MOBILITY21 Coalition: LA County Moving Together

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition LA County Moving
Together
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Todays Objectives

• Welcome Introductions
• Overview of MOBILITY-21 Coalition
• Summit 2002 Resolutions Establishment of
  Working Groups
• State Legislative Update and Recommendation
• ACTION APPROVE MOBILITY-21 Coalition State
  Budget Resolution
• Federal Legislative Update and Recommendations
• ACTION APPROVE MOBILITY-21 Coalition Federal
  Appropriations Resolution
• Access Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Advocacy
  Trips

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• MOBILITY-21 Coalition was officially created at
  the November 2002 summit. Founded by the LA Area
  Chamber and the LA County MTA.
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• Coalition is organized and staffed by the LA Area
  Chamber. LA County transportation providers and
  other organizations will provide technical
  assistance to the coalition.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• MISSION STATEMENT
• The MOBILITY-21 Coalition is a countywide
  bi-partisan organization of transportation
  stakeholders and their representatives. The
  MOBILITY-21 Coalition will advocate for and
  educate with respect to Los Angeles Countys
  transportation priorities at the federal, state
  and local levels.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• PRIMARY GOALS
• Develop practical solutions to LA Countys
  transportation challenges including its
  sub-regions.
• Mobilize local support for Coalition priorities.
• Unite political leaders around common priorities
  for transportation.
• Identify additional transportation funds for the
  countys needs.
• Promote Coalition priorities at federal and state
  levels of government.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
• Formulate and carry out an effective advocacy
  plan including but not limited to
• Travel to Washington, D.C. and Sacramento at
  least annually to advocate legislative and policy
  priorities determined at the MOBILITY-21 Summit
  and Coalition activities.
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• Communicate through regular action alerts, emails
  and newsletters to Coalition and Summit
  participants and other stakeholders on progress
  related to identified legislative and policy
  priorities.
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• Educate government officials and the community at
  large on the importance of a united vision for
  transportation in LA County through regular
  contact and possibly seminars by coalition
  participants.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• The Advisory Board of the MOBILITY-21 Coalition
  will be made up of transportation stakeholders
  and their representatives, including but not
  limited to the following groups
• Businesses and business associations
• Community groups
• Government officials
• Organized labor
• Transportation providers and
• Transportation users.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition Advisory Board

• Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
• Los Angeles County MTA
• MOBILITY-21 Executive Co-Chairs/Staff
• Greater African American Chamber of Commerce
• CALTRANS
•   Automobile Club of Southern California
• Building Trades Council
• Southern CA Transit Advocates
• American Heart Association
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway

• Metrolink
• Southern California Transportation and Land Use
  Coalition
• Trucking Representative
• Port of Long Beach
• Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
• San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
• Los Angeles World Airports
• Long Beach Transit
• LADOT
• Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• COALITION ACTIVITIES EVENTS
• Annual Summit November 6, 2003
• Coalition General Meetings 4 to 6 times per
  year
• Countywide Educational Briefings Educate key
  officials on coalition activities and initiatives

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• COALITION ACTIVITIES EVENTS
• Advocacy Trips
• Sacramento Coalition Advisory Board in February
  and entire Coalition TBD
• Washington, D.C. April 5-9, 2003 (details
  discussed at end of meeting)
• Launch of Coalition Web Site in early February

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• FUNDING COALITION ACTIVITIES
• Membership Dues First year free to all
  interested participants and organizations.
  Advisory Board will develop annual membership fee
  structure for 2004.
• Sponsorship LA Area Chamber will solicit
  sponsorships for coalition activities and
  communication needs (annual Summit, advocacy
  trips to D.C. and Sacramento, web site,
  newsletter, etc.)

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• DEVELOPING COALITION PRIORITIES
• Coalition priorities will be developed in two key
  ways
• Coalition Advisory Board Coalition Advisory
  Board will make recommendations on issues,
  projects, appropriations requests, etc. that
  should be brought to the attention of the entire
  Coalition.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• DEVELOPING COALITION PRIORITIES
• Summit Resolutions Establishment of Working
  Groups - At the 2002 Summit, participants
  developed and adopted nine resolutions on various
  transportation policy issues, including the State
  of California and Los Angeles Countys TEA-21
  reauthorization principles and projects (matrix
  included in your packets).

