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Okay. All right. Well welcome

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everyone and thank you for

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joining us for today's rainy

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FEBRUARY 19th sb board meeting.

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For the record, my name is

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David Silva and I'm the vice

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chair on the sb Kag board.

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MADAM Clerk, could you please

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facilitate roll call? Director

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Perotti here. Director Patino

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here. Director Mosby here.

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Director. Lee here. Director.

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Lavagnino here. Director.

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Julian here. Director. Hartman

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here. Director of Friedman here.

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Director. Clerk. Here. Director.

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Capps here. Vice chair Silva

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here. And Chair Nelson is

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absent. Great. Didn't hear my

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name. Oh, director Brown, my

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apologies. And Director Brown's

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here. If we could please stand

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for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Ready again? I pledge

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allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America. And

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to the Republic for which it

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stands. One nation under GOD,

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indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. All right,

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next up, we'll move into public

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comment for items not on

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today's agenda. Speakers have

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for public comment. Is there

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any public comment today? If

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use the Raise Hand feature and

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I will call upon you? I do not

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forms, and there are no

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attendees on zoom who wish to

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speak at this time. Splendid.

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Moving along, we'll move on to

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approval of consent calendar.

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Oh. I'm sorry. First time

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caller, longtime listener. So

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is there any announcements for

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the consent calendar at this

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time? There are no

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calendar. And did we receive

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any public comment on any items

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attendees on the zoom webinar

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who wish to speak, would you

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feature for the consent

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calendar and we will call upon

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you. Our first speaker is Barry

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Remus. If you can, please

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unmute yourself. Thank you.

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Good morning, Chair Silva and

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board members. My name is Barry

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Remus and I'm representing Move

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Santa Barbara County and we

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advocate and educate and

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encourage people who walk, bike

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and take public transit. Just

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want to to make a quick

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statement in support of item

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consent. Item number four f as

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in not a freeway. We would like

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to voice our support for the

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appropriation of the additional.

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The $100,000 in measure a

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funding for bike, ped and Safe

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the Buellton highway 246

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improvements project for bike

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and pedestrian. This would be a

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reduction in lane width and

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addition of bike lanes with

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buffers and pedestrian safety

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amenities, and this would bring

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improved safety to the area,

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which, as we know along highway

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by avenue of the flags. And

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this would bring not only

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increased public safety for

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improvements for pedestrians,

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bicyclists and Ada access, but

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also economic vitality in

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making them a more welcoming

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environment that calms traffic

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and improves the area immensely.

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endorse the support of and

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support the appropriation and

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encourage your vote in support

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of the consent item. Thank you

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very much. Thank you very much.

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public comment at this time?

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the public on the zoom webinar

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who wish to speak? Would you

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feature and I will call upon

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you. And there are no responses.

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Thank you. Would any any

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directors like to pull an item

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then I would look for a motion.

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Second, Hartman moves approval

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of the consent agenda. Second.

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Splendid. We have a roll call.

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Vote director. Perotti. Hi.

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Director Patino. Director Mosby,

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I, director. Lee. Hi. Director.

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director Clark. I believe I

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heard an I MR. Caps I and vice

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chair Silva I and chair Nelson

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is absent. Great. Now moving on

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to item five a MADAM Clerk,

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will you please read item five

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a into the record. Item five a

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expanded intercity passenger

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rail service recommended.

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Action one approve and

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authorize the Executive

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Director to execute a

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cooperative funding agreement

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with the Los Angeles, San Diego,

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Agency, Lausanne with the

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Commission ctc to provide

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expanded intercity passenger

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rail service to be negotiated,

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comparable to the attached for

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a 2,000,219 $240 with sb k

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contributing an amount not to

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exceed 1,109,620. Similar to

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the attached upon approval by

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legal counsel and two approving

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authorized Executive Director

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to take actions required to

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implement the agreement per

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article six. Great. And it

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looks like we have Whitney Rush

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to give the presentation. Yes.

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Good morning. Directors. In

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2008, voters approved a measure

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a with a simple promise, a lane

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and a train. And today we are

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closer than we have been in

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years on finally delivering

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that train. My name is Whitney

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Rush. I'm a senior

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transportation planner in the

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Multimodal Programs division,

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and today I'm excited to

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present the next chapter in a

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story that has had a couple

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route adjustments, but one that

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we are genuinely excited to

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bring to you today about

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expanded intercity passenger

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rail service. This presentation

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very closely mirrors what

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Director of Multimodal Programs

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South Coast subregional last

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week. The subregional did

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approve both staff

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recommendations, and we're

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excited today to bring this

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item to the full board. Today's

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presentation will give a

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background on the project.

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key benefits and also seek your

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authorization for sb Executive

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Director to move into a

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cooperative agreement for this

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expanded intercity rail service.

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Q Lauren. Okay, fantastic. No

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better place to begin than at

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the beginning with measure a,

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it was passed in 2008 by voters

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with the goal of bringing

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increased rail service to the

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corridor. To reach that end, we

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would need a coordinated effort

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to expand service and

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operational plan cooperative

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agreements and eventually a

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pilot demonstration. In 2018,

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sb did launch a morning train

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and as you MAY recall in 2020,

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that train was canceled due to

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Covid and never resumed. Nearly

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three years ago, sb began the

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careful work to retrace these

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steps to provide expanded

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service and restore that

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service to our community.

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Lauren. So, as a reminder,

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measure a is a dedicated South

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it was passed, it set aside

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dedicated funding of $25

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million over 30 years. This

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money could be used on things

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alternative to driving on

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service to make this a full

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mobility option for our

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commuters. Next, sb, cag

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recognizes that this is only

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possible through sustained and

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strong partnerships, in

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particular with Vctc, the

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the Pacific Surfliner. Vctc in

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particular, has been a valued

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partner, and they have agreed

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to jointly fund this new pilot

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project. 50 over 50. Many

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pieces had to fall into place

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and over the past six months,

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many of them have made this

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option most feasible and better

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than all previous iterations.

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redeployment, one of the

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biggest barriers in prior

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attempts to get the service

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going was that there just

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wasn't existing train equipment.

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train equipment from northern

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California to the corridor, and

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now Lausanne has the capacity

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to add this additional round

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trip service. Additionally,

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intercity ticket sales from Los

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Luis Obispo will help offset

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the cost of this train. Also,

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by working directly with

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access. In previous attempts of

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this service that have been a

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large barrier, and so by

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working directly with Lausanne,

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we have that Union Pacific

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access. And probably one of the

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biggest benefits is that

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significantly reduces sb kags

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insurance risk by leveraging

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And finally, the the goals set

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out by Lausanne are fulfilling

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a lot of the state rail plan

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goals for the region. So we're

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excited that a lot of pieces

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fell into place in the past six

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months to make this option not

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only feasible, but the best

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option possible. So let's get

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into the details and look at

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this proposed schedule for the

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new train. As I mentioned, it

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will start at Los Angeles Union

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Station at 5:13 A.M. Arrive at

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Moorpark at 6:31 A.M. And begin

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its Ventura County pickups.

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Camarillo 643, Oxnard, 657 and

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Ventura at the very easy to

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remember time of 711.

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Carpinteria 737 and arrive into

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Santa Barbara just before 8

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A.M. And Goleta at 811. The

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train will then continue on to

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San Luis Obispo, where it will

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turn around and provide a new

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midday southbound service. This

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service can work for tourists,

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those commuters with flexible

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schedules, or anyone who wants

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to get to downtown Los Angeles

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in time for dinner. However, sb

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Commute Focus will be on the

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currently existing southbound

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train 790, highlighted a little

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bit in red there on the right

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side. That train currently

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departs Goleta at 4:25 P.M.

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Santa Barbara at 440, and gets

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passengers into Ventura at 5:26

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P.M. Next slide Lauren. And to

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make this schedule a reality,

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we're asking you to approve sb

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Executive Director to enter

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into a cooperative agreement

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with Vctc and Lausanne. Some

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key elements of that

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cooperative agreement include a

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fixed fee agreement of about

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$2.2 million, again split

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evenly between sb and Vctc, so

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we would be in at $1.1 million.

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It's a 12 month service pilot,

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but it will run 365 days a year.

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This is not a Monday through

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Friday train. This does not

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take off for holidays. It will

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run 365 days a year. The

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estimated fare revenues are

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expected to be around $2.3

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million, and commuter tickets

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and passes will be available,

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including a subsidized ten ride

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pass and monthly pass. We're

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excited that this cooperative

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agreement has already been

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approved by the Ventura County

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Transportation Commission at

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their meeting on FEBRUARY 6th,

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and was just approved by the

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board two days ago on February

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17th. So with this board's

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approval, it is the last and

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truly monumental step to make

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this schedule a reality. And

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with that, we can look to

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launch this service in late

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APRIL or early MAY. Lloyd. And

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so, just as a reminder for both

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of you to for all of you today,

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the two staff recommendations

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in front of you are to approve

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and authorize the Executive

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Director to execute a

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cooperative funding agreement

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with Lausanne and Vctc, and

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then to approve and authorize

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the Executive Director to take

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actions required to implement

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the agreement. With that, I

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thank you for your time, and

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I'm available for any questions.

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Thank you very much. Are there

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any questions for staff at this

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time? I do or okay. Director

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Lee we'll go. We'll go remote

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first. Let's go for that down

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in Santa Barbara. So, director

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Lee, thank you. Thank you.

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Chair. Vice chair Silva. So the

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question is the Ortega railing

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on that project? Does it have

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any effect on this commuter

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rail approval. Well, it delay

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it or affected in any way as I

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understand it, no. The Ortega

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siding project will not have

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any effect on this train coming

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online and will not impact the

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schedule as proposed to us by

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Lausanne. Got it. That's my

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question. Thank you, director

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Lee. Any further questions down

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in Santa Barbara? Okay. We'll

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bring it back here to Santa

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Maria. Director Patino. Yes.

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Could you go back to the slide

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on the schedule? Yes. Of course.

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Okay. I don't see Guadalupe in

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there. It's not going to stop

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in Guadalupe. It is. This

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doesn't include. There's a lot

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of stops between Los Angeles

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Union Station Moorpark and a

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lot of stops between Goleta and

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San Luis Obispo. We can provide

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directors with the full

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schedule, but yes, it will stop

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in Guadalupe serve, because I

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don't think that. I don't think

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the people in Santa Maria even

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know that they can drive out to

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Guadalupe to get on the train.

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Yeah. In fact, I was talking to

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some people yesterday about it

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because I was at Vandenberg and

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say, when you drive the take

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the train, say Guadalupe to

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Santa Barbara, it's just the

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beautiful ocean view that you

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don't get any other way other

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than the train. It is so

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beautiful. And yes, we can

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definitely look into increasing

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our efforts, especially the

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Santa Maria. Again, this is

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really focused on connecting

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Ventura County and Santa

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Barbara County, but more people

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on the train throughout the

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corridor is our goal. Thank you.

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Any other questions here? I had

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a couple. I just wanted to know.

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I was just curious. I know this

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is a 12 month service pilot

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program that we're looking at,

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and that this is being split

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between the vc, vc and sb. Cag,

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get all my acronyms correctly.

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Will there be a chance after

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that 12 months to know how many?

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You know, I think about like

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there's other agencies that are

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benefiting from this rail as

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well. So I think it's going

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into the San Luis Obispo County

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and it's going down to la. Will

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we be able to know how many

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like how those agencies are

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also participating in this or

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utilizing this? Because I would

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think that there might be a

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discussion about funds sharing

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after the 12 months, seeing how

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it might be more agencies who

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MAY want to participate in the

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cost sharing of this, if those

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agencies are also benefiting

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from this. Yes, of course, the

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benefits will extend throughout

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the corridor. I believe you MAY

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be able to answer. I can answer

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that. I was looking to see if

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you wanted me to. Well, the

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goal is to have it state funded

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from after this pilot project,

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which is it was in the

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statewide rail plan to have

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this route start, but we're

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starting it a year early. So

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we're providing subsidy at this

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time to get it started. But

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ultimately, it's hoped that it

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will be covered by the

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statewide budget for rail from

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San Luis Obispo all the way to

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San Diego. So that's the goal.

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But you're right. If that is

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not achieved, then we'll be

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looking at other agencies,

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possibly participating. If we

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wanted to continue with this

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service at at subsidizing it

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with our local dollars. But we

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would have to answer that

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question probably six months

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before the end of the pilot

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project. So yes. Thank you.

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Director Brown. In that same in

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that same fashion, do you have

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any partnerships established or

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proposed with employers that

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would benefit from this? Yes.

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I'm very excited to talk about

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those opportunities. We

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recognize that the train won't

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be a success without that last

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first mile, last mile options.

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So the things that we're

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looking to complement the

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service are free shuttles to

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and from the train station to

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employer sites, bicycle lockers

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at Carpinteria, Santa Barbara

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and Goleta, and bicycle trials,

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the bike share system in

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downtown Santa Barbara. And

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then as part of getting the

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word out about the train and

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all these complimentary

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programs, we're looking to host

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an employer forum and really

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engage and really lean on those

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strong relationships that we

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have with employers throughout

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the South Coast. So, yes,

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working with large employers is

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one of our largest outreach

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efforts. Yeah, it looks like we

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have a few more questions

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possibly. Or. Oh, okay. Perfect.

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Vice chair. Vice chair. Silver.

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Yes. Director. Caps. I just

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wanted to build on Director

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Brown's question because that

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that was my nature of questions

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to just again, I applaud the

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pivot from the original or the

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first plan to this plan. And I

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know that the original plan had

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a lot of outreach with

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employers, and I just am

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wanting to hear a bit more on

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the assurances with the, the

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the change in sort of this plan

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b of those communications. It

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sounds like they're happening.

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I just want to hear that

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fleshed out a bit more to make

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sure that passengers get on

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these trains. Yes, 100%. It is

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the same outreach. If not, it's

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been expanded. There is some

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simplicity in this being a low

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San Amtrak Pacific Surfliner

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train. Before we are looking at

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Metrolink in the morning,

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Amtrak in the afternoon. How do

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we message this to commuters?

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This is a lot more digestible

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for commuters, and we're

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planning a large employer forum

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where we will invite all the

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employers that we have these

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relationships with to really

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highlight the benefits of

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making this a possibility for

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their employees. We have

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numerous email lists that we

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will lean on. We're also

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developing a program to give

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$50 train ride passes to

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employees. And then as they use

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them, they have the potential

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to earn additional ones. So yes,

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we are working with employers

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throughout the South Coast.

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We're planning a lot of

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00:24:36,624 --> 00:24:38,260
outreach events, and I'll let

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Lauren speak to any others that

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00:24:39,494 --> 00:24:41,620
we're planning on. When you

571
00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:42,362
talk about the ctc effort,

572
00:24:42,362 --> 00:24:44,499
which we didn't have in the

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00:24:44,499 --> 00:24:47,100
last. Yeah. Go ahead. Yes.

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00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:48,469
We're excited with ctc being

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such a valuable partner and

576
00:24:50,270 --> 00:24:51,738
being even more engaged this

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00:24:51,738 --> 00:24:53,540
time around. We're looking at a

578
00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:55,409
lot of events in Ventura County.

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In previous years, a lot of our

580
00:24:56,411 --> 00:24:57,479
efforts focused on Santa

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Barbara. But of course the

582
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commuters live in Ventura and

583
00:25:00,482 --> 00:25:01,849
they work here. And so Ventura

584
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County is planning on

585
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presenting at all their boards,

586
00:25:04,451 --> 00:25:05,753
all their commissions, getting

587
00:25:05,753 --> 00:25:07,222
out in the farmers markets,

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meeting with all their

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00:25:09,230 --> 00:25:10,625
employers so that we're not

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just targeting the employers

591
00:25:11,925 --> 00:25:13,528
here in Santa Barbara and then

592
00:25:13,528 --> 00:25:14,862
relying on them to pass the

593
00:25:14,862 --> 00:25:17,332
word on. We're really working

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00:25:17,332 --> 00:25:18,366
with ctc to reach the people in

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Ventura County that can most

596
00:25:22,269 --> 00:25:24,972
benefit from this train. Yes,

597
00:25:24,972 --> 00:25:26,241
please. Lauren, I just wanted

598
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to add just one more thing is

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that it's a coordinated

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00:25:29,210 --> 00:25:31,610
marketing and outreach effort.

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00:25:31,678 --> 00:25:33,815
So it's Lausanne, sb, cg, and

602
00:25:33,815 --> 00:25:35,984
ctc all working together to

603
00:25:35,984 --> 00:25:37,985
work on shared resources both

604
00:25:37,985 --> 00:25:40,385
with our collateral materials

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00:25:40,721 --> 00:25:42,222
as well as our outreach. And so

606
00:25:42,222 --> 00:25:44,825
those are regular meetings that

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00:25:44,825 --> 00:25:46,761
we are having and instituting.

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And yes, it is a similar

609
00:25:48,263 --> 00:25:49,696
marketing effort that we had

610
00:25:49,696 --> 00:25:51,431
planned with the previous

611
00:25:51,431 --> 00:25:53,333
service that we're just kind of

612
00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:56,104
working with this better and

613
00:25:56,104 --> 00:25:58,104
more commuter friendly

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00:26:00,174 --> 00:26:01,508
opportunity. Director Hartman,

615
00:26:01,508 --> 00:26:03,877
last time we did this, that is

616
00:26:03,877 --> 00:26:05,880
when we had first inaugurated

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00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,415
the train. One of the key

618
00:26:07,415 --> 00:26:09,217
concerns was reliability. Would

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00:26:09,217 --> 00:26:11,685
it be on time? And we worked

620
00:26:11,685 --> 00:26:13,788
hard to get a bus to pick up

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00:26:13,788 --> 00:26:15,489
the slack when the train wasn't

622
00:26:15,489 --> 00:26:17,658
there. What do we anticipate

623
00:26:17,658 --> 00:26:20,658
this go around? Yes, we

624
00:26:20,661 --> 00:26:21,930
recognize that that was one of

625
00:26:21,930 --> 00:26:23,597
the largest barriers to the

626
00:26:23,597 --> 00:26:25,532
train that launched in 2018 was

627
00:26:25,532 --> 00:26:26,633
its reliability with this

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00:26:26,633 --> 00:26:28,502
service. Yes, it does still

629
00:26:28,502 --> 00:26:29,636
begin in Los Angeles Union

630
00:26:29,636 --> 00:26:31,505
Station. But not only is this

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00:26:31,505 --> 00:26:34,209
service an hour later coming in

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00:26:34,209 --> 00:26:35,976
the train surrounding it on the

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00:26:35,976 --> 00:26:38,145
corridor have also adjusted.

634
00:26:38,145 --> 00:26:39,279
Before, there was a lot of

635
00:26:39,279 --> 00:26:41,150
negotiations that had to happen

636
00:26:41,150 --> 00:26:42,830
with freight service, but Union

637
00:26:42,830 --> 00:26:44,251
Pacific has adjusted their

638
00:26:44,251 --> 00:26:46,530
freight schedules. All the host

639
00:26:46,530 --> 00:26:47,154
schedules on the corridor have

640
00:26:47,154 --> 00:26:48,589
adjusted so that we are

641
00:26:48,589 --> 00:26:50,391
anticipating significantly

642
00:26:50,391 --> 00:26:51,826
higher reliability. With this

643
00:26:51,826 --> 00:26:53,961
morning train coming in the

644
00:26:53,961 --> 00:26:55,762
spring. So that will be

645
00:26:55,762 --> 00:26:58,233
something I think key to

646
00:26:58,233 --> 00:27:01,202
communicate. Yes. And that will

647
00:27:01,202 --> 00:27:02,350
be part of one of our hopeful

648
00:27:02,350 --> 00:27:03,838
audiences, of course, are those

649
00:27:03,838 --> 00:27:05,139
that really love the 2018 train

650
00:27:05,139 --> 00:27:06,206
but stopped because of

651
00:27:06,206 --> 00:27:07,708
reliability. And we know that

652
00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:09,176
question will come up and we

653
00:27:09,176 --> 00:27:10,545
have the assurances from all

654
00:27:10,545 --> 00:27:12,313
the host railroads that this

655
00:27:12,313 --> 00:27:15,313
one will be significantly more

656
00:27:15,983 --> 00:27:17,117
reliable. Right before going to

657
00:27:17,117 --> 00:27:18,952
public comment, I want to check

658
00:27:18,952 --> 00:27:20,870
and make sure there's no one

659
00:27:20,870 --> 00:27:22,157
Santa Barbara with any further

660
00:27:22,157 --> 00:27:23,490
questions. Okay. Do we have any

661
00:27:23,490 --> 00:27:24,992
public comment on this item?

