TDA (Mills‑Alquist‑Deddeh Act), local governments must hear evidence and testimony about transit needs and determine whether any unmet needs can reasonably be met before TDA funds may be used for streets and roads. The staff report in the packet tells the council how Maricopa uses TDA money (for a contract with the city of Taft and for street lighting) and notes the reasonableness standard used to assess requests, for example that daily service to Los Angeles would generally not be reasonable for Maricopa.
The packet includes the signed resolution (Resolution No. 2025‑05) and a certification by the city clerk dated May 27, 2025. Staff materials recommend opening the hearing, receiving the staff report, taking public testimony, and if no unmet needs were demonstrated, adopting the resolution so the city may proceed with its planned TDA claim to Kern Council of Governments.
The council packet materials document the hearing procedures and the staff recommendation; the packet does not include a transcript of public testimony nor a vote tally in the resolution text included in the materials.