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• DEVELOPING COALITION PRIORITIES
• Six working groups will be established to work on
  these recommendations.
• Public Transit Transportation Funding
• Streets Highways Aviation
• Goods Movement Land Use
• Sign up sheets for each working group in front of
  the room

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• Sign up today!
• Membership forms are being passed out drop in
  box on
• the way out today.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
  Authority

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Impacts Of The State Budget Deficit On
Transportation

• The State Legislature is being asked to reduce
  funding for transportation projects and programs
  for the next 18 months by over 1.8 billion
  statewide and 500 million in Los Angeles County
  alone. This represents more than one quarter of
  all the States programmed transportation
  infrastructure spending. In addition, the State
  Highway Account has been projected to experience
  significant shortfalls. These two factors have
  created a crisis in funding for transportation
  statewide.
• The MTA has prepared the attached briefing book
  to provide legislators with a summary of projects
  in Los Angeles County that could be affected by
  these reductions. While no specific project has
  been targeted for elimination, projects in the
  Traffic Congestion Relief Plan (TCRP) and the
  State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
  will experience a funding shortage. We hope that
  in formation helps convey the magnitude of
  transportation infrastructure investment at risk
  in Los Angeles County.
• For example, funding for projects such as the
  Eastside Light Rail Line, San Fernando Valley
  East/West Busway, Mid-City/Westside Exposition
  Transit Corridor improvements and a myriad of
  freeway improvement projects could be eliminated
  or seriously delayed. Also facing reductions are
  funding for street and road repair and basic bus
  service.
• All of these reductions or delays will also
  delay the economic benefits that accompany
  transportation spending.
• In March 2002 the voters of the State
  overwhelmingly approved Proposition 42,
  permanently allocating the sales tax on gasoline
  to these types of projects. As the Legislature
  considers the Governors request to suspend
  Proposition 42, in order to implement these
  reductions, it is important to clearly identify
  what is at stake.

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• Briefing Summary
• Overview of Funding Impacts
• Statewide
• Los Angeles County (estimate)
• MTA Suggestions to CTC for Addressing
  Transportation Funding Shortfalls
• New Revenues/State Bonds
• CTC Policies
• TCRP/STIP Reprogramming
• Caltrans Land Sales

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• Governors Mid-Year Reductions include 1.8 B in
  transportation cuts statewide, for FY 2003 and FY
  2004, to the following programs
• Traffic Congestion Relief Program (TCRP) projects
• State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
  projects
• City/County TCRP subventions for streets and
  roads
• State Transit Assistance for transit operators
• Governor would combine TCRP and STIP with new
  oversight and priority-setting responsibilities
  for CTC
• Combined TCRP/STIP program would be under-funded
  by at least 1.5 B
• CTC to work with RTPAs to implement at least 1.5
  B in cuts

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• Los Angeles County Traffic Congestion Relief
  Project Status
• Programmed 1,744 M
• Allocated 341 M
• Expended 87 M
• Unexpended 254 M
• Unallocated 1,403 M

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation
Membership by Assembly District Key members
noted in bold

• 37 Tony Strickland
• 38 Keith Richman
• 39 Cindy Montanez
• 40 Lloyd Levine
• 41 Fran Pavley
• 42 Paul Koretz
• 43 Dario Frommer
• 44 Carol Liu
• 45 Jackie Goldberg
• 46 Fabian Nunez
• 47 Herb Wesson
• 48 Mark Ridley-Thomas

• 49 Judy Chu
• 50 Marco Firebaugh
• 51 Jerome Horton
• 52 Mervyn Dymally
• 53 George Nakano
• 54 Alan Lowenthal
• 55 Jenny Oropeza
• 56 Rudy Bermudez
• 57 Edward Chavez
• 58 Ronald Calderon
• 59 Dennis Mountjoy
• 60 Robert Pacheco
• 61 Gloria McLeod