662
00:27:24,992 --> 00:27:26,194
There are any members of the

663
00:27:26,194 --> 00:27:28,290
public on the zoom webinar who

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00:27:28,290 --> 00:27:29,197
wish to speak. Would you please

665
00:27:29,197 --> 00:27:32,797
use the raise Hand feature and

666
00:27:33,668 --> 00:27:35,350
I will call upon you? We did

667
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:37,204
not receive any public comment

668
00:27:37,204 --> 00:27:38,973
for this item in advance, and

669
00:27:38,973 --> 00:27:40,274
there are no attendees on zoom

670
00:27:40,274 --> 00:27:41,742
who wish to speak. All right.

671
00:27:41,742 --> 00:27:42,776
We'll bring it back to the

672
00:27:42,776 --> 00:27:45,776
board for discussion and a

673
00:27:46,547 --> 00:27:48,947
possible motion. Chair. Vice

674
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:51,953
chair Silva, this is pretty

675
00:27:51,953 --> 00:27:54,855
high. When you're ready for the

676
00:27:54,855 --> 00:27:56,323
motion, I. I'd be honored to to

677
00:27:56,323 --> 00:27:58,760
make that motion since I sit on

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00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,300
the Lausanne board and I tried

679
00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:03,631
to make that motion when the

680
00:28:03,631 --> 00:28:05,232
whole board was present. And I

681
00:28:05,232 --> 00:28:06,700
will tell you, they're all very

682
00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:08,602
enthusiastic about this service,

683
00:28:08,602 --> 00:28:11,500
and and I missed my chance. I

684
00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:13,641
guess I was, too, to slow in

685
00:28:13,641 --> 00:28:15,375
raising my hand. So. Well, then

686
00:28:15,375 --> 00:28:16,543
we'll do a very slow, dramatic

687
00:28:16,543 --> 00:28:18,378
pause so you can make the

688
00:28:18,378 --> 00:28:19,379
motion at this time for you.

689
00:28:19,379 --> 00:28:20,782
Director Paradiso, would you

690
00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:23,650
like to make the motion? I

691
00:28:23,650 --> 00:28:25,118
would thank you and Hartman

692
00:28:25,118 --> 00:28:26,987
seconds. And I just want to say,

693
00:28:26,987 --> 00:28:29,570
I thought that was a really

694
00:28:29,570 --> 00:28:30,257
well done staff report. Yes.

695
00:28:30,257 --> 00:28:34,457
Great. If we could have a roll

696
00:28:34,795 --> 00:28:36,964
call. Vote director. Perotti, I

697
00:28:36,964 --> 00:28:39,364
director Patino. I director

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00:28:40,535 --> 00:28:43,700
Mosby. Director. Lee I director

699
00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:45,700
Lavagnino. Director. Julien.

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00:28:45,572 --> 00:28:47,972
Director. Hartman I director

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00:28:49,911 --> 00:28:52,779
Friedman. I director. Clark. I

702
00:28:52,779 --> 00:28:55,179
director. Capps I director.

703
00:28:55,649 --> 00:28:57,117
Brown. I vice chair. Silva I

704
00:28:57,117 --> 00:28:59,119
and chair. Nelson. Absent

705
00:28:59,119 --> 00:29:00,587
motion passes. Yes. Thank you

706
00:29:00,587 --> 00:29:01,655
to the staff for that

707
00:29:01,655 --> 00:29:02,789
presentation. And thank you to

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00:29:02,789 --> 00:29:03,924
Director Perotti for making the

709
00:29:03,924 --> 00:29:05,726
motion and making sure that's

710
00:29:05,726 --> 00:29:06,860
on the record for that. I look

711
00:29:06,860 --> 00:29:08,596
forward to us all becoming

712
00:29:08,596 --> 00:29:09,796
ambassadors for the train to

713
00:29:09,796 --> 00:29:11,665
make sure that we get people on

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00:29:11,665 --> 00:29:13,567
to that. Moving on. We'll move

715
00:29:13,567 --> 00:29:14,569
to item b now and our staff

716
00:29:14,569 --> 00:29:15,737
presentation. Oh I'm sorry.

717
00:29:15,737 --> 00:29:16,937
Read into the record item five

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00:29:16,937 --> 00:29:17,771
b please. Sustainable community

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00:29:17,771 --> 00:29:18,706
strategy planning process and

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00:29:18,706 --> 00:29:20,508
potential reform update

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00:29:20,508 --> 00:29:21,576
recommended action. Receive a

722
00:29:21,576 --> 00:29:22,676
presentation on the planning

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00:29:22,676 --> 00:29:24,179
process for the Sustainable

724
00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:25,913
Community Strategy and the

725
00:29:25,913 --> 00:29:27,514
current efforts to reform the

726
00:29:27,514 --> 00:29:28,982
associated law. All right.

727
00:29:28,982 --> 00:29:30,585
Thank you very much, MR. Becker.

728
00:29:30,585 --> 00:29:31,653
All right. Thank you, chair and

729
00:29:31,653 --> 00:29:33,200
directors. I'm Mike Becker of

730
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,255
Staff. And this morning I'm

731
00:29:35,255 --> 00:29:37,425
going to provide a presentation

732
00:29:37,425 --> 00:29:39,227
on Senate Bill 375, which is

733
00:29:39,227 --> 00:29:40,995
the Sustainable Communities and

734
00:29:40,995 --> 00:29:43,995
Climate Protection Act and how

735
00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:49,304
that impacts sb. In 2006,

736
00:29:49,304 --> 00:29:51,304
Governor Schwarzenegger signed

737
00:29:51,473 --> 00:29:53,640
Assembly Bill 32, the Global

738
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,243
Warming Solutions Act, and ab

739
00:29:56,243 --> 00:29:57,979
32 changed California and began

740
00:29:57,979 --> 00:29:59,546
a coordinated effort to reduce

741
00:29:59,546 --> 00:30:01,916
greenhouse gas emissions across

742
00:30:01,916 --> 00:30:04,316
all sectors. Senate Bill 375,

743
00:30:05,152 --> 00:30:08,880
or sb 375, followed the visible

744
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:09,824
or tangible part of sb 375 is

745
00:30:09,824 --> 00:30:11,659
the Sustainable Community

746
00:30:11,659 --> 00:30:13,600
Strategy, which is included

747
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:14,629
within each regional

748
00:30:14,629 --> 00:30:16,264
transportation plan. Today,

749
00:30:16,264 --> 00:30:17,732
I'll touch on why the law

750
00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:19,868
matters, how it impacts our

751
00:30:19,868 --> 00:30:22,868
region, and reform efforts that

752
00:30:23,170 --> 00:30:25,706
are underway across the state.

753
00:30:25,706 --> 00:30:28,243
So, onto why it matters. The

754
00:30:28,243 --> 00:30:29,944
original intent of sb 375 was

755
00:30:29,944 --> 00:30:32,180
good, though whether or not it

756
00:30:32,180 --> 00:30:34,314
has achieved its objectives

757
00:30:34,314 --> 00:30:35,984
remains to be seen. And this

758
00:30:35,984 --> 00:30:37,952
matters to you for a variety of

759
00:30:37,952 --> 00:30:39,354
reasons. When the law first

760
00:30:39,354 --> 00:30:40,788
passed, there was no tie to

761
00:30:40,788 --> 00:30:42,222
funding. That changed with

762
00:30:42,222 --> 00:30:43,290
Senate Bill one, which now

763
00:30:43,290 --> 00:30:44,893
requires a compliant,

764
00:30:44,893 --> 00:30:46,161
sustainable community strategy

765
00:30:46,161 --> 00:30:48,329
to be eligible for certain

766
00:30:48,329 --> 00:30:50,729
funding programs. In addition,

767
00:30:50,865 --> 00:30:53,865
there's ties between sb 375 and

768
00:30:56,703 --> 00:30:59,507
Rina, sb 375 and Sequa. There

769
00:30:59,507 --> 00:31:01,642
are good aspects of the

770
00:31:01,642 --> 00:31:03,443
requirements related to sb 375,

771
00:31:03,443 --> 00:31:05,279
including planning, land use

772
00:31:05,279 --> 00:31:06,347
and transportation in tandem,

773
00:31:06,347 --> 00:31:09,347
though this is good practice

774
00:31:12,850 --> 00:31:14,288
with or without that law. I

775
00:31:14,288 --> 00:31:17,288
mentioned that ab 32 became law

776
00:31:18,226 --> 00:31:19,627
in 2006. Ab 32 focused on

777
00:31:19,627 --> 00:31:21,627
reducing greenhouse gas

778
00:31:23,230 --> 00:31:25,630
emissions across all sectors.

779
00:31:25,767 --> 00:31:27,969
Sb 375 was passed in 2008, two

780
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:29,771
years later, with a focus on

781
00:31:29,771 --> 00:31:31,500
light duty vehicles, so to

782
00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:33,400
reduce greenhouse gas emissions

783
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,142
from light duty vehicles, which

784
00:31:35,142 --> 00:31:37,100
I describe as the types of cars

785
00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:40,914
or trucks that you or I would

786
00:31:40,914 --> 00:31:42,914
drive. Therefore, sb 375

787
00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:46,500
implements one component or one

788
00:31:46,353 --> 00:31:49,953
aspect of the much broader ab

789
00:31:50,958 --> 00:31:52,958
32. The California Air

790
00:31:53,628 --> 00:31:55,997
Resources Board, by the powers

791
00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:57,432
given to them by sb 375, sets

792
00:31:57,432 --> 00:31:58,900
greenhouse gas emission

793
00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:01,300
reduction targets for each

794
00:32:01,835 --> 00:32:04,973
region in California. For sb kg,

795
00:32:04,973 --> 00:32:07,876
our current target is 17% below

796
00:32:07,876 --> 00:32:09,676
2005 levels for target year

797
00:32:09,676 --> 00:32:12,546
2035, and that is on a per

798
00:32:12,546 --> 00:32:15,450
capita basis. The target is

799
00:32:15,450 --> 00:32:16,551
achieved or not through a

800
00:32:16,551 --> 00:32:17,952
combination of laying out land

801
00:32:17,952 --> 00:32:19,386
use development patterns, as

802
00:32:19,386 --> 00:32:20,821
well as the transportation

803
00:32:20,821 --> 00:32:22,256
projects and policies included

804
00:32:22,256 --> 00:32:24,256
within the Regional

805
00:32:24,458 --> 00:32:26,858
Transportation plan. The per

806
00:32:26,961 --> 00:32:29,463
capita point is important to

807
00:32:29,463 --> 00:32:31,698
highlight for two reasons

808
00:32:31,698 --> 00:32:33,433
primarily, but number one, as a

809
00:32:33,433 --> 00:32:35,603
per capita target, greenhouse

810
00:32:35,603 --> 00:32:37,806
gas emissions in theory could

811
00:32:37,806 --> 00:32:40,641
rise in aggregate and the law

812
00:32:40,641 --> 00:32:43,177
still be satisfied. And number

813
00:32:43,177 --> 00:32:44,612
two, the per capita aspect

814
00:32:44,612 --> 00:32:46,140
enables us to tackle it or

815
00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:48,917
address it from two different

816
00:32:48,917 --> 00:32:51,186
angles. First, we have an

817
00:32:51,186 --> 00:32:52,486
existing population that lives

818
00:32:52,486 --> 00:32:53,587
in existing land use,

819
00:32:53,587 --> 00:32:55,757
development patterns and so

820
00:32:55,757 --> 00:32:57,225
forth that we can try to

821
00:32:57,225 --> 00:32:59,225
influence their travel

822
00:32:59,326 --> 00:33:01,495
behaviors to a more sustainable

823
00:33:01,495 --> 00:33:02,996
manner. So that's one way to

824
00:33:02,996 --> 00:33:04,766
address the law. The other is

825
00:33:04,766 --> 00:33:07,167
to focus on the growing aspect

826
00:33:07,167 --> 00:33:08,335
of the region. As we grow, we

827
00:33:08,335 --> 00:33:10,137
can grow more sustainably so

828
00:33:10,137 --> 00:33:12,339
that that new population has

829
00:33:12,339 --> 00:33:13,774
less of a transportation impact

830
00:33:13,774 --> 00:33:16,174
compared to the existing

831
00:33:17,345 --> 00:33:20,345
population. The law requires us,

832
00:33:20,647 --> 00:33:22,490
sb, cag to lay out a variety of

833
00:33:22,490 --> 00:33:23,116
scenarios, and those are

834
00:33:23,116 --> 00:33:24,185
combinations of land use

835
00:33:24,185 --> 00:33:27,185
development patterns as well as

836
00:33:27,455 --> 00:33:29,855
the transportation projects and

837
00:33:30,257 --> 00:33:31,391
policies. We take that through

838
00:33:31,391 --> 00:33:32,960
a public process. And

839
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,662
ultimately, this board selects

840
00:33:34,662 --> 00:33:35,697
the scenario that is included

841
00:33:35,697 --> 00:33:37,165
within the Sustainable

842
00:33:37,165 --> 00:33:38,565
Community Strategy. And the

843
00:33:38,565 --> 00:33:40,801
Regional Transportation plan is

844
00:33:40,801 --> 00:33:44,339
built around. You can expect to

845
00:33:44,339 --> 00:33:47,939
do that next in 2028. For our

846
00:33:50,144 --> 00:33:51,278
2029 plan. This is what a jobs

847
00:33:51,278 --> 00:33:53,780
housing imbalance looks like on

848
00:33:53,780 --> 00:33:55,682
a chart. A few long commutes

849
00:33:55,682 --> 00:33:59,282
can outweigh almost all of the

850
00:33:59,853 --> 00:34:01,655
short ones. The dark bars are

851
00:34:01,655 --> 00:34:03,457
the share of commuters by the

852
00:34:03,457 --> 00:34:05,593
distance buckets on the bottom.

853
00:34:05,593 --> 00:34:07,395
So the far left is, you can see

854
00:34:07,395 --> 00:34:09,530
less than a half mile commute.

855
00:34:09,530 --> 00:34:12,990
And then the lighter bars are

856
00:34:12,990 --> 00:34:15,990
the the resulting vehicle miles

857
00:34:16,104 --> 00:34:17,472
from that population. The left

858
00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:19,374
side of the chart shows we're

859
00:34:19,374 --> 00:34:20,674
doing a great job in terms with

860
00:34:20,674 --> 00:34:22,142
a lot of our population. They

861
00:34:22,142 --> 00:34:23,978
have short commutes, MAY use

862
00:34:23,978 --> 00:34:25,747
alternative modes of travel,

863
00:34:25,747 --> 00:34:27,949
and have little transportation

864
00:34:27,949 --> 00:34:30,751
impact. The right side shows

865
00:34:30,751 --> 00:34:31,985
the imbalance. When we have a

866
00:34:31,985 --> 00:34:34,220
portion of our workforce that

867
00:34:34,220 --> 00:34:36,691
we need to import, or that have

868
00:34:36,691 --> 00:34:40,194
very long commutes, it makes it

869
00:34:40,194 --> 00:34:43,310
much more difficult to address

870
00:34:43,310 --> 00:34:45,666
the requirements of sb 375. You

871
00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:48,660
have the 5% associated with

872
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:49,903
that longest commuting cohort

873
00:34:49,903 --> 00:34:52,720
is produces the same vehicle

874
00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:53,741
miles as the 86% that's

875
00:34:53,741 --> 00:34:55,610
included within all but the

876
00:34:55,610 --> 00:34:57,812
last two bars. So just that

877
00:34:57,812 --> 00:35:00,812
final bar equals 86% of the

878
00:35:04,451 --> 00:35:06,253
commuting population. Through

879
00:35:06,253 --> 00:35:07,521
our experience, we've developed

880
00:35:07,521 --> 00:35:09,570
for sustainable community

881
00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:10,824
strategies since the law came

882
00:35:10,824 --> 00:35:12,593
into effect. And we found that

883
00:35:12,593 --> 00:35:14,993
we cannot achieve the

884
00:35:15,630 --> 00:35:16,498
requirements of sb 375 without

885
00:35:16,498 --> 00:35:18,898
addressing the jobs housing

886
00:35:18,932 --> 00:35:20,100
imbalance. The bars on the

887
00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:21,301
right are there for a variety

888
00:35:21,301 --> 00:35:23,738
of reasons, including the lack

889
00:35:23,738 --> 00:35:25,272
and unaffordability of housing.

890
00:35:25,272 --> 00:35:26,874
A friend of mine was a founder

891
00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:28,410
of a tech company in Goleta,

892
00:35:28,410 --> 00:35:30,210
and conversations with him,

893
00:35:30,210 --> 00:35:31,645
I've learned that that company,

894
00:35:31,645 --> 00:35:33,140
as well as other companies are

895
00:35:33,140 --> 00:35:34,516
founded here, begin to grow

896
00:35:34,516 --> 00:35:35,950
here, but then forced to grow

897
00:35:35,950 --> 00:35:38,350
elsewhere, which then exports

898
00:35:39,654 --> 00:35:42,890
the economic benefit. I do want

899
00:35:42,890 --> 00:35:42,856
to transition to some of the

900
00:35:42,856 --> 00:35:45,256
challenges that are related

901
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:47,861
with Senate Bill 375. They're

902
00:35:47,861 --> 00:35:50,261
divided into four categories

903
00:35:50,330 --> 00:35:52,500
land use, economics and

904
00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:54,302
politics, population, jobs and

905
00:35:54,302 --> 00:35:56,702
housing. And then finally,

906
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,909
recognizing that change is slow.

907
00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:03,645
Where people live, work and

908
00:36:03,645 --> 00:36:05,146
play creates demands on the

909
00:36:05,146 --> 00:36:06,747
transportation system. So

910
00:36:06,747 --> 00:36:08,348
therefore land use is central

911
00:36:08,348 --> 00:36:10,348
to understanding travel

912
00:36:10,517 --> 00:36:12,687
patterns. The image on this

913
00:36:12,687 --> 00:36:14,522
slide shows Levittown, which is

914
00:36:14,522 --> 00:36:16,691
among the first postwar suburbs

915
00:36:16,691 --> 00:36:18,580
in the United States. And since

916
00:36:18,580 --> 00:36:19,893
that was built, we've had about

917
00:36:19,893 --> 00:36:22,297
75 years of building in similar

918
00:36:22,297 --> 00:36:23,832
manner. And the vast majority

919
00:36:23,832 --> 00:36:25,667
of that housing stock still

920
00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:28,535
exists. That type of growth is

921
00:36:28,535 --> 00:36:30,337
not conducive to successful

922
00:36:30,337 --> 00:36:32,172
transit services. It separates

923
00:36:32,172 --> 00:36:34,408
all land uses, so every trip

924
00:36:34,408 --> 00:36:35,844
requires a vehicle and so on.

925
00:36:35,844 --> 00:36:37,946
But the point is, is we have a

926
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:40,147
built environment that produces

927
00:36:40,147 --> 00:36:43,147
travel behaviors that are very

928
00:36:43,184 --> 00:36:45,520
difficult to change. And I will

929
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,355
point out that sb 375 requires

930
00:36:47,355 --> 00:36:48,423
us to lay out a land use

931
00:36:48,423 --> 00:36:50,823
development pattern for the

932
00:36:50,858 --> 00:36:52,759
region. However, sb 375

933
00:36:52,759 --> 00:36:56,359
explicitly gave us no land use

934
00:36:58,465 --> 00:36:59,566
authority. When economic

935
00:36:59,566 --> 00:37:00,435
development and housing

936
00:37:00,435 --> 00:37:03,435
development do not keep pace

937
00:37:03,537 --> 00:37:04,606
with one another, problems are

938
00:37:04,606 --> 00:37:06,700
created in our region. That

939
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:07,475
problem is a jobs housing

940
00:37:07,475 --> 00:37:09,209
imbalance. The point that I

941
00:37:09,209 --> 00:37:11,111
want to make with this slide is

942
00:37:11,111 --> 00:37:12,279
on the lower left, and this is

943
00:37:12,279 --> 00:37:13,948
related to how I described.

