APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:30 A.M. Board of Supervisors Hearing Room 105 E Anapamu St, Fourth Floor Santa Barbara, CA 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chair Wolf called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Members Present: Directors Carbajal (arrived at 9:34 a.m.), Farr; Adam; Lavagnino; Mosby; Bennett; Clark; White; Lizalde (via teleconference from Santa Maria arrived at 9:40 a.m.); Patino; Richardson, Sierra and Chair Wolf Members Ex-Officio Member: Tim Gubbins, Caltrans District 5 Staff Present: Jim Kemp, Executive Director; Steve VanDenburgh, Deputy Director; Peter Imhof, Deputy Director; Rachel Van Mullem, Agency Counsel\County Counsel; Terry Contreras, Board Clerk; Michael Becker, Transportation Planner; Julio Perucho, Transportation Planner 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve minutes from the March 17, 2016 board of directors meeting. Motion made to approve the March 17, 2016 minutes. Motion: Richardson Second: Adam Motion carried: 11-0 Farr, Adam, Lavagnino, Bennett, Mosby, Clark, White, Richardson, Patino, Sierra and Chair Wolf Carbajal, Lizalde
Director Carbajal arrived at 9:34 a.m. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT 5. APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR A. MEASURE A SOUTH COAST BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS Authorize the Chair to sign a cooperative agreement with the City of Carpinteria for Cycle 3 of the South Coast Measure A Bicycle and Pedestrian and Safe Routes to School Programs. B. PROPOSITION 1B PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MODERNIZATION, IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICE ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT Approve two project applications and adopt a resolution authorizing SBCAG to allocate Proposition 1B PTMISEA funding in the amount of $368,071 (total) to SBCAG s Clean Air Express Bus Replacement and Farebox Modernization project and Buellton s North Avenue of Flags Park & Ride Bus Stop project. Consent Item 5C was pulled from the Consent Calendar for comment by Director Adams but not considered separately. C. FREEWAY SERVICE PATROL PROGRAM Authorize the Board Chair to execute a contract with Smitty s Towing for FYs 16/17, 17/18 and 18/19 at a not-to-exceed cost of $639,154.10. D. SANTA CLAUS LANE BIKE PATH Authorize the Chair to execute a cooperative agreement with Caltrans defining roles and responsibilities for the preliminary engineering and environmental phase of the Santa Claus Lane Bike Path project. E. HIGHWAY 101 HOV PROJECT Authorize the Chair to sign a letter to Caltrans Director, Malcolm Dougherty urging expeditious completion of revisions to project environmental impact report. F. LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. SUSAN BRANSEN Authorize the Chair to sign a letter of congratulations for Ms. Susan Bransen on her appointment as Executive Director of the California Transportation Commission. 2
G. FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR FY 2014-15 Receive and file SBCAG s audited Annual Financial Report and Single Audit Report for FY 2014-15. Motion made to approve the Consent Calendar. Motion: Bennett Second: Carbajal Motion carried: 12-0 Carbajal, Farr, Adam, Lavagnino, Bennett, Mosby, Clark, White, Richardson, Sierra, Patino, and Chair Wolf Lizalde PUBLIC HEARINGS 6. UNMET TRANSIT NEEDS Hold hearing and receive public input on unmet transit needs in Santa Barbara County. PUBLIC COMMENT Jay Freeman, addressed the board on public transportation within the Vandenberg Village area and the unmet transit needs noticing process. Kenneth Wolf, addressed the board wondering why public transportation is not being used and the need for more public outreach. Motion made to receive public input and comment on unmet transit needs. Motion: Carbajal Second: Farr 3
John Lizalde arrived at 9:35 a.m. ACTION ITEMS Item 7 heard before item 6 due to the 10:00 am time certain Unmet Transit needs. 7. DRAFT U.S. 101 CENTRAL COAST FREIGHT STRATEGIES Review draft final U.S. 101 Central Coast Freight Strategies report jointly prepared by Central Coast region Metropolitan Planning Agencies SBCAG, SLOCOG and AMBAG, in partnership with Caltrans District 5. Motion made to accept the Draft U.S. 101 Central Coast Freight Strategies. Motion: Carbajal Second: Adam 8. MEASURE A ANNUAL REPORT Review and comment on the draft 2015 Measure A Annual Report. Motion made to review and accept on the draft 2015 Measure A Annual Report. Motion: Farr Second: Sierra 9. OVERALL WORK PROGRAM Review and comment on the Draft FY 2016-17 Overall Work Program. Director Richardson inquired about whether Caltrans or SBCAG could provide a bus shuttle service to\from the Good Samaritan Shelter near the Highway 246\Santa Ynez River Bridge. Mr. Kemp suggested that the bus service be evaluated as part of the Unmet Transit Needs process, discussed under Item 6 on the agenda. 4
Motion made to review and comment on the Draft FY 2016-17 Overall Work Program Motion: Lavagnino Second: Adam 10. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT INFORMATION ITEMS Jim Kemp, Executive Director, reported on the following items: 2016 STIP Funding Linden/Casitas Project Phase 3 of Hwy 101 project TMA Federal Certification Review Retirement 11. CALTRANS DISTRICT DIRECTOR S REPORT Tim Gubbins, Caltrans District Director, reported on the following items: Caltrans Annual Litter Day Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan Active Transportation Program Cycle 3 U.S. 101 Gaviota Curve Project 12. COMMITTEE MEETINGS Minutes were distributed to the board members for the March 21st and April 18, 2016 LOSSAN Board meetings. Director Mosby reported on the March 30 th Calcog Board meeting and also on the March 31-April 1, 2016 Regional Leadership Forum. 13. COMMUNICATIONS A. Board Advance Calendar B. Technical Transportation Advisory Committee and Joint Technical Transportation Advisory Committee Draft Meeting Minutes C. Summary of Central Coast Coalition March 9 Sacramento Lobby Day D. Caltrans response letter March 17, 2016 SBCAG Board meeting E. Letter to Caltrans regarding evaluation of safety improvements at Highway 246 Robinson bridge. F. 14. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION 5
Public Employee Appointment - Executive Director (Gov. Code sec. 54957(b)(1)) 15. REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION Rachel Van Mullem, County Counsel, reported that no reportable action had been taken. 16. ADJOURN Chair Wolf adjourned the meeting at 11:57 a.m. The next Board meeting will be held on May 19, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Santa Maria. 6