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation
Membership by Senate District
Key y members noted in bold

• 25 Edward Vincent
• 26 Kevin Murray
• 27 Betty Karnette
• 28 Debra Bowen
• 29 Bob Margett
• 30 Martha Escutia
• 32 Nell Soto

• 17 William J. (Pete) Knight
• 19 Tom McClintock
• 20 Richard Alarcón
• 21 Jack Scott
• 22 Gil Cedillo
• 23 Sheila James Kuehl
• 24 Gloria Romero

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• Los Angeles County State Transportation
  Improvement Program Status
• Unallocated 1,439 M
• Interregional Improvement Program
• 249 M
• Regional Improvement Program 1,190 M

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Impacts Of The State General Fund Deficit On
Transportation

• NEW REVENUE OPTIONS
• Assess the adequacy of the state gas tax
• Locally imposed user fees/regional gas tax
• Lower vote threshold for transportation sales
  taxes

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• NON-LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS
• Garvee Bonds
• CTC Policies
• Reprogramming
• Caltrans Land Sales

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• GARVEE BONDS
• Advance Construction (AC) Proposal
• State Legislation to be sought

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• CTC POLICIES
• Backfill TCRP with State Highway Account
• Waive STIP Notice Period
• Approve Letters of No Prejudice for TCRP Projects
  including AB 3090 authority
• Require Local Funds Advancement (AB 3090)

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• REPROGRAMMING
• Suspend Advance Project Development Element
  (APDE)
• Reevaluate ITIP Project Priorities
• Reevaluate SHOPP Projects for deferral
• Honor TCRP Allocations

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Impacts of the State General Fund Deficit on
Transportation

• Appendix
• Regional Improvement Program (RIP) Projects not
  yet Allocated
• Interregional Improvement Program (IIP) Projects
  not yet Allocated

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• Resolution No. 2003-01
• 2003 State Budget Impacts on Transportation
• (Handout included in your packet)

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• 2003 State Budget Impacts on Transportation
  Resolution
• Supports efforts to balance the state budget with
  minimal effects on transportation resources and
  supports efforts to provide increased revenue to
  transportation.
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• Supports a resolution on the State Budget deficit
  that embodies the following principles
• Long term and immediate preservation of
  Proposition 42 funds including repayment of loans
  and suspensions.
• Preservation of funds for Los Angeles County
  transportation projects.
• Establishment of priority for projects in the
  Traffic Congestion Relief Program.
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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• 2003 State Budget Impacts on Transportation
  Resolution
• 4. Support for additional statewide revenues that
  would offset any reductions made through a
  suspension of Proposition 42. The revenue
  options include
•        a. A temporary or permanent increase in
  the state gas tax.
• b. Authorization for specified local
  transportation agencies to impose user fees for
  transportation.
• 5. Support reduction of the voter threshold for
  passage of local transportation sales taxes.
• 6. Support legislation or administrative
  actions which enhance the states ability to
  support the TCRP projects provides funding
  priority to projects which are in the more
  advanced stages of project development, and
  limits funding to non-essential projects and
  advance project development efforts.
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• THAT this resolution shall be widely circulated
  to all interested parties to include the Los
  Angeles County Congressional delegation, the
  Governor, members of the California legislature,
  California Transportation Commission, the cities
  within the County, the media and others, and is
  so accordingly Ordered.
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• Russell J. Hammer

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• MOTION TO APPROVE
• Resolution No. 2003-01
• 2003 State Budget Impacts on Transportation

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
• FY 2003 and FY 2004 Federal Transportation
• Appropriations Requests

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• Resolution No. 2003-02
• FY 2003 and FY 2004 Federal Transportation
  Appropriations Requests
• (Handout included in your packet)