944
00:37:13,948 --> 00:37:15,783
There's two ways to addressing

945
00:37:15,783 --> 00:37:17,585
it, either through changing

946
00:37:17,585 --> 00:37:19,985
travel patterns or travel

947
00:37:20,387 --> 00:37:22,990
behaviors, or by growing in a

948
00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:24,692
more sustainable manner. Last

949
00:37:24,692 --> 00:37:26,260
week at the subregional, we

950
00:37:26,260 --> 00:37:28,129
presented the draft Regional

951
00:37:28,129 --> 00:37:30,164
Growth forecast and region wide

952
00:37:30,164 --> 00:37:32,233
or county wide. We expect the

953
00:37:32,233 --> 00:37:35,233
population to grow by about 10%

954
00:37:37,337 --> 00:37:39,240
out to 2060. If you said all of

955
00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:40,607
that new growth had just half

956
00:37:40,607 --> 00:37:42,677
of the transportation impact of

957
00:37:42,677 --> 00:37:43,812
the existing population, that

958
00:37:43,812 --> 00:37:45,647
would only reduce greenhouse

959
00:37:45,647 --> 00:37:48,882
gas emissions, or vmt, which is

960
00:37:48,882 --> 00:37:51,882
the proxy by about 2.8%, our

961
00:37:58,225 --> 00:37:59,693
target 17%. Yeah. And it really

962
00:37:59,693 --> 00:38:02,864
highlights that it puts us in

963
00:38:02,864 --> 00:38:05,264
this difficult situation where

964
00:38:05,732 --> 00:38:07,235
it's we're challenged to change

965
00:38:07,235 --> 00:38:08,602
existing travel behaviors while

966
00:38:08,602 --> 00:38:10,871
also not being able to rely

967
00:38:10,871 --> 00:38:14,375
heavily on new growth to bring

968
00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:15,844
down the per capita aspect.

969
00:38:15,844 --> 00:38:17,378
When you walk out of your front

970
00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:18,745
door and go somewhere, there's

971
00:38:18,745 --> 00:38:20,114
a high likelihood that you're

972
00:38:20,114 --> 00:38:21,983
either going to spend money or

973
00:38:21,983 --> 00:38:23,384
going to make money. And by

974
00:38:23,384 --> 00:38:25,784
definition, that is economic

975
00:38:26,321 --> 00:38:28,880
activity. Economic activity is

976
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,880
directly related to travel. And

977
00:38:31,358 --> 00:38:33,828
sb 375 asks us to push back

978
00:38:33,828 --> 00:38:35,330
against that a little bit. The

979
00:38:35,330 --> 00:38:37,665
cost of travel MAY affect

980
00:38:37,665 --> 00:38:39,665
travel behaviors. Californians

981
00:38:39,967 --> 00:38:42,837
pay about 150% of the national

982
00:38:42,837 --> 00:38:44,639
average for gasoline. Yet the

983
00:38:44,639 --> 00:38:47,174
last time I was in Los Angeles,

984
00:38:47,174 --> 00:38:49,309
the 405 was still packed. There

985
00:38:49,309 --> 00:38:50,911
are when they're not convenient

986
00:38:50,911 --> 00:38:53,311
and easy alternatives, people

987
00:38:53,314 --> 00:38:54,349
will choose what works for them.

988
00:38:54,349 --> 00:38:56,317
And I highlight, prior to

989
00:38:56,317 --> 00:38:57,385
coming to sb kg in 2014, I

990
00:38:57,385 --> 00:38:59,353
worked for about eight years

991
00:38:59,353 --> 00:39:01,556
for the mpo in the Philadelphia

992
00:39:01,556 --> 00:39:03,758
region. I think I drove to work

993
00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:05,125
twice. I would walk to the

994
00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:08,125
train station, ride the train

995
00:39:08,729 --> 00:39:10,230
to the city, walk to my office.

996
00:39:10,230 --> 00:39:11,832
What was different? It was

997
00:39:11,832 --> 00:39:13,600
quicker to take the train and

998
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,700
it was cheaper because I didn't

999
00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:19,573
have to pay $20 a day to park a

1000
00:39:19,573 --> 00:39:21,475
car in the center city, but it

1001
00:39:21,475 --> 00:39:23,444
just highlights that transit

1002
00:39:23,444 --> 00:39:26,444
can be effective when the

1003
00:39:26,915 --> 00:39:28,549
conditions align. But really,

1004
00:39:28,549 --> 00:39:30,318
the point that I want to make,

1005
00:39:30,318 --> 00:39:32,153
there's a lot that goes into

1006
00:39:32,153 --> 00:39:33,655
defining the behaviors of the

1007
00:39:33,655 --> 00:39:35,289
traveling public that do not

1008
00:39:35,289 --> 00:39:38,625
come to this board for a

1009
00:39:38,625 --> 00:39:40,428
decision yet sb 375 kind of

1010
00:39:40,428 --> 00:39:41,962
holds us to account for those

1011
00:39:41,962 --> 00:39:44,962
decisions, or the lack of

1012
00:39:47,601 --> 00:39:49,102
decisions. Okay, so sb 375 asks

1013
00:39:49,102 --> 00:39:50,170
us to reduce greenhouse gas

1014
00:39:50,170 --> 00:39:52,570
emissions from light duty

1015
00:39:52,873 --> 00:39:54,509
vehicles by 2035. The good news

1016
00:39:54,509 --> 00:39:55,643
is, is the transportation

1017
00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:56,944
projects that we have in the

1018
00:39:56,944 --> 00:39:58,545
land use developments in the

1019
00:39:58,545 --> 00:40:00,247
region can bend the curve. The

1020
00:40:00,247 --> 00:40:02,830
bad news is that doesn't happen

1021
00:40:02,830 --> 00:40:03,852
overnight. A couple of

1022
00:40:03,852 --> 00:40:05,320
rhetorical questions. Director

1023
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,720
Friedman. There are two Macy's

1024
00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:07,622
sites in the city of Santa

1025
00:40:07,622 --> 00:40:09,590
Barbara with significant

1026
00:40:09,590 --> 00:40:11,590
housing developments proposed.

1027
00:40:11,590 --> 00:40:12,659
It was three and a half years

1028
00:40:12,659 --> 00:40:13,827
ago that actually right here in

1029
00:40:13,827 --> 00:40:15,596
this room, we were talking

1030
00:40:15,596 --> 00:40:16,797
about a specific plan for one

1031
00:40:16,797 --> 00:40:18,599
of them. When will the

1032
00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:20,340
residents move in? Director

1033
00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:21,436
Hartman, how long have we been

1034
00:40:21,436 --> 00:40:23,605
trying to get a trail across

1035
00:40:23,605 --> 00:40:25,874
the Santa Ynez Valley? Director

1036
00:40:25,874 --> 00:40:27,941
Patino. The city of Santa Maria

1037
00:40:27,941 --> 00:40:29,377
is redeveloping its downtown.

1038
00:40:29,377 --> 00:40:31,212
When will that be complete?

1039
00:40:31,212 --> 00:40:33,381
It's. We are making progress.

1040
00:40:33,381 --> 00:40:35,482
But these things are slow. The

1041
00:40:35,482 --> 00:40:37,118
101 is almost done. It was

1042
00:40:37,118 --> 00:40:39,354
about 20 years ago that the

1043
00:40:39,354 --> 00:40:42,354
first shovel went into the

1044
00:40:42,757 --> 00:40:44,893
ground. So we are doing a good

1045
00:40:44,893 --> 00:40:46,260
job of advancing the projects

1046
00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:47,728
that support more sustainable

1047
00:40:47,728 --> 00:40:49,563
travel and travel behaviors.

1048
00:40:49,563 --> 00:40:53,601
But they do not happen as fast

1049
00:40:53,601 --> 00:40:55,202
as sb 375 wants. And one other

1050
00:40:55,202 --> 00:40:57,437
point on this slide that I'd

1051
00:40:57,437 --> 00:40:58,906
like to make is a lot of the

1052
00:40:58,906 --> 00:41:00,708
major transportation projects

1053
00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:02,110
that we advance and the ones

1054
00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:04,379
that are supportive of

1055
00:41:04,379 --> 00:41:06,779
sustainable travel require the

1056
00:41:06,847 --> 00:41:08,282
use of competitive grant funds.

1057
00:41:08,282 --> 00:41:10,510
Those funding programs are

1058
00:41:10,510 --> 00:41:11,853
extremely oversubscribed. And,

1059
00:41:11,853 --> 00:41:13,520
for example, the state's active

1060
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,520
transportation program has

1061
00:41:20,528 --> 00:41:23,640
roughly a 20% success rate. So

1062
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:24,566
Ab32 became law in 2006. Sb 32

1063
00:41:24,566 --> 00:41:26,167
followed in 2008, and since

1064
00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:27,401
then there's been a variety of

1065
00:41:27,401 --> 00:41:29,536
other laws and regulations that

1066
00:41:29,536 --> 00:41:31,272
came on line that are trying to

1067
00:41:31,272 --> 00:41:34,272
achieve the same objectives as

1068
00:41:34,541 --> 00:41:37,440
sb 375, and they define how we

1069
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,440
plan regionally with or without

1070
00:41:41,716 --> 00:41:43,184
sb 375. For one, the arena

1071
00:41:43,184 --> 00:41:45,385
process, how we allocate

1072
00:41:45,385 --> 00:41:47,488
housing across the region has a

1073
00:41:47,488 --> 00:41:48,722
series of five statutory

1074
00:41:48,722 --> 00:41:51,493
objectives that we must follow.

1075
00:41:51,493 --> 00:41:52,894
We're required to follow,

1076
00:41:52,894 --> 00:41:55,294
however, they're aligned with

1077
00:41:55,829 --> 00:41:57,532
sb 375. So we would be

1078
00:41:57,532 --> 00:41:59,701
allocating consistent with this

1079
00:41:59,701 --> 00:42:01,903
law with or without the law.

1080
00:42:01,903 --> 00:42:03,400
Senate Bill 743 changed the

1081
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,472
California Environmental

1082
00:42:04,472 --> 00:42:06,707
Quality Act, the transportation

1083
00:42:06,707 --> 00:42:10,307
impact aspect of it, to align

1084
00:42:10,912 --> 00:42:12,347
it with Senate Bill 375. The

1085
00:42:12,347 --> 00:42:14,148
state was trying to reduce

1086
00:42:14,148 --> 00:42:15,949
greenhouse gas emissions by

1087
00:42:15,949 --> 00:42:17,384
electrifying the vehicle fleet

1088
00:42:17,384 --> 00:42:19,187
that's currently on hold. But

1089
00:42:19,187 --> 00:42:21,322
ultimately, it would negate

1090
00:42:21,322 --> 00:42:23,722
Senate Bill 375. And finally,

1091
00:42:24,191 --> 00:42:26,260
by way of executive orders, the

1092
00:42:26,260 --> 00:42:27,461
state has the Climate Action

1093
00:42:27,461 --> 00:42:29,461
Plan for transportation

1094
00:42:29,597 --> 00:42:31,766
infrastructure as well as

1095
00:42:31,766 --> 00:42:33,200
Caltrans System Investment

1096
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,301
Strategy, which essentially

1097
00:42:34,301 --> 00:42:35,769
focused transportation

1098
00:42:35,769 --> 00:42:37,769
investments consistent with

1099
00:42:38,606 --> 00:42:40,408
Senate Bill 375. And all these

1100
00:42:40,408 --> 00:42:43,408
things would happen with or

1101
00:42:45,213 --> 00:42:48,813
without that law. So on to

1102
00:42:49,149 --> 00:42:50,284
reform. When Senate Bill 375

1103
00:42:50,284 --> 00:42:53,284
first became law, there were

1104
00:42:54,121 --> 00:42:56,256
two target years 2020 and 2035.

1105
00:42:56,256 --> 00:42:58,525
2020 is in the past, 2035 is

1106
00:42:58,525 --> 00:43:00,295
not too far away for a variety

1107
00:43:00,295 --> 00:43:01,628
of other challenges. There are

1108
00:43:01,628 --> 00:43:04,628
efforts across the state to

1109
00:43:04,898 --> 00:43:06,733
reform the law. First, sb, kg

1110
00:43:06,733 --> 00:43:07,801
partnered with the San Luis

1111
00:43:07,801 --> 00:43:10,201
Obispo Council of Governments,

1112
00:43:10,672 --> 00:43:12,106
or sacog the staff there to

1113
00:43:12,106 --> 00:43:13,574
write a white paper which was

1114
00:43:13,574 --> 00:43:15,375
attached to your staff report.

1115
00:43:15,375 --> 00:43:17,644
The paper lays out many of the

1116
00:43:17,644 --> 00:43:18,913
issues I spoke of and lays out,

1117
00:43:18,913 --> 00:43:20,647
or suggests a better way

1118
00:43:20,647 --> 00:43:21,782
forward, but what does that

1119
00:43:21,782 --> 00:43:22,883
better way forward look like?

1120
00:43:22,883 --> 00:43:24,351
Essentially, it's moving from

1121
00:43:24,351 --> 00:43:27,351
an idealistic law to a

1122
00:43:29,357 --> 00:43:30,792
pragmatic law. We suggest that

1123
00:43:30,792 --> 00:43:32,600
targets should consider

1124
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:32,960
expected population growth

1125
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:34,761
because, as I mentioned,

1126
00:43:34,761 --> 00:43:37,298
there's two ways to address the

1127
00:43:37,298 --> 00:43:39,467
greenhouse gas emissions. We

1128
00:43:39,467 --> 00:43:41,336
would like to keep the focus on

1129
00:43:41,336 --> 00:43:43,403
the decisions that this board

1130
00:43:43,403 --> 00:43:44,505
has authority to make, and not

1131
00:43:44,505 --> 00:43:45,939
hold us to account for

1132
00:43:45,939 --> 00:43:48,339
decisions that this board

1133
00:43:48,843 --> 00:43:50,110
doesn't make. In addition, the

1134
00:43:50,110 --> 00:43:51,311
state should provide the level

1135
00:43:51,311 --> 00:43:53,711
of funding necessary to

1136
00:43:54,214 --> 00:43:56,160
implement a state law and to

1137
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:57,850
reduce the heavily, heavily

1138
00:43:57,850 --> 00:44:00,850
quantitative aspects of the law

1139
00:44:01,210 --> 00:44:03,223
to get more into a softer

1140
00:44:03,223 --> 00:44:04,625
analysis, and finally, to

1141
00:44:04,625 --> 00:44:05,359
improve the required

1142
00:44:05,359 --> 00:44:07,162
collaboration with the

1143
00:44:07,162 --> 00:44:08,695
California Air Resources Board.

1144
00:44:08,695 --> 00:44:11,465
So that's the white paper which

1145
00:44:11,465 --> 00:44:13,865
is attached. There's also

1146
00:44:15,435 --> 00:44:18,435
another effort across the state.

1147
00:44:19,407 --> 00:44:22,760
So the largest four MPOs in the

1148
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,111
state came together to develop

1149
00:44:24,111 --> 00:44:25,879
a draft proposal. The draft

1150
00:44:25,879 --> 00:44:27,447
proposal does share some

1151
00:44:27,447 --> 00:44:29,150
similarities to ours, and much

1152
00:44:29,150 --> 00:44:30,585
of it would be a benefit. I

1153
00:44:30,585 --> 00:44:33,555
don't want to say the whole

1154
00:44:33,555 --> 00:44:36,291
thing would, but much of it

1155
00:44:36,291 --> 00:44:38,126
would be an improvement. They

1156
00:44:38,126 --> 00:44:39,126
want to focus more on

1157
00:44:39,126 --> 00:44:40,361
implementation. They would like

1158
00:44:40,361 --> 00:44:44,264
to move from a four year to

1159
00:44:44,264 --> 00:44:45,667
eight year cycle, and another

1160
00:44:45,667 --> 00:44:47,568
important component is they

1161
00:44:47,568 --> 00:44:49,337
want MPOs to be able to take

1162
00:44:49,337 --> 00:44:50,371
credit for all things that

1163
00:44:50,371 --> 00:44:52,172
reduce greenhouse gas emissions

1164
00:44:52,172 --> 00:44:53,374
from light duty vehicles. For

1165
00:44:53,374 --> 00:44:54,741
instance, we get zero credit

1166
00:44:54,741 --> 00:44:57,741
for the electrification of the

1167
00:44:58,279 --> 00:45:00,414
vehicle fleet, which by itself

1168
00:45:00,414 --> 00:45:01,515
is extremely effective at

1169
00:45:01,515 --> 00:45:03,515
reducing greenhouse gas

1170
00:45:05,486 --> 00:45:07,322
emissions. So that's the big

1171
00:45:07,322 --> 00:45:08,655
four proposal. So the next

1172
00:45:08,655 --> 00:45:11,225
steps in a minute you'll hear

1173
00:45:11,225 --> 00:45:13,460
from Gus Corey and see that sb

1174
00:45:13,460 --> 00:45:14,561
375 is included in our draft

1175
00:45:14,561 --> 00:45:15,763
legislative platform. And Gus

1176
00:45:15,763 --> 00:45:18,466
MAY have other comments on the

1177
00:45:18,466 --> 00:45:21,335
law. We will keep you informed

1178
00:45:21,335 --> 00:45:22,469
of proposals, including if they

1179
00:45:22,469 --> 00:45:24,571
impact your city council or

1180
00:45:24,571 --> 00:45:25,607
Board of Supervisors role, and

1181
00:45:25,607 --> 00:45:26,807
when there are concrete

1182
00:45:26,807 --> 00:45:29,807
proposals, we will return to

1183
00:45:29,943 --> 00:45:31,778
seek your direction on how to

1184
00:45:31,778 --> 00:45:33,247
address those or to try and

1185
00:45:33,247 --> 00:45:36,840
influence those. With that, I'm

1186
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:37,251
happy to take any questions.

1187
00:45:37,251 --> 00:45:39,354
All right. Do we have any

1188
00:45:39,354 --> 00:45:40,788
questions from director,

1189
00:45:40,788 --> 00:45:42,788
director Brown? Director

1190
00:45:44,358 --> 00:45:46,194
Hartman, go first. Thank you

1191
00:45:46,194 --> 00:45:49,794
for it's good report, but I

1192
00:45:50,198 --> 00:45:53,000
find that some of the I think

1193
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,136
we skew the the statistics

1194
00:45:55,136 --> 00:45:57,136
significantly. Solvang.

1195
00:45:59,107 --> 00:46:00,908
Particularly with where we have

1196
00:46:00,908 --> 00:46:02,676
almost everybody coming in

1197
00:46:02,676 --> 00:46:04,645
through we have over a million

1198
00:46:04,645 --> 00:46:06,347
visitors a year. And I promise

1199
00:46:06,347 --> 00:46:07,681
you, most of them are spending

1200
00:46:07,681 --> 00:46:10,984
more than an hour on the road

1201
00:46:10,984 --> 00:46:14,584
to get there, but they're not

1202
00:46:14,956 --> 00:46:17,492
part of our population or per

1203
00:46:17,492 --> 00:46:20,360
capita, I guess. So I'm seeing

1204
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,230
skews in that way. If I

1205
00:46:23,230 --> 00:46:25,230
understand your statistical

1206
00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:27,602
model correctly. Right. Good

1207
00:46:27,602 --> 00:46:29,636
question, Director Brown. So

1208
00:46:29,636 --> 00:46:31,171
the the chart that I showed was

1209
00:46:31,171 --> 00:46:32,940
focused just on the journey to

1210
00:46:32,940 --> 00:46:35,877
work. But we are responsible

1211
00:46:35,877 --> 00:46:38,877
for most travel is included

1212
00:46:39,780 --> 00:46:42,316
within the umbrella of sb 375.

1213
00:46:42,316 --> 00:46:45,316
There are differences and I

1214
00:46:45,587 --> 00:46:47,210
can't speak completely on

1215
00:46:47,210 --> 00:46:48,590
whether or not the trip starts

1216
00:46:48,590 --> 00:46:49,723
outside of our region or it

1217
00:46:49,723 --> 00:46:50,825
just passes through our region.

