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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - November 1, 1989 PH (12)C O U C I L COMMUNICA1 ,ON M THE = COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEETING DATE FROM: THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE NOVEMBER 1, 1989 SUBJECT: SET PUBLIC HEARING- ."OR DECEMBER 6, 1989 REGARDING UNMET TRANSIT NEEDS PREPARED BY: Assistant City Manager RECOMMENDED ACTION: Council set a pjblic hearing to receive public input on unmet transit needs on Wednesday, December 6, 1989 at 1:30 p.m. at Loel Center, 1"5 S. Washington Street, Lodi, and at 7:30 p.m.' at the regular Counci l meeting at Carnegie Forum. EACKGROUND ll4;0RMATUN- State law requires that the agency hold a public hearing to receive testimony on unmet transit needs which are perceived tc exist in the transit service area. This hearing should be completed by the end of the calendar year. Respectfully submitted, Jerry L. Glenn Assistant City Manager JLG :br COUNC677 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING UNMET TRANSIT NEEDS WITHIN THE CITY OF LODI POTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, December 6, 1989 at the hour of 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, the Lodi City Council will conduct a public hearing at the Loe1 Center, 105 South Washington Street, Lodi, to obtain citizens comments on transit needs within the City of Lodi . NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Public Hearing will, be continued to the hour of 7:30 p.m. in conjunction with the regular meeting of the City Council, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street, Lodi. Information regarding this matter may be obtained in the office of the City Clerk during regular business hours, 221 West Pine Street, Lodi, telephcne number 333-6702. Dated: November 1, 1989 By Order of the Lodi City Council if.R .� Alice MM. Rei the City Clerk t 1 SAAf"Q'QJitd"GtiUtd7`r�i3OUNCIC OF G`rJVERtJh4r NTS �`: 1860 EAST HAZELTON AVENUE _CCK1ON, CALIFORNIA 95205 TELEPHONE ('Z09) 468-3913 October 3, 1989 Mr. Jerry Glenn Assistant City Manager City of Lodi 221 West Pine Street Lodi, California 95240 Dear Mr. Glenn: T p 5.89 Office The annual unmet transit needs process should be launched in the near future. The process, which is required by state law, is somewhat different this year. The COG Board is requiring that there be at least one unmet needs put.lic hearing in the daytime hours in a place that is convenisnt and accessible to the eld- erly, transit dependent and physically challeriged. Your agency is responsible for advertising and holding one or more public hearings to receive testimony on unmet transit needs which are perceived to exist in your transit service area. All public hearings should be completed by the end of this year. Productivity Improvement Committee meetings need to be held before the public hearing. I would appreciate hearing from you at your earliest convenience regarding locations, dates and times of the hearings. A member of my staff will attend as an observer and to answer any questions that may arise. Enclosed is a packet of information that may help you, your staff and your governing board through the process. Included is a copy of the relevant sections from the Transportation Development Act and a booklet, Transportation Development Act AdministrAt1v6'_ Procedures in San Joaouin County that should also help you with any other TDA related questions that you nay have. Please do not hesitate to contact me or John Ponte of my staff if you have any questions. Sincerely, PETER D. VERDOORN Executive Director • COUtv7V 0r ?iAi. j0AC1I; C..?0!. C`' !!•," $AH DIEGO EXPRESS BUS AND VAHPOOt_ SERVICE 99400.6. Notwithstanding Section 99232, the County of San Diego may file a claim under thfs article with the transportation planning agency to provide express bus service or vanpool service for the purpose of serving work con -mute trips and for providing accessibility between residential areas and major activity centers. The express bus service may be located anywhere in the county, but shall be consistent with the plans of the San Diego Metropol)tan Trar0 t Development Board end the Horth San Diego County Transit Development Board, and maY be provided by contract with operators, private entities of persons operating under a franchise or license, or nonprofit corporations organized pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 9000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code. The vanpool service shall be operated by the county with county -owned vans and any claims submitted pursuant to this Sectiofi for such service shall be approyed subject to all of the following conditions: (a) The amount of the claim to be limited to the actual cost of acquiring the vans. (b) The loczl transportation fund to be reimbursed for the amount of the claim within the passenger service life of the vans. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY AUTHORITY 994011. (a) The transportation planning agency shall adopt rules and regulations delineating procedures for the submission of claims under Section 99234 and subdivision (a) of Section 99400 and stating criteria by which they will be analyzed and evaluated. Such rules and regulations shall provide for orderly and periodic distributions of moneys. ,(b) The criteria applicable to analyzing and evaluating claims for nonmotori zed' transportation facilities shall be the general design criteria for such facilities established pursuant to Section 155.4 of the Streets and Highways Code. (c) To the extent necessary to perform its duties under this article, the transportation planning agency shall have full access to the books, records, and accounts of the claimant cities and counties. 99401.5. Prior to making any allocation not directly related to public transportation services, specialized transportation services, or facilities pro,rided for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles, the transportation planning agency shall annually co all of the following: (a) Establish a social services transportation advisory council pursuant to Section 99238. (b) Identify the transit needs of the jurisdiction which have bean considered as part of the transportation planning process, including following: 78 C �I) An annual assessment of the size and location of identifiable groups likely to be transit dependent or transit disadvantaged, including, but not limited to, the elderly, the handicapped, and persons of limited means. (2) An analysis of the adequacy of existing public transportation services and specialized transportation services, including privately and publicly provided services, in meeting the transit demand identified pursuant to paragraph (1). (2) An analysis of the potential alternative public transportation and specialized transportation services and service improvements that would meet al or part of the transit demand. (c) Identify the unmet transit needs of the jurisdiction and those needs that are reasonable to meet. The transportation planning agency shall hold at least one public hearing pursuant to Section 99238.5 for the purpose of soliciting coments on the unmet transit needs that may exist within the jurisdiction and that might be reasonable to meet by establishing or contracting for new public transportation or specialized transportation services or by expanding existing services. The definition adopted by the transportation planning agency for the terms "unmet transit needs" and "reasonable to meet" shall be documented by resolution or in the minutes of the agency. The fact that an identified transit need cannot fully be met based on available resources shall not be the sole reason for finding that a transit need is not reasonable to meet. An agency's determination of needs that are reasonable to meet shall not be made by comparing unmet transit needs with the need for streets and rozds. (d) Adopt by resolution' i finding for the jurisdiction, after consideration of all available information compiled pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c). The finding shall be that (1) there are no unmet transit needs, (2) there are no unmet transit needs that are'reasonable to meet, or .(3) there are unmet transit needs, including needs that are•rnasonable to ,.meet. The resolution shall include information developed pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) which provides the basis for the finding. (e) If the transportation planning agency adopts a finding that there are unmet transit needs, including needs that are reasonable to meet, then the unmet transit needs shall oe funded before any allocation is made fur streets and roads within the jurisdiction. if the finding is inconsisrent with *he regional transportation plan, then the transporiation planning agency shaII resolve the inconsistency by timely amendment or supplement to the plan NCTICE OF FINDING 99401,6. upon adoption of a`inding, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 99401.5 that there are no unmet transit needs or that there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable tc meet, the transportation. planning !i agency may allocate funds for vocal streets and roads. The allocation shall not become effective until 29 days after acknowledgment pf receipt by the Department of Transnorta-cion of aocumentS ?` the agency's finding. The transportation planning agency snall, it ny case, submit the documentation nefore August 15 of the fiscal year of tht allocation or witnin 10 apys after the adoption Of the finding. whichever is later. the doc,mentatior, shai! include all of the followin4: !