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• FY 2003 and FY 2004 Federal Transportation
• Appropriations Requests Resolution
• The MOBILITY-21 Coalition will support and
  advocate efforts to secure funding for the
  following regional projects in the Fiscal Year
  2003 and Fiscal Year 2004 Transportation
  Appropriations bills.
• Fiscal Year 2003
• 40 million in funding for the Metro Red Line
  Segment 3, North Hollywood project consistent
  with the North Hollywood MOS-3 full funding Grant
  Agreement (FFGA) and the MTAs Restructuring
  Plan
• Funding for MTA and Los Angeles County Municipal
  Operators for clean fuel buses and for bus
  maintenance facilities improvements
• 10-35 million in funding for East Los Angeles
  transit corridor light-rail project and,
• 2 million in funding for Job Access/Reverse
  Commute programs in LA County.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• FY 2003 and FY 2004 Federal Transportation
• Appropriations Requests Resolution
• Fiscal Year 2004
• 70 million in funding for East Los Angeles
  transit corridor light-rail project
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• 20 million in funding for the Mid-City/Expo
  light rail project
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• 20 million funding for the MTA for clean fuel
  buses and for bus maintenance facilities
  improvements and support funding for Los Angeles
  County Municipal Operators for similar
  improvements and
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• 5 million of ITS funding for the Universal Fare
  System.
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• Work to secure funding for completion of
  necessary freeway improvements on the I-5 Freeway
  from the I-605 to the I-710.

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MOBILITY-21 Coalition

• MOTION TO APPROVE
• Resolution No. 2003-02
• FY 2003 and FY 2004 Federal Transportation
  Appropriations Requests

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Access Sacramento

• Chamber is organizing two trips in Spring 2003
  for MOBILITY-21 Coalition to travel to Sacramento
• February TBD Coalition Advisory Board
• Date TBD Entire MOBILITY-21 Coalition
• Will send more information to Coalition members
  via email, fax, or mail.

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Access D.C. Trip

• MOBILITY-21 Coalition will join the Chambers
  annual lobbying trip to D.C on April 5-9, 2003.
• Chamber will advocate on a variety of issues
  important to the LA area, including
  transportation, health care, homeland security,
  international trade, law enforcement, water and
  workforce/education.
• MOBILITY-21 Coalition will act as Chambers
  transportation lobbying team.

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Access D.C. Trip

• Tentative Timeline
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• Saturday, April 5 Arrive
• Sunday, April 6 Tour Washington D.C. Sights
• LA Area Chamber Delegation Reception and
  Briefing
• Monday, April 7 Welcome Breakfast
• Public Policy Briefing Sessions
• Policy Luncheon
• White House Briefing
• Tuesday, April 8 Congressional Appointments
• Leadership Luncheon
• VIP Congressional Reception
• Wednesday, April 9 Congressional Appointments
• Depart for Los Angeles

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Access D.C. Trip

• Chamber will work to secure meetings with
• Members of the Bush Administration
• Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta
• FTA Administrator Jenna Dorn
• FRA Administration Allan Rutter
• FHWA Administrator Mary Peters
• FAA Administrator Marion Blakely
• TSA Under Secretary of Transportation for
  Security Adm. James M. Loy
• Office of Management Budget (OMB)

• Members of Congress
• House
• Transportation Infrastructure Key Members
• Appropriations Key Members
• Senate
• Appropriations Key Members
• Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  Infrastructure Key Members
• Banking Key Members

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Access D.C. Trip

• 775 Program Registration Fee (per person)
• Includes
• Lobbying sessions with the Bush administration
  and members of Congress on official LA Area
  Chamber positions.
• Policy briefings featuring national experts on
  issues of interest to the LA region.
• Reception with congressional leaders.
• Briefing materials for lobbying sessions.
• Organized meal functions.
• Los Angeles Area Chamber Hospitality Suite,
  hosted daily.
• Limited number of reduced registration fees for
  community based non-profit organizations.

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Access D.C. Trip

• Sponsorship packages available
• Presidential Sponsor 5,000 (limit 2)
• Senate Sponsor 2,500 (limit 5)
• Congressional Sponsor 1,000 (unlimited)
• Sponsorship and registration forms are in your
  packet.

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MOBILITY-21 LA County Moving Together