1218
00:46:50,825 --> 00:46:52,594
Like for instance, if somebody

1219
00:46:52,594 --> 00:46:54,595
was coming up from Los Angeles

1220
00:46:54,595 --> 00:46:56,300
to go visit Solvang, we would

1221
00:46:56,300 --> 00:46:58,199
probably only be taking credit

1222
00:46:58,199 --> 00:46:59,634
for from the county line of

1223
00:46:59,634 --> 00:47:02,135
Carpinteria up to Solvang in

1224
00:47:02,135 --> 00:47:03,937
terms of the miles. But yes, I

1225
00:47:03,937 --> 00:47:06,141
hear you. And that's actually

1226
00:47:06,141 --> 00:47:07,642
an interesting point, is if you

1227
00:47:07,642 --> 00:47:10,100
have this law, that's a state

1228
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:11,120
law that's asking people to

1229
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,412
essentially trying to get

1230
00:47:14,448 --> 00:47:16,484
people to drive less. Yet, you

1231
00:47:16,484 --> 00:47:18,720
know, we still very actively

1232
00:47:18,720 --> 00:47:20,154
promote tourism and so forth

1233
00:47:20,154 --> 00:47:23,154
that encourages people to drive

1234
00:47:24,910 --> 00:47:25,959
more. And it's not just solving,

1235
00:47:25,959 --> 00:47:29,129
it's also the casino and many

1236
00:47:29,129 --> 00:47:31,529
other entities that are

1237
00:47:31,665 --> 00:47:33,534
inviting Santa Barbara. So if

1238
00:47:33,534 --> 00:47:35,603
those if the tourism to the

1239
00:47:35,603 --> 00:47:36,404
city of Solvang, the casino or

1240
00:47:36,404 --> 00:47:38,710
wherever else the tourists are

1241
00:47:38,710 --> 00:47:39,206
going in Santa Barbara County

1242
00:47:39,206 --> 00:47:41,375
continues to grow, it just

1243
00:47:41,375 --> 00:47:42,776
makes our challenge even harder

1244
00:47:42,776 --> 00:47:44,612
because we're focused on a per

1245
00:47:44,612 --> 00:47:45,813
capita basis, so that the total

1246
00:47:45,813 --> 00:47:47,148
number of miles is divided by

1247
00:47:47,148 --> 00:47:49,148
the population. Population

1248
00:47:49,616 --> 00:47:52,152
stays stagnant and the miles

1249
00:47:52,152 --> 00:47:53,955
grows. So your your proposed

1250
00:47:53,955 --> 00:47:56,955
solution is a modification of

1251
00:47:58,225 --> 00:47:59,393
sb 375. Sb 375 is going to

1252
00:47:59,393 --> 00:48:01,161
change whether we influence it

1253
00:48:01,161 --> 00:48:03,797
or not. There's enough motion

1254
00:48:03,797 --> 00:48:04,666
behind it that it's it's going

1255
00:48:04,666 --> 00:48:05,999
to change probably in the

1256
00:48:05,999 --> 00:48:07,868
current legislative session.

1257
00:48:07,868 --> 00:48:09,736
Gus can add more to that, but

1258
00:48:09,736 --> 00:48:12,941
there's a variety of things we

1259
00:48:12,941 --> 00:48:14,843
want to do. Like, for instance,

1260
00:48:14,843 --> 00:48:16,543
there's a lot that impacts

1261
00:48:16,543 --> 00:48:18,110
travel behavior like tourism,

1262
00:48:18,110 --> 00:48:19,847
that there's no question that

1263
00:48:19,847 --> 00:48:22,684
ever comes to the board that

1264
00:48:22,684 --> 00:48:24,486
says yes or no. It's happening

1265
00:48:24,486 --> 00:48:26,286
outside of the purview of sb,

1266
00:48:26,286 --> 00:48:27,788
kg, yet we are the ones

1267
00:48:27,788 --> 00:48:29,523
responsible for it. So to kind

1268
00:48:29,523 --> 00:48:32,393
of focus it more on what this

1269
00:48:32,393 --> 00:48:34,793
board controls rather than

1270
00:48:35,596 --> 00:48:37,798
travel behavior in general. And

1271
00:48:37,798 --> 00:48:40,701
the same goes for land use that

1272
00:48:40,701 --> 00:48:42,360
we lay out a regional land use

1273
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:43,171
development pattern. We have no

1274
00:48:43,171 --> 00:48:45,390
land use authority. The cities

1275
00:48:45,390 --> 00:48:48,476
and the county can do what they

1276
00:48:48,476 --> 00:48:49,911
please. Yet we're kind of held

1277
00:48:49,911 --> 00:48:53,511
to account for if it doesn't

1278
00:48:53,615 --> 00:48:55,782
happen. Through the chair.

1279
00:48:55,782 --> 00:48:56,917
Director Brown, I think the

1280
00:48:56,917 --> 00:48:59,753
point that we're trying to make

1281
00:48:59,753 --> 00:49:02,257
is sb, cag has been doing the

1282
00:49:02,257 --> 00:49:03,691
the spirit of 375 for the last

1283
00:49:03,691 --> 00:49:06,226
20 years. I mean, the one on

1284
00:49:06,226 --> 00:49:07,694
one is an hov lane. We've been

1285
00:49:07,694 --> 00:49:09,496
promoting bicycle, we've been

1286
00:49:09,496 --> 00:49:11,533
promoting regional transit. So

1287
00:49:11,533 --> 00:49:13,933
we're doing 375 regardless of

1288
00:49:15,235 --> 00:49:18,710
the law. If the law is making

1289
00:49:18,710 --> 00:49:19,540
it a challenge for for me as an

1290
00:49:19,540 --> 00:49:21,676
executive director of this

1291
00:49:21,676 --> 00:49:23,178
agency, of being able to

1292
00:49:23,178 --> 00:49:25,312
continue to do those good

1293
00:49:25,312 --> 00:49:27,848
things when if we don't meet

1294
00:49:27,848 --> 00:49:29,650
the target, I, we as an agency

1295
00:49:29,650 --> 00:49:31,850
MAY get punished and not be

1296
00:49:31,850 --> 00:49:32,921
eligible for funding at the

1297
00:49:32,921 --> 00:49:35,756
state level because of it. And

1298
00:49:35,756 --> 00:49:37,124
that's a problem when when as a

1299
00:49:37,124 --> 00:49:38,258
region, you know, we're not

1300
00:49:38,258 --> 00:49:41,258
growing. So that per capita,

1301
00:49:41,496 --> 00:49:44,320
the the delta of that change is

1302
00:49:44,320 --> 00:49:45,799
mathematically impossible to

1303
00:49:45,799 --> 00:49:47,234
achieve the 17% reduction

1304
00:49:47,234 --> 00:49:49,634
because we're not growing

1305
00:49:51,940 --> 00:49:55,542
enough. Yeah. So it it's a it's

1306
00:49:55,542 --> 00:49:57,711
a it's a conundrum. Right. So

1307
00:49:57,711 --> 00:50:00,915
so my goal here is to make the

1308
00:50:00,915 --> 00:50:02,750
law the spirit of the law,

1309
00:50:02,750 --> 00:50:04,918
which was good to balance

1310
00:50:04,918 --> 00:50:06,454
transportation and housing and

1311
00:50:06,454 --> 00:50:09,454
funding in one document, which

1312
00:50:09,557 --> 00:50:12,930
is good, but not punish people

1313
00:50:12,930 --> 00:50:13,928
for not because we have other

1314
00:50:13,928 --> 00:50:15,396
goals. Reducing greenhouse

1315
00:50:15,396 --> 00:50:17,898
gases is not your only goal of

1316
00:50:17,898 --> 00:50:19,300
this agency. It's providing

1317
00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:20,868
transportation for the

1318
00:50:20,868 --> 00:50:23,370
traveling public. It's really

1319
00:50:23,370 --> 00:50:24,705
our goal. So again, I'm trying

1320
00:50:24,705 --> 00:50:26,241
to I know we didn't get it

1321
00:50:26,241 --> 00:50:27,941
really into the nitty gritty.

1322
00:50:27,941 --> 00:50:29,810
And you don't want to because

1323
00:50:29,810 --> 00:50:32,247
this is a very bureaucratic law.

1324
00:50:32,247 --> 00:50:34,748
It's from my perspective. And

1325
00:50:34,748 --> 00:50:36,250
working with it is very

1326
00:50:36,250 --> 00:50:38,650
challenging to achieve the

1327
00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:40,421
goals like we just achieved. In

1328
00:50:40,421 --> 00:50:42,690
your last item of getting a

1329
00:50:42,690 --> 00:50:44,858
train started, you know, it's

1330
00:50:44,858 --> 00:50:46,660
it's not it's not helping the

1331
00:50:46,660 --> 00:50:49,564
cause. It MAY be hurting our

1332
00:50:49,564 --> 00:50:51,964
cause. These are unintended

1333
00:50:52,433 --> 00:50:53,501
consequences. And our

1334
00:50:53,501 --> 00:50:55,901
accountability is it doesn't

1335
00:50:56,403 --> 00:50:58,439
reflect our engagement. Correct.

1336
00:50:58,439 --> 00:50:59,574
And this bill MAY make sense in

1337
00:50:59,574 --> 00:51:00,841
the larger areas where they

1338
00:51:00,841 --> 00:51:03,978
have more tools and more growth

1339
00:51:03,978 --> 00:51:05,120
and more or more incentives for

1340
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:06,314
funding and funding different

1341
00:51:06,314 --> 00:51:08,315
things. It MAY make more sense

1342
00:51:08,315 --> 00:51:11,152
in the bigger areas, but for a

1343
00:51:11,152 --> 00:51:12,987
rural county like ours or

1344
00:51:12,987 --> 00:51:15,387
semi-rural, it, it's not

1345
00:51:15,422 --> 00:51:17,580
working. So somebody has to say,

1346
00:51:17,580 --> 00:51:18,159
time out here, we need to do

1347
00:51:18,159 --> 00:51:19,327
something different. And this

1348
00:51:19,327 --> 00:51:21,930
is our our communication of

1349
00:51:21,930 --> 00:51:24,330
that. Thank you, Director

1350
00:51:24,464 --> 00:51:27,464
Hartman. Yeah. Listening to you,

1351
00:51:27,701 --> 00:51:31,500
i mean, it's hard to think of a

1352
00:51:31,500 --> 00:51:32,874
regional agency in the county

1353
00:51:32,874 --> 00:51:35,874
that could pull the various

1354
00:51:36,743 --> 00:51:38,480
entities together. So. So if

1355
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:39,646
you don't do it here, you know,

1356
00:51:39,646 --> 00:51:42,584
where would you do it? That's.

1357
00:51:42,584 --> 00:51:43,784
I think that is the conundrum.

1358
00:51:43,784 --> 00:51:47,984
I just wanted to ask for the

1359
00:51:49,220 --> 00:51:51,920
regional land use development.

1360
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,920
Pattern. If you're working with

1361
00:51:54,228 --> 00:51:57,765
Lafco. Lafco just got a major

1362
00:51:57,765 --> 00:51:58,699
grant from the sustainable

1363
00:51:58,699 --> 00:52:00,468
agricultural community, and

1364
00:52:00,468 --> 00:52:03,371
they have a process to try to

1365
00:52:03,371 --> 00:52:06,371
figure out where where should

1366
00:52:06,573 --> 00:52:09,573
growth occur around cities and

1367
00:52:09,943 --> 00:52:12,343
where not because of

1368
00:52:12,714 --> 00:52:14,548
environmental or other reasons.

1369
00:52:14,548 --> 00:52:16,316
So I just wanted to make sure

1370
00:52:16,316 --> 00:52:19,154
that, you know, it's important

1371
00:52:19,154 --> 00:52:20,655
that we collaborate and have

1372
00:52:20,655 --> 00:52:23,157
consistency to the extent that

1373
00:52:23,157 --> 00:52:25,126
we can. So that's the other

1374
00:52:25,126 --> 00:52:27,127
regional entity that's trying

1375
00:52:27,127 --> 00:52:29,620
to struggle with this, and I

1376
00:52:29,620 --> 00:52:30,197
did. That's actually exciting

1377
00:52:30,197 --> 00:52:31,900
to hear that they got their

1378
00:52:31,900 --> 00:52:32,934
grant because I did contribute

1379
00:52:32,934 --> 00:52:34,903
to their application. And I

1380
00:52:34,903 --> 00:52:36,400
when I did, I mentioned if you

1381
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,400
get funded please include me in

1382
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:40,607
your. Okay. Well, those of us

1383
00:52:40,607 --> 00:52:41,675
who serve on the board,

1384
00:52:41,675 --> 00:52:44,378
Director Nelson and I and

1385
00:52:44,378 --> 00:52:46,246
Director Patino will carry that

1386
00:52:46,246 --> 00:52:49,846
message back. But you know now

1387
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,200
to thank you, Director Mosby.

1388
00:52:56,990 --> 00:52:58,459
As an alternate here. I think

1389
00:52:58,459 --> 00:53:00,595
you did. You guys did a great

1390
00:53:00,595 --> 00:53:02,397
job with arena. And I think the

1391
00:53:02,397 --> 00:53:04,164
complexity of arena is it just

1392
00:53:04,164 --> 00:53:07,670
sticks on that top circular

1393
00:53:07,670 --> 00:53:08,503
layer. And this is a spiraling

1394
00:53:08,503 --> 00:53:10,705
tornado. So it goes down

1395
00:53:10,705 --> 00:53:12,507
historically through time. And

1396
00:53:12,507 --> 00:53:13,608
what you're focused on housing,

1397
00:53:13,608 --> 00:53:15,375
you're missing one of the

1398
00:53:15,375 --> 00:53:17,479
aspects of the jobs housing

1399
00:53:17,479 --> 00:53:20,140
imbalance. And that's the jobs.

1400
00:53:20,140 --> 00:53:21,483
So as an example in the

1401
00:53:21,483 --> 00:53:24,170
community of Lompoc, what has

1402
00:53:24,170 --> 00:53:25,519
happened? Well, land is zoned

1403
00:53:25,519 --> 00:53:26,587
pcd, planned commercial

1404
00:53:26,587 --> 00:53:28,987
development going to housing,

1405
00:53:29,230 --> 00:53:31,192
land zoned ppe, going to

1406
00:53:31,192 --> 00:53:32,293
housing. We have

1407
00:53:32,293 --> 00:53:34,693
recommendations for churches to

1408
00:53:35,128 --> 00:53:36,263
be torn down for housing,

1409
00:53:36,263 --> 00:53:38,663
restaurants torn down for

1410
00:53:38,733 --> 00:53:41,133
housing, other social halls

1411
00:53:41,636 --> 00:53:43,370
converting to housing. And the

1412
00:53:43,370 --> 00:53:44,571
complexity is, is, is people at

1413
00:53:44,571 --> 00:53:46,641
the higher level who don't live

1414
00:53:46,641 --> 00:53:48,143
in the community, who don't

1415
00:53:48,143 --> 00:53:49,577
understand the community, are

1416
00:53:49,577 --> 00:53:51,479
making decisions for the

1417
00:53:51,479 --> 00:53:53,180
community. You know, somehow

1418
00:53:53,180 --> 00:53:54,982
the agricultural protectionism

1419
00:53:54,982 --> 00:53:57,485
has gotten to the point that

1420
00:53:57,485 --> 00:53:59,988
that housing is an endangered

1421
00:53:59,988 --> 00:54:01,210
species. Broccoli isn't, but

1422
00:54:01,210 --> 00:54:02,890
broccoli is treated more

1423
00:54:02,890 --> 00:54:05,290
importantly than than quality

1424
00:54:05,726 --> 00:54:06,828
housing for the people. But at

1425
00:54:06,828 --> 00:54:09,228
Multilayers it goes down.

1426
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:11,900
People say, well, exasperating

1427
00:54:11,900 --> 00:54:13,700
those mileage aspects of it is

1428
00:54:13,700 --> 00:54:15,637
the community of Lompoc. You

1429
00:54:15,637 --> 00:54:17,505
know, we're over 10,000 people

1430
00:54:17,505 --> 00:54:18,839
leave the town all the time to

1431
00:54:18,839 --> 00:54:20,707
go find a job. I think it's

1432
00:54:20,707 --> 00:54:22,543
well over 60% of the people. If

1433
00:54:22,543 --> 00:54:25,179
you have a job, you commute for

1434
00:54:25,179 --> 00:54:26,247
that job. So you said it's it's

1435
00:54:26,247 --> 00:54:28,783
difficult for you to get to

1436
00:54:28,783 --> 00:54:30,830
that answer. We can't get there.

1437
00:54:30,830 --> 00:54:32,386
But I think it's important,

1438
00:54:32,386 --> 00:54:33,854
which I get chastised for, for

1439
00:54:33,854 --> 00:54:35,220
bringing up historical

1440
00:54:35,220 --> 00:54:37,124
components and how we got where

1441
00:54:37,124 --> 00:54:38,258
we are. And it's understand the

1442
00:54:38,258 --> 00:54:40,194
balance that you have to have

1443
00:54:40,194 --> 00:54:42,950
to get through, but it needs to

1444
00:54:42,950 --> 00:54:43,230
be based on not just the top

1445
00:54:43,230 --> 00:54:45,320
layer. And I'll give you an

1446
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,502
example. In one step, the

1447
00:54:47,502 --> 00:54:49,502
county eliminated 7642 home

1448
00:54:50,405 --> 00:54:52,172
sites around the city of Lompoc,

1449
00:54:52,172 --> 00:54:54,700
eliminated 292 acres of light

1450
00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:55,876
industrial and commercial

1451
00:54:55,876 --> 00:54:57,811
properties around Lompoc. And

1452
00:54:57,811 --> 00:54:59,800
all of a sudden, you wonder why

1453
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:00,849
a town can't feed itself. And

1454
00:55:00,849 --> 00:55:02,583
then you get way overly complex

1455
00:55:02,583 --> 00:55:04,818
and long term plans that were

1456
00:55:04,818 --> 00:55:07,870
this bp zoned land that was

1457
00:55:07,870 --> 00:55:08,255
going to bring jobs. But now

1458
00:55:08,255 --> 00:55:10,230
we're going to build housing

1459
00:55:10,230 --> 00:55:11,920
and we're going to be the

1460
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:12,259
solution. I've been told by

1461
00:55:12,259 --> 00:55:13,328
South County people they would

1462
00:55:13,328 --> 00:55:15,630
support workforce housing for

1463
00:55:15,630 --> 00:55:17,398
us. What does that exacerbate

1464
00:55:17,398 --> 00:55:19,934
the jobs if it's workforce

1465
00:55:19,934 --> 00:55:21,368
designed for South County? Now

1466
00:55:21,368 --> 00:55:22,336
the complexity is we don't

1467
00:55:22,336 --> 00:55:24,380
necessarily get to harvest all

1468
00:55:24,380 --> 00:55:25,874
the jobs that are at the base,

1469
00:55:25,874 --> 00:55:27,142
which hits the 135 out here.

1470
00:55:27,142 --> 00:55:28,877
You go out here and there's an

1471
00:55:28,877 --> 00:55:30,310
hour wait because we haven't

1472
00:55:30,310 --> 00:55:32,412
built it. Last year we built

1473
00:55:32,412 --> 00:55:34,249
zero homes. Year before that,

1474
00:55:34,249 --> 00:55:36,840
we built two homes. We built a

1475
00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:38,319
built a number of low income

1476
00:55:38,319 --> 00:55:40,155
stuff. So you want to redirect

1477
00:55:40,155 --> 00:55:41,155
people who don't have jobs to a

1478
00:55:41,155 --> 00:55:43,555
community that doesn't have

1479
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:45,426
jobs. And then you thus

1480
00:55:45,426 --> 00:55:47,996
exasperate. And it's the way

1481
00:55:47,996 --> 00:55:49,797
this has to be lifted up. You

1482
00:55:49,797 --> 00:55:51,699
know, we need to bring the jobs

1483
00:55:51,699 --> 00:55:53,660
as you guys did. Thank you for

1484
00:55:53,660 --> 00:55:54,702
the above moderate component so

1485
00:55:54,702 --> 00:55:55,904
we can try to bring that. And

1486
00:55:55,904 --> 00:55:58,807
this year we should be looking

1487
00:55:58,807 --> 00:56:00,241
at 350 houses built this year.

1488
00:56:00,241 --> 00:56:01,341
And we're directing that more

1489
00:56:01,341 --> 00:56:03,760
towards bringing the people

1490
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:04,912
working at the base to the

1491
00:56:04,912 --> 00:56:06,790
community. But I think when you

1492
00:56:06,790 --> 00:56:07,849
guys mentioned the jobs housing

1493
00:56:07,849 --> 00:56:09,584
imbalance is also to look at

1494
00:56:09,584 --> 00:56:10,318
the job component, but also

1495
00:56:10,318 --> 00:56:12,220
historically, how did

1496
00:56:12,220 --> 00:56:14,620
communities get designed? If

1497
00:56:14,788 --> 00:56:16,290
you look at the 5859 general

1498
00:56:16,290 --> 00:56:18,593
plan maps and zoning maps of

1499
00:56:18,593 --> 00:56:19,661
the community, you'll see the

1500
00:56:19,661 --> 00:56:20,727
complexity that happened to the

1501
00:56:20,727 --> 00:56:22,797
community of Lompoc and the

1502
00:56:22,797 --> 00:56:23,898
Lompoc Valley. And I think I

1503
00:56:23,898 --> 00:56:24,933
brought it to you guys

1504
00:56:24,933 --> 00:56:26,868
attention before. But studies

1505
00:56:26,868 --> 00:56:29,736
from 1968 said Lompoc, by the

1506
00:56:29,736 --> 00:56:31,736
year 2020 would be 196,000

1507
00:56:32,606 --> 00:56:35,109
people. And you wonder what

1508
00:56:35,109 --> 00:56:37,440
happened. You wonder why we are

1509
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:38,112
where we are and why you have

1510
00:56:38,112 --> 00:56:39,247
the conundrum of trying to

1511
00:56:39,247 --> 00:56:41,490
solve the problem. And it is

1512
00:56:41,490 --> 00:56:42,716
very complicated. And it can't

1513
00:56:42,716 --> 00:56:44,118
just be on a simple arena

1514
00:56:44,118 --> 00:56:45,620
without storing the deep

1515
00:56:45,620 --> 00:56:47,221
analytics of how we got where

1516
00:56:47,221 --> 00:56:51,240
we are. And you guys are doing

1517
00:56:51,240 --> 00:56:52,793
a great job, I get it, but

1518
00:56:52,793 --> 00:56:54,429
remember, it's it's like I said,

1519
00:56:54,429 --> 00:56:57,832
in the case of Lompoc, it's a

1520
00:56:57,832 --> 00:56:59,533
spiraling downward tornado. And

1521
00:56:59,533 --> 00:57:01,503
it's got us where it's a much

1522
00:57:01,503 --> 00:57:03,237
more complicated than. And I

1523
00:57:03,237 --> 00:57:04,304
think Director Levin brought

1524
00:57:04,304 --> 00:57:06,541
something up very important

1525
00:57:06,541 --> 00:57:09,309
about 6 or 7 years ago. And as

1526
00:57:09,309 --> 00:57:11,780
the success of Rina and we do

1527
00:57:11,780 --> 00:57:12,147
all this studies, do all these

1528
00:57:12,147 --> 00:57:13,214
analytics, we put something

1529
00:57:13,214 --> 00:57:14,382
together. And then what happens

1530
00:57:14,382 --> 00:57:16,184
now? This time the state's

1531
00:57:16,184 --> 00:57:17,986
trying to put a few more teeth

1532
00:57:17,986 --> 00:57:19,520
in it and change rules. But

1533
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:21,221
these rules are going to

1534
00:57:21,221 --> 00:57:22,322
exacerbate the problem. They

1535
00:57:22,322 --> 00:57:25,193
really are that people can

1536
00:57:25,193 --> 00:57:27,395
blindly just, you know, convert

1537
00:57:27,395 --> 00:57:29,297
land how it wants to in such

1538
00:57:29,297 --> 00:57:30,464
the way they do, or the states

1539
00:57:30,464 --> 00:57:33,133
will mandate or they'll come in.

1540
00:57:33,133 --> 00:57:34,869
And, you know, in our case,

1541
00:57:34,869 --> 00:57:36,704
land, it was zoned bp is not

1542
00:57:36,704 --> 00:57:39,704
going to have 80 houses on

1543
00:57:40,340 --> 00:57:43,940
instead of 350 jobs. How do you

1544
00:57:44,979 --> 00:57:46,414
solve that? Yeah. Thank you.

1545
00:57:46,414 --> 00:57:49,414
Any questions down in Santa

1546
00:57:51,586 --> 00:57:54,210
Barbara for staff. Okay. I just

1547
00:57:54,210 --> 00:57:55,556
had one. I was just curious.

1548
00:57:55,556 --> 00:57:57,391
The only piece that I feel like

1549
00:57:57,391 --> 00:57:58,426
maybe is a blinder. Maybe this

1550
00:57:58,426 --> 00:57:59,693
isn't the appropriate place to

1551
00:57:59,693 --> 00:58:01,362
do it, but I was wondering.

1552
00:58:01,362 --> 00:58:02,362
There's no mention about kind

1553
00:58:02,362 --> 00:58:04,432
of the infrastructure support

1554
00:58:04,432 --> 00:58:05,533
that we can provide for, like

1555
00:58:05,533 --> 00:58:07,100
telecommuting, which I feel

1556
00:58:07,100 --> 00:58:08,602
like is a position that a lot

1557
00:58:08,602 --> 00:58:09,837
of solutions are available for

1558
00:58:09,837 --> 00:58:11,705
shrinking the vmt. I know that

1559
00:58:11,705 --> 00:58:13,730
I, you know, I'm on the high

1560
00:58:13,730 --> 00:58:14,776
chart. I drive more than 32

1561
00:58:14,776 --> 00:58:16,644
miles for my job when I go. And

1562
00:58:16,644 --> 00:58:17,911
so I just was wondering, is

1563
00:58:17,911 --> 00:58:19,580
there a means of advocacy about

1564
00:58:19,580 --> 00:58:21,348
counting a means of decreasing

1565
00:58:21,348 --> 00:58:22,449
vmt from providing the

1566
00:58:22,449 --> 00:58:24,219
infrastructure to provide more

1567
00:58:24,219 --> 00:58:24,919
tele telecommuting jobs

1568
00:58:24,919 --> 00:58:26,520
available? Is that something

1569
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,889
that's available or that we can

1570
00:58:28,889 --> 00:58:30,390
advocate for? Yes, a very good

1571
00:58:30,390 --> 00:58:32,159
question. So we do take credit

1572
00:58:32,159 --> 00:58:33,495
for telecommuting and the

1573
00:58:33,495 --> 00:58:35,496
pandemic. One of the benefits

1574
00:58:35,496 --> 00:58:36,498
that came out of that is we see

1575
00:58:36,498 --> 00:58:38,632
much higher levels of

1576
00:58:38,632 --> 00:58:40,632
telecommuting post-pandemic.

1577
00:58:40,834 --> 00:58:42,269
And then on the sb side, what

1578
00:58:42,269 --> 00:58:43,872
can we do to promote that? Two

1579
00:58:43,872 --> 00:58:45,106
things. Number one, we have a

1580
00:58:45,106 --> 00:58:46,541
travel demand management

1581
00:58:46,541 --> 00:58:48,308
division, the multimodal

1582
00:58:48,308 --> 00:58:50,511
programs that works. And that's

1583
00:58:50,511 --> 00:58:51,578
Whitney to connect people with

1584
00:58:51,578 --> 00:58:53,578
sustainable modes of

1585
00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,448
transportation or things that

1586
00:58:58,418 --> 00:59:00,818
reduce trips. So therefore,

1587
00:59:01,288 --> 00:59:02,724
working at home and also

1588
00:59:02,724 --> 00:59:04,358
started with Margie and then

1589
00:59:04,358 --> 00:59:05,459
went through planning. And now

1590
00:59:05,459 --> 00:59:07,610
it's with project delivery as

1591
00:59:07,610 --> 00:59:08,163
the broadband aspect of trying

1592
00:59:08,163 --> 00:59:10,697
to build out a broadband

1593
00:59:10,697 --> 00:59:12,800
network that fully enables

1594
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:15,200
remote work. Thank you,

1595
00:59:16,437 --> 00:59:19,306
Director Hartman. I think what

1596
00:59:19,306 --> 00:59:21,809
Director Moseby says is, is

1597
00:59:21,809 --> 00:59:24,120
really important. And I keep

1598
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:26,481
thinking, what is sb k's role

1599
00:59:26,481 --> 00:59:29,481
in economic development and job

1600
00:59:31,919 --> 00:59:33,688
creation? And I wonder if one

1601
00:59:33,688 --> 00:59:35,490
thing we could do is invite

1602
00:59:35,490 --> 00:59:37,291
reach to make a presentation.

1603
00:59:37,291 --> 00:59:39,260
I'm not sure that all the

1604
00:59:39,260 --> 00:59:41,995
directors are are as involved

1605
00:59:41,995 --> 00:59:45,967
in that as some of us. And I

1606
00:59:45,967 --> 00:59:48,435
think they're looking both at

1607
00:59:48,435 --> 00:59:50,971
slo County and Santa Barbara

1608
00:59:50,971 --> 00:59:54,209
County as a whole. And and I

1609
00:59:54,209 --> 00:59:56,377
think it might at least

1610
00:59:56,377 --> 00:59:58,812
generate some, some new ideas.

1611
00:59:58,812 --> 01:00:02,116
So I would put that forward as

1612
01:00:02,116 --> 01:00:04,516
a recommendation. Okay. Any

1613
01:00:06,221 --> 01:00:07,589
further questions? Okay. Do we

1614
01:00:07,589 --> 01:00:09,790
have anyone else presenting on

1615
01:00:09,790 --> 01:00:11,525
this time. No. Next is the next

1616
01:00:11,525 --> 01:00:13,600
item okay. Is there any public

1617
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:14,395
comment on this item? Are there

1618
01:00:14,395 --> 01:00:15,864
any members of the public on

1619
01:00:15,864 --> 01:00:17,398
the zoom webinar who wish to

1620
01:00:17,398 --> 01:00:18,533
speak? Would you please use the

1621
01:00:18,533 --> 01:00:21,201
raise Hand feature and I will

1622
01:00:21,201 --> 01:00:22,703
call upon you? We did not

1623
01:00:22,703 --> 01:00:24,806
receive any public comment for

1624
01:00:24,806 --> 01:00:26,400
this item in advance, and there

1625
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:28,809
are no members of the public

1626
01:00:28,809 --> 01:00:29,943
who wish to speak. Okay. Seeing

1627
01:00:29,943 --> 01:00:31,646
no further comments from the

1628
01:00:31,646 --> 01:00:32,714
board, we'll go. This is just a

1629
01:00:32,714 --> 01:00:34,681
presentation only, no action.

1630
01:00:34,681 --> 01:00:36,484
So we will move on to item five.

1631
01:00:36,484 --> 01:00:37,651
C could you please read that

1632
01:00:37,651 --> 01:00:39,219
into the record item five c

1633
01:00:39,219 --> 01:00:41,210
draft 2026 State and federal

1634
01:00:41,210 --> 01:00:42,489
Legislative Platform

1635
01:00:42,489 --> 01:00:44,259
recommended actions one.

1636
01:00:44,259 --> 01:00:46,427
Receive and file a report from

1637
01:00:46,427 --> 01:00:48,262
sb federal lobbyist Dawn

1638
01:00:48,262 --> 01:00:49,663
Gilchrist of Thomas Walters and

1639
01:00:49,663 --> 01:00:51,532
Associates, Inc. To receive and

1640
01:00:51,532 --> 01:00:53,635
file a report from sb state

1641
01:00:53,635 --> 01:00:55,436
lobbyist Gus Corey of Corey

1642
01:00:55,436 --> 01:00:57,836
Consulting. Three approve sb

1643
01:00:57,938 --> 01:01:00,730
Cags 2026 federal and state

1644
01:01:00,730 --> 01:01:01,509
legislative platforms and four

1645
01:01:01,509 --> 01:01:02,676
authorize the sb Executive

1646
01:01:02,676 --> 01:01:04,813
Director to execute any

1647
01:01:04,813 --> 01:01:06,947
necessary documentation to add

1648
01:01:06,947 --> 01:01:09,820
sb kg. As a signatory to the

1649
01:01:09,820 --> 01:01:11,820
California's federal Surface

1650
01:01:11,252 --> 01:01:13,252
Transportation Reauthorization

1651
01:01:13,321 --> 01:01:15,990
Principles. Thank you very much.

1652
01:01:15,990 --> 01:01:17,225
Thank you, and good morning,

1653
01:01:17,225 --> 01:01:19,226
everyone. For the record, my

1654
01:01:19,226 --> 01:01:20,227
name is Lauren Bianchi, Clemen,

1655
01:01:20,227 --> 01:01:22,630
director of Government affairs

1656
01:01:22,630 --> 01:01:24,265
and public information for sb

1657
01:01:24,265 --> 01:01:27,100
cag. Today, I'll be presenting

1658
01:01:27,100 --> 01:01:28,902
the agency's 2026 state and

1659
01:01:28,902 --> 01:01:30,902
legislative platforms. These

1660
01:01:31,390 --> 01:01:32,841
definitely guide our advocacy

1661
01:01:32,841 --> 01:01:34,676
efforts in Sacramento and

1662
01:01:34,676 --> 01:01:36,478
Washington, dc, to secure

1663
01:01:36,478 --> 01:01:37,911
funding and advance policies

1664
01:01:37,911 --> 01:01:39,911
for high priority

1665
01:01:40,470 --> 01:01:42,470
transportation projects and

1666
01:01:42,584 --> 01:01:43,917
measure a investments when

1667
01:01:43,917 --> 01:01:45,652
major funding decisions are

1668
01:01:45,652 --> 01:01:46,887
made by the state and federal

1669
01:01:46,887 --> 01:01:49,560
governments, regions that speak

1670
01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:51,560
clearly and consistently

1671
01:01:51,325 --> 01:01:53,270
compete well for those funds.

1672
01:01:53,270 --> 01:01:54,796
So our platforms are how our

1673
01:01:54,796 --> 01:01:56,630
cities and the county can

1674
01:01:56,630 --> 01:01:58,432
coordinate in one regional

1675
01:01:58,432 --> 01:02:00,601
voice. These platforms are

1676
01:02:00,601 --> 01:02:02,370
updated annually and input from

1677
01:02:02,370 --> 01:02:04,572
and contain input from our

1678
01:02:04,572 --> 01:02:06,572
advisory committees, transit

1679
01:02:06,707 --> 01:02:08,475
partners, advocates, our

1680
01:02:08,475 --> 01:02:09,878
legislative advocates, regional

1681
01:02:09,878 --> 01:02:11,878
associations, associations like

1682
01:02:12,800 --> 01:02:14,150
the California Association of

1683
01:02:14,150 --> 01:02:16,840
Council of Governments. I also

1684
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:18,585
want to recognize the sb case

1685
01:02:18,585 --> 01:02:20,530
management team. We meet

1686
01:02:20,530 --> 01:02:22,190
annually in the fall to kind of

1687
01:02:22,190 --> 01:02:23,891
set our priorities and look at

1688
01:02:23,891 --> 01:02:25,827
what the region's needs are. So

1689
01:02:25,827 --> 01:02:26,827
they really help shape these

1690
01:02:26,827 --> 01:02:29,363
platforms that are before you

1691
01:02:29,363 --> 01:02:30,798
today. So before you take

1692
01:02:30,798 --> 01:02:33,368
action on the platforms, you

1693
01:02:33,368 --> 01:02:34,536
will hear from our federal.

1694
01:02:34,536 --> 01:02:37,380
You'll hear about our federal

1695
01:02:37,380 --> 01:02:38,873
and state outlooks. And and

1696
01:02:38,873 --> 01:02:40,909
they will help provide context

1697
01:02:40,909 --> 01:02:42,644
for what we're proposing this

1698
01:02:42,644 --> 01:02:44,678
year. You'll first hear from

1699
01:02:44,678 --> 01:02:46,680
Don Gilchrist of Thomas Walters

1700
01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:49,550
and Associates, followed by Gus

1701
01:02:49,550 --> 01:02:51,319
Corey of Corey Consulting. Also

1702
01:02:51,319 --> 01:02:54,319
included in your action today

1703
01:02:54,322 --> 01:02:57,457
is allowing sb cag to join in

1704
01:02:57,457 --> 01:02:59,457
the Statewide Reauthorization

1705
01:03:00,328 --> 01:03:02,163
Principles document or support

1706
01:03:02,163 --> 01:03:03,631
the state's efforts on that.

1707
01:03:03,631 --> 01:03:06,631
And that's consistent with sb

1708
01:03:07,201 --> 01:03:08,635
cag reauthorization priorities.

1709
01:03:08,635 --> 01:03:10,438
This is an important time to do

1710
01:03:10,438 --> 01:03:11,873
that, because Congress is

1711
01:03:11,873 --> 01:03:13,873
renewing the federal

1712
01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:16,408
transportation law that funds

1713
01:03:17,277 --> 01:03:19,790
highways, bridges, transit, and

1714
01:03:19,790 --> 01:03:21,249
programs nationwide. So that

1715
01:03:21,249 --> 01:03:22,650
current law expires on

1716
01:03:22,650 --> 01:03:24,818
SEPTEMBER 30th of this year.

1717
01:03:24,818 --> 01:03:26,253
And so being at that forefront

1718
01:03:26,253 --> 01:03:27,688
and lending our voice not just

1719
01:03:27,688 --> 01:03:29,491
only with our priorities, but

1720
01:03:29,491 --> 01:03:31,693
with the state, is an important

1721
01:03:31,693 --> 01:03:33,461
path forward. So the draft

1722
01:03:33,461 --> 01:03:35,262
platforms are attached to your

1723
01:03:35,262 --> 01:03:37,397
report. It's included a track

1724
01:03:37,397 --> 01:03:39,233
changes version that documents

1725
01:03:39,233 --> 01:03:42,103
what's been changed since last

1726
01:03:42,103 --> 01:03:43,171
year, and a clean copy for your

1727
01:03:43,171 --> 01:03:45,571
consideration. So with that,

1728
01:03:46,406 --> 01:03:48,609
I'm going to pause and welcome

1729
01:03:48,609 --> 01:03:51,813
Don Gilchrist to talk about our

1730
01:03:51,813 --> 01:03:52,914
federal outlook. And then after

1731
01:03:52,914 --> 01:03:54,482
his, we can have a discussion

1732
01:03:54,482 --> 01:03:57,482
on the federal platform and

1733
01:03:58,685 --> 01:03:59,820
then move on to the state.

1734
01:03:59,820 --> 01:04:01,189
Thank you. And good morning,

1735
01:04:01,189 --> 01:04:02,991
Vice Chair Silva. Members of

1736
01:04:02,991 --> 01:04:04,791
the board, Don Gilchrist, I'm

1737
01:04:04,791 --> 01:04:06,593
PRESIDENT Of Thomas Walters and

1738
01:04:06,593 --> 01:04:08,529
Associates. And I do want to

1739
01:04:08,529 --> 01:04:10,198
just give you a little bit of

1740
01:04:10,198 --> 01:04:11,299
an update on the federal

1741
01:04:11,299 --> 01:04:13,699
legislative situation. As you

1742
01:04:14,134 --> 01:04:17,400
look at the platform real

1743
01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:20,604
briefly. Last year was a very

1744
01:04:20,642 --> 01:04:22,443
interesting year. We

1745
01:04:22,443 --> 01:04:23,844
surprisingly, there was an

1746
01:04:23,844 --> 01:04:24,912
incredible number of executive

1747
01:04:24,912 --> 01:04:27,848
orders that came out of the

1748
01:04:27,848 --> 01:04:30,170
white House that really shaped

1749
01:04:30,170 --> 01:04:31,419
things and shook things up. I

1750
01:04:31,419 --> 01:04:34,419
think that's going to continue

1751
01:04:34,588 --> 01:04:36,456
this year. Last year it seems

1752
01:04:36,456 --> 01:04:37,925
like a distant memory, but H.R.

1753
01:04:37,925 --> 01:04:40,940
One, the Budget Reconciliation

1754
01:04:40,940 --> 01:04:42,230
Act, was signed into law in

1755
01:04:42,230 --> 01:04:45,830
JULY, and that has huge impacts

1756
01:04:46,166 --> 01:04:47,968
for sba. It unfortunately took

1757
01:04:47,968 --> 01:04:49,771
away some of the opportunities

1758
01:04:49,771 --> 01:04:51,606
and options for you to pursue

1759
01:04:51,606 --> 01:04:54,600
renewable energy incentives and

1760
01:04:54,475 --> 01:04:55,643
things like electric vehicle

1761
01:04:55,643 --> 01:04:57,643
charging infrastructure. Many

1762
01:04:57,711 --> 01:05:00,111
of those incentives were

1763
01:05:00,949 --> 01:05:02,160
repealed in H.R. One and then

1764
01:05:02,160 --> 01:05:03,817
appropriations. Always a

1765
01:05:03,817 --> 01:05:05,986
difficult thing for Congress to

1766
01:05:05,986 --> 01:05:07,454
do to get the appropriations

1767
01:05:07,454 --> 01:05:09,557
bill signed into law. We had

1768
01:05:09,557 --> 01:05:11,658
that really long shutdown in

1769
01:05:11,658 --> 01:05:13,228
OCTOBER and NOVEMBER. So it was

1770
01:05:13,228 --> 01:05:16,430
a very difficult year. But as

1771
01:05:16,430 --> 01:05:18,900
of FEBRUARY 3rd, 11 of the 12

1772
01:05:18,900 --> 01:05:20,368
bills have been signed into law,

1773
01:05:20,368 --> 01:05:21,803
including the transportation

1774
01:05:21,803 --> 01:05:24,338
bill. And that's the one that

1775
01:05:24,338 --> 01:05:27,241
really counts a lot for you. As

1776
01:05:27,241 --> 01:05:29,100
part of that, $1.5 million has

1777
01:05:29,100 --> 01:05:30,445
been signed into law for the

1778
01:05:30,445 --> 01:05:31,946
Cabrillo Project, and this was

1779
01:05:31,946 --> 01:05:33,140
something that Representative

1780
01:05:33,140 --> 01:05:36,140
Carbajal worked very hard on.

1781
01:05:36,216 --> 01:05:37,651
He requested this for sb, kg,

1782
01:05:37,651 --> 01:05:39,870
and his support was

1783
01:05:39,870 --> 01:05:40,889
instrumental in that being

1784
01:05:40,889 --> 01:05:43,889
included. And then, as Lauren

1785
01:05:44,858 --> 01:05:46,326
said, we are looking for a new

1786
01:05:46,326 --> 01:05:47,728
reauthorization for the Surface

1787
01:05:47,728 --> 01:05:49,197
Transportation Program

1788
01:05:49,197 --> 01:05:50,898
legislation. And last year we

1789
01:05:50,898 --> 01:05:52,266
started to lobby on that to get

1790
01:05:52,266 --> 01:05:54,269
ahead of the curve. And so it

1791
01:05:54,269 --> 01:05:56,237
was a very busy year. If we go

1792
01:05:56,237 --> 01:05:58,205
to the next slide, I did want

1793
01:05:58,205 --> 01:05:58,605
to talk a little bit more about

1794
01:05:58,605 --> 01:05:59,274
the transportation

1795
01:05:59,274 --> 01:06:01,109
appropriations bill, since

1796
01:06:01,109 --> 01:06:02,510
that's so important for you.

1797
01:06:02,510 --> 01:06:04,645
Essentially, this is a

1798
01:06:04,645 --> 01:06:05,813
compromise. Some of the

1799
01:06:05,813 --> 01:06:08,213
reductions that PRESIDENT Trump

1800
01:06:08,282 --> 01:06:11,282
was proposing were included in

1801
01:06:11,486 --> 01:06:12,587
this legislation. And notably,

1802
01:06:12,587 --> 01:06:13,855
there were there was a

1803
01:06:13,855 --> 01:06:15,823
rescission of funding for the

1804
01:06:15,823 --> 01:06:17,624
electric vehicle infrastructure

1805
01:06:17,624 --> 01:06:18,726
program, also a really big

1806
01:06:18,726 --> 01:06:21,726
rescission of funding for high

1807
01:06:21,930 --> 01:06:24,640
speed rail projects. But by and

1808
01:06:24,640 --> 01:06:25,667
large, the cuts that he was

1809
01:06:25,667 --> 01:06:27,334
proposing were rejected. And

1810
01:06:27,334 --> 01:06:29,504
the news is generally good for

1811
01:06:29,504 --> 01:06:31,339
sb, kg. Most of your funding

1812
01:06:31,339 --> 01:06:33,600
comes through the highway and

1813
01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:34,242
transit formulas, and they were

1814
01:06:34,242 --> 01:06:36,900
fully funded. And there are

1815
01:06:36,900 --> 01:06:37,440
some other opportunities in the

1816
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:38,946
legislation for competitive

1817
01:06:38,946 --> 01:06:41,449
grants. What I wanted to make

1818
01:06:41,449 --> 01:06:43,884
sure to mention is that this is

1819
01:06:43,884 --> 01:06:45,719
the final year of the

1820
01:06:45,719 --> 01:06:46,854
additional funding for

1821
01:06:46,854 --> 01:06:48,590
transportation programs that

1822
01:06:48,590 --> 01:06:49,691
was provided by the

1823
01:06:49,691 --> 01:06:51,691
Infrastructure Investment and

1824
01:06:51,992 --> 01:06:53,260
Jobs Act. That is, in addition

1825
01:06:53,260 --> 01:06:54,695
to funding that is enacted

1826
01:06:54,695 --> 01:06:56,263
through the appropriations

1827
01:06:56,263 --> 01:06:57,932
process. And so as that comes

1828
01:06:57,932 --> 01:07:00,101
to an end, that just highlights,

1829
01:07:00,101 --> 01:07:01,903
again, how important the

1830
01:07:01,903 --> 01:07:03,538
reauthorization will be as we

1831
01:07:03,538 --> 01:07:05,539
work through this year. If we

1832
01:07:05,539 --> 01:07:06,774
go to the next slide, I do want

1833
01:07:06,774 --> 01:07:09,477
to just talk about that process

1834
01:07:09,477 --> 01:07:11,980
a little bit. Just first of all,

1835
01:07:11,980 --> 01:07:13,413
how important this is was

1836
01:07:13,413 --> 01:07:15,282
demonstrated during that long

1837
01:07:15,282 --> 01:07:17,385
government shutdown. There was

1838
01:07:17,385 --> 01:07:18,486
no interruption to the highway

1839
01:07:18,486 --> 01:07:19,554
program. There was no

1840
01:07:19,554 --> 01:07:21,122
interruption to the transit

1841
01:07:21,122 --> 01:07:22,524
program. And that was because

1842
01:07:22,524 --> 01:07:24,191
of funding that was enacted

1843
01:07:24,191 --> 01:07:25,626
through the infrastructure law.

1844
01:07:25,626 --> 01:07:27,829
And that illustrates how

1845
01:07:27,829 --> 01:07:30,698
important this is for you to

1846
01:07:30,698 --> 01:07:33,600
provide not only a robust

1847
01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:35,135
funding, but reliable funding.

1848
01:07:35,135 --> 01:07:37,172
The big challenge, how are we

1849
01:07:37,172 --> 01:07:40,740
going to pay for it? The

1850
01:07:40,740 --> 01:07:42,243
Highway Trust Fund will be

1851
01:07:42,243 --> 01:07:44,243
insolvent by 2028. That's

1852
01:07:44,745 --> 01:07:47,281
because motor fuels taxes are

1853
01:07:47,281 --> 01:07:48,716
not keeping up with spending.

1854
01:07:48,716 --> 01:07:50,885
So that's a big challenge to

1855
01:07:50,885 --> 01:07:51,552
getting the next surface

1856
01:07:51,552 --> 01:07:53,552
transportation bill put

1857
01:07:55,522 --> 01:07:57,424
together for you. We're really

1858
01:07:57,424 --> 01:07:59,824
emphasizing increasing the size

1859
01:08:01,662 --> 01:08:02,763
of the formula programs and

1860
01:08:02,763 --> 01:08:04,898
allocating as much of that

1861
01:08:04,898 --> 01:08:06,330
funding down to your level as

1862
01:08:06,330 --> 01:08:07,769
possible. And there's a number

1863
01:08:07,769 --> 01:08:09,204
of other programs that we're

1864
01:08:09,204 --> 01:08:10,305
working on, the metropolitan

1865
01:08:10,305 --> 01:08:12,305
planning programs, very

1866
01:08:12,773 --> 01:08:14,975
important for you, passenger

1867
01:08:14,975 --> 01:08:16,440
rail, transit, active

1868
01:08:16,440 --> 01:08:18,213
transportation, all those are

1869
01:08:18,213 --> 01:08:20,140
part of our lobbying effort.

1870
01:08:20,140 --> 01:08:21,815
And then there's the broadband

1871
01:08:21,815 --> 01:08:23,684
component that was included in

1872
01:08:23,684 --> 01:08:25,452
the infrastructure law. And we

1873
01:08:25,452 --> 01:08:27,321
want to see that continue if

1874
01:08:27,321 --> 01:08:28,789
possible. That's a little bit

1875
01:08:28,789 --> 01:08:30,424
controversial, but we're hoping

1876
01:08:30,424 --> 01:08:32,861
that something can be done for

1877
01:08:32,861 --> 01:08:35,596
that. I think what we're going

1878
01:08:35,596 --> 01:08:37,165
to see is a House bill come out

1879
01:08:37,165 --> 01:08:39,200
in the spring, and that's going

1880
01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:40,235
to give us a lot of help

1881
01:08:40,235 --> 01:08:41,703
understanding where this is

1882
01:08:41,703 --> 01:08:43,871
going. Is it going to be a

1883
01:08:43,871 --> 01:08:44,938
Partizan bill that the

1884
01:08:44,938 --> 01:08:47,107
committee chair puts together,

1885
01:08:47,107 --> 01:08:49,244
or is he going to keep it a

1886
01:08:49,244 --> 01:08:50,645
bipartisan process? And then a

1887
01:08:50,645 --> 01:08:53,248
little bit later, closer to the

1888
01:08:53,248 --> 01:08:54,482
summer, I think the Senate will

1889
01:08:54,482 --> 01:08:57,217
show their hand on what they're

1890
01:08:57,217 --> 01:08:59,654
going to be doing. This slide

1891
01:08:59,654 --> 01:09:01,523
just gives a summary of the

1892
01:09:01,523 --> 01:09:03,124
federal platform that's in your

1893
01:09:03,124 --> 01:09:05,125
packet. We'll just say there's

1894
01:09:05,125 --> 01:09:08,725
a lot of continuity with the

1895
01:09:09,731 --> 01:09:11,199
previous year. I think we've

1896
01:09:11,199 --> 01:09:15,235
updated it in a few places just

1897
01:09:15,235 --> 01:09:18,105
to account for the status of

1898
01:09:18,105 --> 01:09:20,105
legislation, but I'm

1899
01:09:20,942 --> 01:09:23,811
recommending that sb, cag again

1900
01:09:23,811 --> 01:09:25,880
come to dc this time in MARCH,

1901
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:27,749
with board members and staff to

1902
01:09:27,749 --> 01:09:29,484
be able to lobby on your

1903
01:09:29,484 --> 01:09:30,718
federal platform. I think that

1904
01:09:30,718 --> 01:09:32,587
would be a great time for you

1905
01:09:32,587 --> 01:09:33,721
to be there. It's going to be

1906
01:09:33,721 --> 01:09:35,490
an interesting year again, a

1907
01:09:35,490 --> 01:09:36,890
difficult year with lots of

1908
01:09:36,890 --> 01:09:38,226
challenges. But I think if you

1909
01:09:38,226 --> 01:09:39,327
think see how the

1910
01:09:39,327 --> 01:09:41,196
appropriations process in

1911
01:09:41,196 --> 01:09:43,263
particular came together, it

1912
01:09:43,263 --> 01:09:45,650
does show that an aggressive

1913
01:09:45,650 --> 01:09:47,634
advocacy program does make a

1914
01:09:47,634 --> 01:09:49,469
difference. And some of these

1915
01:09:49,469 --> 01:09:50,772
things are important enough. We

1916
01:09:50,772 --> 01:09:52,674
can fight these battles and we

1917
01:09:52,674 --> 01:09:54,842
can win these battles. So I'll

1918
01:09:54,842 --> 01:09:56,176
pause there to see if I can

1919
01:09:56,176 --> 01:09:57,311
respond to any questions you

1920
01:09:57,311 --> 01:09:58,445
have. But I'm looking forward

1921
01:09:58,445 --> 01:10:01,316
to working with you throughout

1922
01:10:01,316 --> 01:10:02,616
the rest of this year. Thank

1923
01:10:02,616 --> 01:10:06,187
you very much. I ask Director

1924
01:10:06,187 --> 01:10:07,288
Hartman, why is broadband

1925
01:10:07,288 --> 01:10:09,389
controversial? Just sort of

1926
01:10:09,389 --> 01:10:11,389
public private responsibilities,

1927
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:14,228
or does it go deeper? It's

1928
01:10:14,228 --> 01:10:17,228
certainly been targeted by the

1929
01:10:18,398 --> 01:10:20,798
Trump administration. The the

1930
01:10:22,102 --> 01:10:23,837
criticism that they levied was

1931
01:10:23,837 --> 01:10:26,341
that all this money has been

1932
01:10:26,341 --> 01:10:27,542
spent and no results have been

1933
01:10:27,542 --> 01:10:29,677
accomplished. I don't think

1934
01:10:29,677 --> 01:10:32,130
that's a fair assessment. I

1935
01:10:32,130 --> 01:10:33,213
don't think it is everything

1936
01:10:33,213 --> 01:10:34,314
that they're thinking about.

1937
01:10:34,314 --> 01:10:37,152
Broadband is just the most

1938
01:10:37,152 --> 01:10:39,686
convenient thing to say, but it

1939
01:10:39,686 --> 01:10:41,188
is definitely an area where

1940
01:10:41,188 --> 01:10:43,257
this additional funding that

1941
01:10:43,257 --> 01:10:45,590
was provided through the

1942
01:10:45,590 --> 01:10:46,528
infrastructure law isn't

1943
01:10:46,528 --> 01:10:47,996
necessarily going to be that

1944
01:10:47,996 --> 01:10:50,996
easy to replicate this time

1945
01:10:52,699 --> 01:10:54,468
around. Republicans in Congress

1946
01:10:54,468 --> 01:10:55,969
do have an interest in this,

1947
01:10:55,969 --> 01:10:59,390
but we've seen that they have

1948
01:10:59,390 --> 01:11:00,341
been not that excited about

1949
01:11:00,341 --> 01:11:02,420
going against the white House.

1950
01:11:02,420 --> 01:11:03,844
So we'll see how this goes, how

1951
01:11:03,844 --> 01:11:05,647
this plays out. No one really

1952
01:11:05,647 --> 01:11:07,347
has a really good feel for how

1953
01:11:07,347 --> 01:11:10,351
this is going to happen in the

1954
01:11:10,351 --> 01:11:11,652
area of broadband yet. Yeah, I

1955
01:11:11,652 --> 01:11:13,887
guess I don't understand. I

1956
01:11:13,887 --> 01:11:15,455
mean, I think of freeways and

1957
01:11:15,455 --> 01:11:17,855
railroads and there's always

1958
01:11:18,259 --> 01:11:19,427
been a huge federal investment,

1959
01:11:19,427 --> 01:11:21,427
government investment, along

1960
01:11:21,629 --> 01:11:24,364
with private money if we want

1961
01:11:24,364 --> 01:11:25,599
to make a difference. So I'm

1962
01:11:25,599 --> 01:11:27,602
and a lot of the money was

1963
01:11:27,602 --> 01:11:29,636
never even allocated. It's not

1964
01:11:29,636 --> 01:11:33,836
like it got rolled out the door.

1965
01:11:35,543 --> 01:11:36,677
So I'm still puzzled. I am too.

1966
01:11:36,677 --> 01:11:40,277
Any other questions up here in

1967
01:11:40,414 --> 01:11:43,414
Santa Maria? Any questions down

1968
01:11:45,186 --> 01:11:47,210
in Santa Barbara? Okay. Not

1969
01:11:47,210 --> 01:11:48,223
seeing. Thank you very much.

1970
01:11:48,223 --> 01:11:50,910
Great. So before we move on to

1971
01:11:50,910 --> 01:11:51,758
the state, I did want to

1972
01:11:51,758 --> 01:11:53,961
highlight that we are now that

1973
01:11:53,961 --> 01:11:55,663
the 101 is almost done using

1974
01:11:55,663 --> 01:11:56,897
this opportunity on our federal

1975
01:11:56,897 --> 01:11:58,832
platform to raise awareness

1976
01:11:58,832 --> 01:12:00,340
about the final four measure a

1977
01:12:00,340 --> 01:12:01,970
projects. So that is one of the

1978
01:12:01,970 --> 01:12:02,970
big changes that you see in the

1979
01:12:02,970 --> 01:12:04,172
legislative platform. And one

1980
01:12:04,172 --> 01:12:05,839
of our big efforts. We're

1981
01:12:05,839 --> 01:12:06,940
really looking forward to kind

1982
01:12:06,940 --> 01:12:07,942
of talking about those final

1983
01:12:07,942 --> 01:12:09,744
four projects, giving fact

1984
01:12:09,744 --> 01:12:11,746
sheets, raising awareness so

1985
01:12:11,746 --> 01:12:13,460
that it can help prepare us for

1986
01:12:13,460 --> 01:12:15,160
the funding, future funding

1987
01:12:15,160 --> 01:12:17,218
that we'll need on those

1988
01:12:17,218 --> 01:12:19,353
projects and any questions. And

1989
01:12:19,353 --> 01:12:21,221
so and so that's it for the

1990
01:12:21,221 --> 01:12:23,291
federal platform. So with that,

1991
01:12:23,291 --> 01:12:26,160
it is my pleasure to invite Gus

1992
01:12:26,160 --> 01:12:29,760
Corey up to talk about our

1993
01:12:30,130 --> 01:12:31,533
state outlook. Good morning

1994
01:12:31,533 --> 01:12:32,534
directors. Pleasure to be here.

1995
01:12:32,534 --> 01:12:34,536
Gus Corey state legislative

1996
01:12:34,536 --> 01:12:35,904
advocate for sb, cag. Have a

1997
01:12:35,904 --> 01:12:37,805
very short PowerPoint

1998
01:12:37,805 --> 01:12:39,506
presentation here. Exciting

1999
01:12:39,506 --> 01:12:41,309
times in Sacramento, as you

2000
01:12:41,309 --> 01:12:44,309
would expect. Maybe not as

2001
01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:47,115
exciting as D.C. But. Just to

2002
01:12:47,115 --> 01:12:48,549
briefly look at our

2003
01:12:48,549 --> 01:12:49,650
accomplishments, just to have

2004
01:12:49,650 --> 01:12:51,319
perspective. And so we talk

2005
01:12:51,319 --> 01:12:52,487
about the one on one being

2006
01:12:52,487 --> 01:12:53,188
almost done from the

2007
01:12:53,188 --> 01:12:54,555
construction side. From the

2008
01:12:54,555 --> 01:12:56,558
funding side, I think we're

2009
01:12:56,558 --> 01:12:58,326
done, knock on wood. So just to

2010
01:12:58,326 --> 01:13:00,761
give some perspective, the hard

2011
01:13:00,761 --> 01:13:03,264
work that this body did to get

2012
01:13:03,264 --> 01:13:05,660
measure a approved, we've

2013
01:13:05,660 --> 01:13:05,967
leveraged more than six times

2014
01:13:05,967 --> 01:13:08,735
the amount of money that the

2015
01:13:08,735 --> 01:13:11,735
measure provides in order to

2016
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:14,776
make the 101 a reality. And so

2017
01:13:14,776 --> 01:13:17,176
$916 million has been secured

2018
01:13:18,779 --> 01:13:20,779
since 2016, $400 million for

2019
01:13:21,249 --> 01:13:23,510
rail for sb, cag and Lausanne,

2020
01:13:23,510 --> 01:13:25,451
including getting the rail

2021
01:13:26,454 --> 01:13:27,721
station funded. This was thanks

2022
01:13:27,721 --> 01:13:29,123
to Director Kern and her

2023
01:13:29,123 --> 01:13:30,257
leadership and staff, all the

2024
01:13:30,257 --> 01:13:32,393
great applications that we put

2025
01:13:32,393 --> 01:13:33,794
in and our advocacy, we were

2026
01:13:33,794 --> 01:13:36,640
able to help create some of

2027
01:13:36,640 --> 01:13:38,565
these programs to make this a

2028
01:13:38,565 --> 01:13:39,266
reality. So active

2029
01:13:39,266 --> 01:13:40,935
transportation, there's been

2030
01:13:40,935 --> 01:13:43,300
less funding, but we've been

2031
01:13:43,300 --> 01:13:44,339
very successful over $102

2032
01:13:44,339 --> 01:13:46,739
million that's been secured

2033
01:13:47,541 --> 01:13:49,409
since 2017. So as director said,

2034
01:13:49,409 --> 01:13:51,513
we've been throwing the kitchen

2035
01:13:51,513 --> 01:13:54,749
sink at trying to provide a

2036
01:13:54,749 --> 01:13:56,985
truly multi-modal region. This

2037
01:13:56,985 --> 01:13:58,752
is, you know, whether or not sb

2038
01:13:58,752 --> 01:14:00,988
375 or any other state law was

2039
01:14:00,988 --> 01:14:03,988
even being contemplated. So cap

2040
01:14:04,570 --> 01:14:05,893
and invest, this was previously

2041
01:14:05,893 --> 01:14:08,428
monikered as the cap and trade

2042
01:14:08,428 --> 01:14:10,565
program that was extended. We

2043
01:14:10,565 --> 01:14:12,660
had a significant role in

2044
01:14:12,660 --> 01:14:13,267
moving the ball forward on this.

2045
01:14:13,267 --> 01:14:15,602
Senator lemon was the author of

2046
01:14:15,602 --> 01:14:16,804
one of the bills that had the

2047
01:14:16,804 --> 01:14:19,204
expenditures in there. What

2048
01:14:19,239 --> 01:14:20,741
they did is there used to be

2049
01:14:20,741 --> 01:14:22,110
continuous appropriations based

2050
01:14:22,110 --> 01:14:23,578
on a percentage share for

2051
01:14:23,578 --> 01:14:25,790
transit and housing. They now

2052
01:14:25,790 --> 01:14:25,847
made those line items. So it'll

2053
01:14:25,847 --> 01:14:26,847
be a little bit more

2054
01:14:26,847 --> 01:14:28,715
challenging. I'll talk about

2055
01:14:28,715 --> 01:14:30,752
that in a second. But it did

2056
01:14:30,752 --> 01:14:31,853
retain funding for some

2057
01:14:31,853 --> 01:14:33,200
affordable housing, sustainable

2058
01:14:33,200 --> 01:14:34,688
Community strategies funding

2059
01:14:34,688 --> 01:14:37,224
and then for transit capital

2060
01:14:37,224 --> 01:14:38,325
and operations. And then the

2061
01:14:38,325 --> 01:14:39,760
reprogram this was supplemental

2062
01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:41,963
funding for you guys to be able

2063
01:14:41,963 --> 01:14:44,833
to build affordable housing in

2064
01:14:44,833 --> 01:14:45,899
the region. And so we fought to

2065
01:14:45,899 --> 01:14:48,402
protect against some of the

2066
01:14:48,402 --> 01:14:49,536
cuts that Governor Newsom had

2067
01:14:49,536 --> 01:14:51,272
proposed last year. He wanted

2068
01:14:51,272 --> 01:14:54,175
to cut about $300 million. We

2069
01:14:54,175 --> 01:14:55,343
were able to save, recoup about

2070
01:14:55,343 --> 01:14:58,178
250 million of that. So out of

2071
01:14:58,178 --> 01:15:00,248
a $600 million program, we kept

2072
01:15:00,248 --> 01:15:02,648
intact, 550 and that protected

2073
01:15:02,784 --> 01:15:04,952
772 units in the county. Next

2074
01:15:04,952 --> 01:15:07,352
slide. So opportunities and

2075
01:15:08,155 --> 01:15:09,289
challenges $18 billion versus a

2076
01:15:09,289 --> 01:15:11,258
$2.9 billion general fund

2077
01:15:11,258 --> 01:15:12,894
deficit. That's the $18 billion

2078
01:15:12,894 --> 01:15:15,294
the Leos estimate. The

2079
01:15:15,329 --> 01:15:16,497
governor's estimate is 2.9.

2080
01:15:16,497 --> 01:15:18,632
It's based upon the fact that

2081
01:15:18,632 --> 01:15:19,867
the Leo factors in, hey, we

2082
01:15:19,867 --> 01:15:21,803
predict that the stock market's

2083
01:15:21,803 --> 01:15:23,271
going to go down by 20%. We

2084
01:15:23,271 --> 01:15:25,472
literally rely on the stock

2085
01:15:25,472 --> 01:15:26,540
market. It's capital gains,

2086
01:15:26,540 --> 01:15:28,375
personal income tax and

2087
01:15:28,375 --> 01:15:30,478
corporate taxes that fund the

2088
01:15:30,478 --> 01:15:32,280
general fund. The good news is

2089
01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:34,115
that we're fairly insulated

2090
01:15:34,115 --> 01:15:35,949
from that conversation, because

2091
01:15:35,949 --> 01:15:37,784
transportation relies on the

2092
01:15:37,784 --> 01:15:39,521
gas tax and then vehicle

2093
01:15:39,521 --> 01:15:41,421
registration fees for the most

2094
01:15:41,421 --> 01:15:42,556
part. But we get stung anytime

2095
01:15:42,556 --> 01:15:44,325
that we rely on the general

2096
01:15:44,325 --> 01:15:45,526
fund. So when there was a

2097
01:15:45,526 --> 01:15:46,727
surplus a couple years ago and

2098
01:15:46,727 --> 01:15:49,127
the legislature had approved

2099
01:15:49,997 --> 01:15:52,467
Senate Bill 125, we got a $53

2100
01:15:52,467 --> 01:15:54,467
million formula, formulaic

2101
01:15:55,335 --> 01:15:56,803
share of a 5.1 statewide pot.

2102
01:15:56,803 --> 01:15:58,338
We have not received the full

2103
01:15:58,338 --> 01:15:59,439
balance of that money. And

2104
01:15:59,439 --> 01:16:01,275
what's happened is it was a

2105
01:16:01,275 --> 01:16:02,442
general fund obligation. It got

2106
01:16:02,442 --> 01:16:04,120
moved over into the greenhouse

2107
01:16:04,120 --> 01:16:05,846
gas reduction fund. Legislature

2108
01:16:05,846 --> 01:16:08,315
said, hey, we need to fund Cal

2109
01:16:08,315 --> 01:16:10,184
Fire. So we're going to it

2110
01:16:10,184 --> 01:16:11,986
creates less capacity. So we're

2111
01:16:11,986 --> 01:16:13,421
still waiting on about $14

2112
01:16:13,421 --> 01:16:14,755
million worth of funding to

2113
01:16:14,755 --> 01:16:15,657
help out with our transit

2114
01:16:15,657 --> 01:16:18,657
operations and capital needs in

2115
01:16:18,759 --> 01:16:21,262
the county, and then on air

2116
01:16:21,262 --> 01:16:23,662
equality, as MR. Becker's

2117
01:16:23,798 --> 01:16:24,933
presentation pointed out, just

2118
01:16:24,933 --> 01:16:26,233
context there. So there has

2119
01:16:26,233 --> 01:16:27,569
been legislation that was

2120
01:16:27,569 --> 01:16:30,569
introduced a couple days ago,

2121
01:16:30,972 --> 01:16:32,739
Senate Bill 1087 by Senator

2122
01:16:32,739 --> 01:16:35,139
Cabaldon. He represents Yolo

2123
01:16:35,576 --> 01:16:36,777
County. It's just it's been a

2124
01:16:36,777 --> 01:16:37,779
one size fits all approach,

2125
01:16:37,779 --> 01:16:38,880
which has been really

2126
01:16:38,880 --> 01:16:39,981
frustrating. And MR. Becker

2127
01:16:39,981 --> 01:16:42,250
would tell you and Director

2128
01:16:42,250 --> 01:16:43,685
Kern would tell you that 87% of

2129
01:16:43,685 --> 01:16:45,920
the state's population lives in

2130
01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:48,189
the big four mpo. So Sacramento,

2131
01:16:48,189 --> 01:16:50,758
San Diego, Scag region and the

2132
01:16:50,758 --> 01:16:52,926
Bay area mtc. So that leaves 14

2133
01:16:52,926 --> 01:16:55,462
other MPOs having to try to

2134
01:16:55,462 --> 01:16:57,862
address vehicle miles traveled

2135
01:16:58,333 --> 01:17:00,334
where the the mission doesn't

2136
01:17:00,334 --> 01:17:02,269
always befit the practicality

2137
01:17:02,269 --> 01:17:03,805
of our uniqueness as a as a

2138
01:17:03,805 --> 01:17:05,506
region. So if you're able to

2139
01:17:05,506 --> 01:17:06,407
build more housing, you get

2140
01:17:06,407 --> 01:17:07,909
dinged because you're creating

2141
01:17:07,909 --> 01:17:09,444
a new hot spot, because there

2142
01:17:09,444 --> 01:17:10,578
isn't money to have transit

2143
01:17:10,578 --> 01:17:12,578
oriented development, because

2144
01:17:13,460 --> 01:17:16,316
they've cut funding for rail or

2145
01:17:16,316 --> 01:17:17,417
for or for transit. 40% of our

2146
01:17:17,417 --> 01:17:19,220
economy, at least along the

2147
01:17:19,220 --> 01:17:21,620
Central Coast, relies on

2148
01:17:23,190 --> 01:17:24,591
tourism. When 5 or 99 shut down

2149
01:17:24,591 --> 01:17:26,261
due to inclement weather, the

2150
01:17:26,261 --> 01:17:27,462
one on one becomes your only

2151
01:17:27,462 --> 01:17:28,930
north south connector in the

2152
01:17:28,930 --> 01:17:30,398
state. And it's been an

2153
01:17:30,398 --> 01:17:32,967
evacuation route, as we've seen

2154
01:17:32,967 --> 01:17:33,934
time and time again. So those

2155
01:17:33,934 --> 01:17:35,102
conversations need to be

2156
01:17:35,102 --> 01:17:36,837
factored in. So what the bill

2157
01:17:36,837 --> 01:17:39,407
currently does right now, it's

2158
01:17:39,407 --> 01:17:41,176
going to change, I'm sure of it.

2159
01:17:41,176 --> 01:17:42,209
And we're fortunate that

2160
01:17:42,209 --> 01:17:44,770
Senator Lindeman is now the

2161
01:17:44,770 --> 01:17:45,246
Senate PRESIDENT Pro tem of the

2162
01:17:45,246 --> 01:17:48,846
Senate. So we have a strong

2163
01:17:50,518 --> 01:17:52,319
advocate there. But it delays

2164
01:17:52,319 --> 01:17:53,588
it, gives sb, cag more time in

2165
01:17:53,588 --> 01:17:55,222
order to put the Sustainable

2166
01:17:55,222 --> 01:17:56,224
Community Strategies plans

2167
01:17:56,224 --> 01:17:57,325
together, which is fine,

2168
01:17:57,325 --> 01:17:58,525
because we get into this

2169
01:17:58,525 --> 01:17:59,861
redundancy of just doing plan

2170
01:17:59,861 --> 01:18:01,763
after plan, but then they're

2171
01:18:01,763 --> 01:18:03,565
trying to fix some money to

2172
01:18:03,565 --> 01:18:05,232
their endeavor because us

2173
01:18:05,232 --> 01:18:06,533
coming out of pocket again for

2174
01:18:06,533 --> 01:18:07,702
unfunded state mandate doesn't

2175
01:18:07,702 --> 01:18:08,903
seem quite fair. So we're

2176
01:18:08,903 --> 01:18:11,439
trying to see how that shakes

2177
01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:13,700
out. So conversations will be

2178
01:18:13,700 --> 01:18:14,641
ongoing. Will be we'll play a

2179
01:18:14,641 --> 01:18:17,344
large role in that conversation.

2180
01:18:17,344 --> 01:18:20,810
And then the gas tax conversion,

2181
01:18:20,810 --> 01:18:22,182
this has been an ongoing thing.

2182
01:18:22,182 --> 01:18:24,552
The last time Senate Bill one

2183
01:18:24,552 --> 01:18:26,553
was sort of a band aid. It was

2184
01:18:26,553 --> 01:18:28,323
one time funding at the time

2185
01:18:28,323 --> 01:18:29,757
where we thought, hey, we can

2186
01:18:29,757 --> 01:18:30,492
increase the gas tax, have a

2187
01:18:30,492 --> 01:18:32,930
registration fee, and then

2188
01:18:32,930 --> 01:18:33,194
we'll convert over to something

2189
01:18:33,194 --> 01:18:34,895
else. Well, we haven't done

2190
01:18:34,895 --> 01:18:37,332
that since 2017. And so prior

2191
01:18:37,332 --> 01:18:38,399
to 2017, the last time that we

2192
01:18:38,399 --> 01:18:40,399
increased funding for

2193
01:18:40,602 --> 01:18:42,360
transportation was 1994. So

2194
01:18:42,360 --> 01:18:44,436
there's some misinformation on

2195
01:18:44,505 --> 01:18:46,674
the the road user charge or vmt

2196
01:18:46,674 --> 01:18:49,911
fee, however you want to refer

2197
01:18:49,911 --> 01:18:50,978
to it. And it's it is a

2198
01:18:50,978 --> 01:18:52,450
conundrum. It's a dichotomy

2199
01:18:52,450 --> 01:18:53,180
because the state wants to

2200
01:18:53,180 --> 01:18:54,615
reduce vehicle miles traveled,

2201
01:18:54,615 --> 01:18:55,849
yet they're trying to possibly

2202
01:18:55,849 --> 01:18:57,418
rely on vehicle miles traveled

2203
01:18:57,418 --> 01:18:58,385
to fund our infrastructure.

2204
01:18:58,385 --> 01:19:00,287
You're going to wind up having

2205
01:19:00,287 --> 01:19:01,556
the same problem as the gas tax.

2206
01:19:01,556 --> 01:19:02,856
It's a declining revenue source

2207
01:19:02,856 --> 01:19:04,324
because people telecommute more.

2208
01:19:04,324 --> 01:19:05,326
There are more electric

2209
01:19:05,326 --> 01:19:07,726
vehicles, although there's such

2210
01:19:07,995 --> 01:19:08,896
a small segment of the current

2211
01:19:08,896 --> 01:19:11,199
fleet that's out there, they're

2212
01:19:11,199 --> 01:19:12,667
about 7%. There's 32 million

2213
01:19:12,667 --> 01:19:14,101
registered cars in the state.

2214
01:19:14,101 --> 01:19:15,536
So we need something that's

2215
01:19:15,536 --> 01:19:16,603
more sustainable. Our

2216
01:19:16,603 --> 01:19:19,300
suggestion was maybe just

2217
01:19:19,808 --> 01:19:20,942
converting over to a vehicle

2218
01:19:20,942 --> 01:19:22,676
registration fee, which already

2219
01:19:22,676 --> 01:19:23,777
exists. It's progressive. Cars

2220
01:19:23,777 --> 01:19:25,612
depreciate, you pay less. It's

2221
01:19:25,612 --> 01:19:27,612
stable, predictable funding.

2222
01:19:27,915 --> 01:19:30,285
You can have people save money

2223
01:19:30,285 --> 01:19:31,285
there too. So that's an ongoing

2224
01:19:31,285 --> 01:19:33,153
conversation that we're happy

2225
01:19:33,153 --> 01:19:34,955
to engage the board on. And

2226
01:19:34,955 --> 01:19:37,425
then next slide please. So our

2227
01:19:37,425 --> 01:19:39,825
state platform protect and

2228
01:19:40,361 --> 01:19:42,129
acquire state funding a focus

2229
01:19:42,129 --> 01:19:44,364
of ours is on the broadband

2230
01:19:44,364 --> 01:19:46,100
piece. So sb cag was a

2231
01:19:46,100 --> 01:19:47,202
recipient. It was one time

2232
01:19:47,202 --> 01:19:50,202
funding that we received from

2233
01:19:50,839 --> 01:19:52,206
the feds where we have a $15

2234
01:19:52,206 --> 01:19:54,606
million share. We've received

2235
01:19:55,108 --> 01:19:56,610
about $4 million. There's about

2236
01:19:56,610 --> 01:19:58,512
11 million outstanding of the

2237
01:19:58,512 --> 01:20:00,848
puc owes us. So we want to talk

2238
01:20:00,848 --> 01:20:03,160
to Senator Assemblymember Hart

2239
01:20:03,160 --> 01:20:04,485
and others about trying to get

2240
01:20:04,485 --> 01:20:05,953
the full balance of that to

2241
01:20:05,953 --> 01:20:07,322
drive down vehicle miles

2242
01:20:07,322 --> 01:20:08,423
traveled to provide more

2243
01:20:08,423 --> 01:20:10,190
accessibility to others, you

2244
01:20:10,190 --> 01:20:12,392
know, within the region to work

2245
01:20:12,392 --> 01:20:14,496
from home, study from home,

2246
01:20:14,496 --> 01:20:15,996
whatever it is with the

2247
01:20:15,996 --> 01:20:18,233
Olympics. I know that we had

2248
01:20:18,233 --> 01:20:20,340
the picture earlier with

2249
01:20:20,340 --> 01:20:21,235
Director Comey. I know Director

2250
01:20:21,235 --> 01:20:22,736
Kern's been working with him.

2251
01:20:22,736 --> 01:20:24,105
So however, we can collaborate

2252
01:20:24,105 --> 01:20:26,173
and looking for resources to

2253
01:20:26,173 --> 01:20:27,341
help out with logistics and

2254
01:20:27,341 --> 01:20:29,277
facilitating a successful event.

2255
01:20:29,277 --> 01:20:31,212
And what we expect to be, a lot

2256
01:20:31,212 --> 01:20:32,413
of people are going to want to

2257
01:20:32,413 --> 01:20:34,314
come up this way to see what

2258
01:20:34,314 --> 01:20:35,215
the Central Coast has to offer

2259
01:20:35,215 --> 01:20:36,451
enhancing transit services,

2260
01:20:36,451 --> 01:20:40,510
trying to get the full balance

2261
01:20:40,188 --> 01:20:42,230
of our 125 funding, expanding

2262
01:20:42,230 --> 01:20:43,925
passenger rail service. That's

2263
01:20:43,925 --> 01:20:45,926
there's a gap in service.

2264
01:20:45,926 --> 01:20:48,463
Really low end terminates in

2265
01:20:48,463 --> 01:20:49,931
San Luis Obispo. And then

2266
01:20:49,931 --> 01:20:51,299
you've got Cap corridor and

2267
01:20:51,299 --> 01:20:53,201
others that terminate in San

2268
01:20:53,201 --> 01:20:55,769
Jose. So there's about a 153

2269
01:20:55,769 --> 01:20:57,471
mile gap. If we clear that gap

2270
01:20:57,471 --> 01:20:59,607
you'd probably help encourage

2271
01:20:59,607 --> 01:21:00,708
mode shift. There's more

2272
01:21:00,708 --> 01:21:02,143
discretionary riders along the

2273
01:21:02,143 --> 01:21:03,577
coast and then addressing

2274
01:21:03,577 --> 01:21:05,846
climate change excess revenues.

2275
01:21:05,846 --> 01:21:07,916
So there was discussion when we

2276
01:21:07,916 --> 01:21:09,651
passed the cap and Invest

2277
01:21:09,651 --> 01:21:10,852
program that because of the

2278
01:21:10,852 --> 01:21:12,320
market stability, that there

2279
01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:13,721
would be excess revenues

2280
01:21:13,721 --> 01:21:15,290
produced through the auctions.

2281
01:21:15,290 --> 01:21:17,625
If so, we'd like to see that

2282
01:21:17,625 --> 01:21:19,427
augmented towards transit,

2283
01:21:19,427 --> 01:21:21,563
whether that's operations and

2284
01:21:21,563 --> 01:21:22,363
capital, maybe even active

2285
01:21:22,363 --> 01:21:23,565
transportation, because that's,

2286
01:21:23,565 --> 01:21:24,898
you know, been dwindling. If

2287
01:21:24,898 --> 01:21:26,568
that's something that the sb

2288
01:21:26,568 --> 01:21:29,170
cag wants to pursue and then

2289
01:21:29,170 --> 01:21:30,905
House money is reap was one

2290
01:21:30,905 --> 01:21:32,639
time funding. We need more of

2291
01:21:32,639 --> 01:21:34,942
it clearly because otherwise

2292
01:21:34,942 --> 01:21:36,900
your arena documents are just a

2293
01:21:36,900 --> 01:21:38,345
concept that you can't really

2294
01:21:38,345 --> 01:21:39,413
execute on. So we're looking

2295
01:21:39,413 --> 01:21:41,382
for some assistance there. And

2296
01:21:41,382 --> 01:21:42,884
maybe the sb 375 exercise will

2297
01:21:42,884 --> 01:21:44,685
help provide some clarity on

2298
01:21:44,685 --> 01:21:46,530
that. So that concludes my

2299
01:21:46,530 --> 01:21:47,221
report. And I think the

2300
01:21:47,221 --> 01:21:49,122
trapdoor is going to open if i

2301
01:21:49,122 --> 01:21:51,391
go longer. So I'll take any

2302
01:21:51,391 --> 01:21:52,860
questions. Director Lavagnino

2303
01:21:52,860 --> 01:21:54,728
thank you, MR. Chair. So I want

2304
01:21:54,728 --> 01:21:56,196
to go back to the gas tax

2305
01:21:56,196 --> 01:21:57,731
because seems like a lot of

2306
01:21:57,731 --> 01:21:59,666
concern in the community. And I

2307
01:21:59,666 --> 01:22:02,202
think a lot of it is there's

2308
01:22:02,202 --> 01:22:03,237
just because it just gets a lot

2309
01:22:03,237 --> 01:22:05,637
of misinformation out there

2310
01:22:06,174 --> 01:22:07,609
right away. So first off, how

2311
01:22:07,609 --> 01:22:09,743
much per gallon are we paying

2312
01:22:09,743 --> 01:22:12,579
just in like a state gas tax,

2313
01:22:12,579 --> 01:22:14,815
sb one attached to it. So all

2314
01:22:14,815 --> 01:22:15,949
in it and it's adjusted for

2315
01:22:15,949 --> 01:22:18,949
inflation. Every single year we

2316
01:22:20,187 --> 01:22:22,389
pay 61.2 cents. And then if

2317
01:22:22,389 --> 01:22:24,224
we're talking about a vmt or

2318
01:22:24,224 --> 01:22:26,261
what I like better is your idea

2319
01:22:26,261 --> 01:22:28,262
of a registration. And I'd like

2320
01:22:28,262 --> 01:22:29,931
to see how far that idea is if

2321
01:22:29,931 --> 01:22:32,331
that's getting any traction.

2322
01:22:33,167 --> 01:22:34,701
But is that in lieu of or in

2323
01:22:34,701 --> 01:22:36,771
addition to the $0.61 that

2324
01:22:36,771 --> 01:22:38,338
we're paying the the road user

2325
01:22:38,338 --> 01:22:40,374
charge or vmt charge would be

2326
01:22:40,374 --> 01:22:41,910
in lieu of the gas tax. And so

2327
01:22:41,910 --> 01:22:43,178
currently it's being tested at

2328
01:22:43,178 --> 01:22:45,380
two and a half cents. That was

2329
01:22:45,380 --> 01:22:47,481
the most recent pilot. And so

2330
01:22:47,481 --> 01:22:50,185
it's the gas tax generates

2331
01:22:50,185 --> 01:22:51,190
about $8.1 billion per year. So

2332
01:22:51,190 --> 01:22:52,854
that's the nut that they have

2333
01:22:52,854 --> 01:22:54,756
to kind of crack right. Going

2334
01:22:54,756 --> 01:22:55,824
forward. Kind of got to work it

2335
01:22:55,824 --> 01:22:57,759
backwards a little bit. Yes

2336
01:22:57,759 --> 01:22:58,959
okay. So I mean there's a lot

2337
01:22:58,959 --> 01:23:01,620
of reasons and I've heard a lot

2338
01:23:01,620 --> 01:23:04,932
of them why vmt is is just kind

2339
01:23:04,932 --> 01:23:06,668
of a bad tool. It kind of just

2340
01:23:06,668 --> 01:23:07,901
it's a disadvantage to people

2341
01:23:07,901 --> 01:23:09,803
in rural communities, those

2342
01:23:09,803 --> 01:23:13,874
types of things. So I like the

2343
01:23:13,874 --> 01:23:15,108
idea of, of of moving to it. So

2344
01:23:15,108 --> 01:23:16,811
how would the registration EVs

2345
01:23:16,811 --> 01:23:18,450
they register the same? I don't

2346
01:23:18,450 --> 01:23:20,114
have one, but they register the

2347
01:23:20,114 --> 01:23:22,850
same as every other car. Yeah.

2348
01:23:22,850 --> 01:23:23,984
So what currently happens is

2349
01:23:23,984 --> 01:23:25,118
it's called the transportation

2350
01:23:25,118 --> 01:23:27,354
improvement fee. So there's

2351
01:23:27,354 --> 01:23:29,189
it's a tiered flat fee based on

2352
01:23:29,189 --> 01:23:30,859
the valuation of your vehicle.

2353
01:23:30,859 --> 01:23:32,693
And so I think it's gone up.

2354
01:23:32,693 --> 01:23:34,561
It's like $33 if your car is

2355
01:23:34,561 --> 01:23:36,898
worth less than 5000, which is

2356
01:23:36,898 --> 01:23:38,660
about 41% of all cars in the

2357
01:23:38,660 --> 01:23:40,635
state, believe it or not. And

2358
01:23:40,635 --> 01:23:42,669
then another 30% are cars that

2359
01:23:42,669 --> 01:23:45,206
are 25,000 or less. They pay

2360
01:23:45,206 --> 01:23:46,874
about $66, and so only 3% of

2361
01:23:46,874 --> 01:23:49,144
cars in the state are worth

2362
01:23:49,144 --> 01:23:50,244
over $60,000. And so but cars

2363
01:23:50,244 --> 01:23:51,412
depreciate, so you pay less.

2364
01:23:51,412 --> 01:23:53,847
But that revenue source has

2365
01:23:53,847 --> 01:23:55,749
been going up because it's

2366
01:23:55,749 --> 01:23:57,918
indexed for inflation. So in

2367
01:23:57,918 --> 01:23:59,918
2018 it generated 1.7 billion.

2368
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:01,455
And now it generates over $2.5

2369
01:24:01,455 --> 01:24:02,523
billion. The electric vehicles.

2370
01:24:02,523 --> 01:24:04,159
It's interesting how those are

2371
01:24:04,159 --> 01:24:06,127
treated. So in Senate Bill one

2372
01:24:06,127 --> 01:24:07,128
there was a new fee they pay in

2373
01:24:07,128 --> 01:24:09,528
addition to the registration

2374
01:24:09,697 --> 01:24:11,498
fee, a fee just for electric

2375
01:24:11,498 --> 01:24:13,367
vehicles. And so there's about

2376
01:24:13,367 --> 01:24:16,236
2.5 million, but not all of

2377
01:24:16,236 --> 01:24:19,706
them pay it. It was all it was

2378
01:24:19,706 --> 01:24:21,942
cars after 2020. And there were

2379
01:24:21,942 --> 01:24:24,342
about 700,000 of them in

2380
01:24:24,444 --> 01:24:26,844
existence before 2020. And so

2381
01:24:27,800 --> 01:24:28,982
that's about $121 annually that

2382
01:24:28,982 --> 01:24:30,918
they pay. So I think there's a

2383
01:24:30,918 --> 01:24:33,787
way to just have all 32 million

2384
01:24:33,787 --> 01:24:35,789
cars pay. Or if you wanted to

2385
01:24:35,789 --> 01:24:36,890
do it by by driver, I guess you

2386
01:24:36,890 --> 01:24:37,958
could do that. But it's

2387
01:24:37,958 --> 01:24:39,694
probably better per vehicle.

2388
01:24:39,694 --> 01:24:40,862
And then it would reduce the

2389
01:24:40,862 --> 01:24:42,620
amount if you convert over from

2390
01:24:42,620 --> 01:24:43,832
what people currently pay from

2391
01:24:43,832 --> 01:24:44,866
a gas tax. And the current

2392
01:24:44,866 --> 01:24:46,340
registration fee is, is there

2393
01:24:46,340 --> 01:24:47,701
anything out there that tells

2394
01:24:47,701 --> 01:24:49,370
you what the average person

2395
01:24:49,370 --> 01:24:50,805
pays in gas tax year? I'm just

2396
01:24:50,805 --> 01:24:52,600
trying to think of how many

2397
01:24:52,600 --> 01:24:53,740
gallons I go through and what

2398
01:24:53,740 --> 01:24:54,943
that would look like on a

2399
01:24:54,943 --> 01:24:56,778
registration. So the rough, the

2400
01:24:56,778 --> 01:24:58,612
rough math is and I'd have to

2401
01:24:58,612 --> 01:25:00,481
defer to Caltrans or to others,

2402
01:25:00,481 --> 01:25:03,317
but all we can go off of is

2403
01:25:03,317 --> 01:25:04,117
what's published. So the

2404
01:25:04,117 --> 01:25:05,420
California Department of Tax

2405
01:25:05,420 --> 01:25:06,488
and Fee Administration

2406
01:25:06,488 --> 01:25:08,560
publishes the amount that's

2407
01:25:08,560 --> 01:25:09,423
generated for the gas tax. And

2408
01:25:09,423 --> 01:25:10,891
then the Energy Commission

2409
01:25:10,891 --> 01:25:12,392
publishes the amount of gallons.

2410
01:25:12,392 --> 01:25:15,992
And so the rough estimate is

2411
01:25:18,433 --> 01:25:21,433
that it's about $291 per driver

2412
01:25:21,702 --> 01:25:24,702
and per vehicle. It's about

2413
01:25:25,500 --> 01:25:27,750
$270 or so. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

2414
01:25:27,750 --> 01:25:29,243
The only I like the

2415
01:25:29,243 --> 01:25:30,644
registration idea. I mean,

2416
01:25:30,644 --> 01:25:32,813
theoretically your gas prices

2417
01:25:32,813 --> 01:25:34,470
would drop, but then you'd also

2418
01:25:34,470 --> 01:25:36,500
but in lieu of that, you're

2419
01:25:36,500 --> 01:25:38,218
being hit with this other fee.

2420
01:25:38,218 --> 01:25:39,420
I'm curious if there's any talk

2421
01:25:39,420 --> 01:25:40,754
of the thing is, when you're

2422
01:25:40,754 --> 01:25:42,289
buying gas, you're buying it

2423
01:25:42,289 --> 01:25:44,225
once a week or whatever, you

2424
01:25:44,225 --> 01:25:45,426
spread it out as opposed to you

2425
01:25:45,426 --> 01:25:47,528
get this big bill one at, you

2426
01:25:47,528 --> 01:25:49,730
know, in APRIL and it says, hey,

2427
01:25:49,730 --> 01:25:51,198
you owe x. I could see that

2428
01:25:51,198 --> 01:25:52,633
being a problem for people, but

2429
01:25:52,633 --> 01:25:54,402
I'm sure they're looking at

2430
01:25:54,402 --> 01:25:56,304
that. They are. And I think the

2431
01:25:56,304 --> 01:25:57,604
method of collection, I think

2432
01:25:57,604 --> 01:25:58,873
is to be determined. But

2433
01:25:58,873 --> 01:25:59,873
there's nothing to preclude the

2434
01:25:59,873 --> 01:26:00,974
legislature from saying, hey,

2435
01:26:00,974 --> 01:26:02,177
let's collect this monthly. I

2436
01:26:02,177 --> 01:26:03,812
think that was the intention

2437
01:26:03,812 --> 01:26:05,379
with the road user charge.

2438
01:26:05,379 --> 01:26:07,182
That's going to be a little bit

2439
01:26:07,182 --> 01:26:08,283
trickier. I think just some of

2440
01:26:08,283 --> 01:26:09,917
the backlash has been, well,

2441
01:26:09,917 --> 01:26:11,510
it's a privacy concern. People

2442
01:26:11,510 --> 01:26:12,452
don't really want the

2443
01:26:12,452 --> 01:26:14,255
transponder. Although our cell

2444
01:26:14,255 --> 01:26:15,889
phones and our cars have gps. I

2445
01:26:15,889 --> 01:26:17,492
think it's just it's more overt

2446
01:26:17,492 --> 01:26:18,892
for some. So legislators

2447
01:26:18,892 --> 01:26:20,360
haven't wanted to touch that.

2448
01:26:20,360 --> 01:26:22,229
It is a fairness issue, the

2449
01:26:22,229 --> 01:26:24,299
rural versus urban dynamic, you

2450
01:26:24,299 --> 01:26:25,866
know, that kind of a thing. But

2451
01:26:25,866 --> 01:26:26,968
so where are we at on this? I

2452
01:26:26,968 --> 01:26:28,902
mean, like what's kind of

2453
01:26:28,902 --> 01:26:30,838
timeline or is it just going to

2454
01:26:30,838 --> 01:26:32,500
fade away and we're going to be

2455
01:26:32,500 --> 01:26:33,841
paying gas tax? My fear, my

2456
01:26:33,841 --> 01:26:34,842
fear is that there has been

2457
01:26:34,842 --> 01:26:36,544
misinformation about the road

2458
01:26:36,544 --> 01:26:37,945
user charge. Doing nothing is

2459
01:26:37,945 --> 01:26:39,413
the absolute worst option,

2460
01:26:39,413 --> 01:26:41,949
because we're projected to lose

2461
01:26:41,949 --> 01:26:43,351
about $5 billion in gas tax

2462
01:26:43,351 --> 01:26:44,886
revenue over the next decade.

2463
01:26:44,886 --> 01:26:46,287
So we have to do something. And

2464
01:26:46,287 --> 01:26:47,321
if we don't do something under

2465
01:26:47,321 --> 01:26:48,923
this current administration,

2466
01:26:48,923 --> 01:26:50,257
which I know it's his last year

2467
01:26:50,257 --> 01:26:52,250
governor, Governor Newsom, the

2468
01:26:52,250 --> 01:26:53,227
new governor, is going to not

2469
01:26:53,227 --> 01:26:55,280
going to want to do this in

2470
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:56,263
their first year, either. It's

2471
01:26:56,263 --> 01:26:58,310
going to take a while and who

2472
01:26:58,310 --> 01:26:59,199
knows what their priorities are

2473
01:26:59,199 --> 01:27:01,340
going to be. So, you know,

2474
01:27:01,340 --> 01:27:02,337
we're happy to come back and

2475
01:27:02,337 --> 01:27:06,400
give more of a deeper dive, you

2476
01:27:06,400 --> 01:27:07,275
know, on this. But I think the

2477
01:27:07,275 --> 01:27:09,643
Road User Task force has been

2478
01:27:09,643 --> 01:27:10,410
looking at this for 12 years,

2479
01:27:10,410 --> 01:27:11,779
and they haven't moved the

2480
01:27:11,779 --> 01:27:13,413
needle on the conversation. So

2481
01:27:13,413 --> 01:27:14,382
it's time to look at different

2482
01:27:14,382 --> 01:27:15,416
alternatives. And we already

2483
01:27:15,416 --> 01:27:16,483
collect the vehicle

2484
01:27:16,483 --> 01:27:17,619
registration fee. And it's not

2485
01:27:17,619 --> 01:27:19,386
something that you really hear

2486
01:27:19,386 --> 01:27:20,755
much about. And again cars

2487
01:27:20,755 --> 01:27:21,989
depreciate so you wind up

2488
01:27:21,989 --> 01:27:23,824
paying less which is kind of

2489
01:27:23,824 --> 01:27:24,893
the beauty of it. So it's

2490
01:27:24,893 --> 01:27:26,126
progressive and there's a way

2491
01:27:26,126 --> 01:27:28,280
for people to save especially

2492
01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:30,531
on the lower end. So it kind of

2493
01:27:30,531 --> 01:27:32,600
checks the box on affordability.

2494
01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:35,000
Thanks. Of course, Director

2495
01:27:35,536 --> 01:27:38,772
Mosby, I'd be more apt to

2496
01:27:38,772 --> 01:27:40,641
support a vmt. I have eight

2497
01:27:40,641 --> 01:27:41,976
vehicles that I have, but each

2498
01:27:41,976 --> 01:27:43,243
vehicle is used for different

2499
01:27:43,243 --> 01:27:45,130
purposes and different reasons.

2500
01:27:45,130 --> 01:27:48,482
They have it so you'd be paying

2501
01:27:48,482 --> 01:27:49,583
an increased dmv charge for

2502
01:27:49,583 --> 01:27:51,983
registering a vehicle that's

2503
01:27:52,821 --> 01:27:56,890
parked, you know, six out of

2504
01:27:56,890 --> 01:27:57,558
seven days. It's kind of a I

2505
01:27:57,558 --> 01:27:59,127
guess you can blame it because

2506
01:27:59,127 --> 01:28:00,228
somebody has the ability to own

2507
01:28:00,228 --> 01:28:03,960
more vehicles. That's more fair

2508
01:28:03,960 --> 01:28:04,980
to to burden them than somebody

2509
01:28:04,980 --> 01:28:05,934
who's actually using the roads

2510
01:28:05,934 --> 01:28:08,302
in the driving. And like you

2511
01:28:08,302 --> 01:28:09,503
say, the vehicles are already

2512
01:28:09,503 --> 01:28:11,903
watched significantly all the

2513
01:28:12,273 --> 01:28:13,574
way around. So one of the

2514
01:28:13,574 --> 01:28:14,708
aspects that you didn't put up

2515
01:28:14,708 --> 01:28:16,910
there, some states are able to

2516
01:28:16,910 --> 01:28:18,378
build asphalt for significantly

2517
01:28:18,378 --> 01:28:21,748
less. I think Texas was, what,

2518
01:28:21,748 --> 01:28:23,510
three a third as much per mile

2519
01:28:23,510 --> 01:28:25,586
or something. I'm trying to

2520
01:28:25,586 --> 01:28:27,321
remember my visit there, but I

2521
01:28:27,321 --> 01:28:29,724
mean, if you could maybe find

2522
01:28:29,724 --> 01:28:32,260
ways to be call it efficiency

2523
01:28:32,260 --> 01:28:33,228
or whatever it is, but other

2524
01:28:33,228 --> 01:28:35,290
states are able to do this and

2525
01:28:35,290 --> 01:28:38,290
save a significant amount of

2526
01:28:39,234 --> 01:28:41,336
money by. Multiple different

2527
01:28:41,336 --> 01:28:42,537
ways. And that wasn't one of

2528
01:28:42,537 --> 01:28:44,638
your things is how can we how

2529
01:28:44,638 --> 01:28:45,772
can we do it more efficiently?

2530
01:28:45,772 --> 01:28:48,342
What is their trigger there to

2531
01:28:48,342 --> 01:28:49,510
be able to do it? I know a lot

2532
01:28:49,510 --> 01:28:51,412
of the answer that's there, but

2533
01:28:51,412 --> 01:28:52,514
people hate to say that as many

2534
01:28:52,514 --> 01:28:53,648
times we spend more money

2535
01:28:53,648 --> 01:28:56,183
studying a problem than fixing

2536
01:28:56,183 --> 01:28:56,950
the problem. And like you

2537
01:28:56,950 --> 01:28:59,200
mentioned, sometimes it can

2538
01:28:59,200 --> 01:29:01,589
take ten years to get a project

2539
01:29:01,589 --> 01:29:03,240
up and going. And again, we

2540
01:29:03,240 --> 01:29:05,125
just sit there and study, study,

2541
01:29:05,125 --> 01:29:06,260
study. Or I've seen it. When we

2542
01:29:06,260 --> 01:29:07,361
send people out to study a

2543
01:29:07,361 --> 01:29:09,130
project, you might have 15

2544
01:29:09,130 --> 01:29:10,998
people coming out looking at

2545
01:29:10,998 --> 01:29:12,367
the white line on a street, but

2546
01:29:12,367 --> 01:29:13,835
maybe there's ways that we can

2547
01:29:13,835 --> 01:29:14,936
get more efficient with this

2548
01:29:14,936 --> 01:29:17,504
and save a significant amount

2549
01:29:17,504 --> 01:29:19,730
of money. Right? Yeah, I think

2550
01:29:19,730 --> 01:29:20,675
the legislature's open. They

2551
01:29:20,675 --> 01:29:23,545
don't have a good solution. And

2552
01:29:23,545 --> 01:29:24,813
so they're open. It's just so

2553
01:29:24,813 --> 01:29:26,314
far the road user charges has

2554
01:29:26,314 --> 01:29:29,284
not resonated. It hasn't had

2555
01:29:29,284 --> 01:29:30,718
any any traction. So but doing

2556
01:29:30,718 --> 01:29:33,718
nothing is absolutely the worst

2557
01:29:35,156 --> 01:29:38,156
option. Any questions down in

2558
01:29:41,162 --> 01:29:43,130
Santa Barbara. Okay. So just

2559
01:29:43,130 --> 01:29:44,665
aside from that, MR. Vice Chair,

2560
01:29:44,665 --> 01:29:46,233
we look forward to hosting you

2561
01:29:46,233 --> 01:29:48,350
on MARCH 18th for the Central

2562
01:29:48,350 --> 01:29:49,636
Coast Coalition Legislative day.

2563
01:29:49,636 --> 01:29:51,606
So we go up to Sacramento every

2564
01:29:51,606 --> 01:29:53,475
single year. We work with Santa

2565
01:29:53,475 --> 01:29:54,709
Cruz on down to meet with, you

2566
01:29:54,709 --> 01:29:56,110
know, the entire delegation,

2567
01:29:56,110 --> 01:29:57,511
and we'll meet with the policy

2568
01:29:57,511 --> 01:29:59,470
committee chairs and such. And

2569
01:29:59,470 --> 01:30:00,848
so look forward to having a

2570
01:30:00,848 --> 01:30:03,651
productive day. Thank you so

2571
01:30:03,651 --> 01:30:05,285
much. All right. So we talked

2572
01:30:05,285 --> 01:30:06,453
about the actions before you

2573
01:30:06,453 --> 01:30:08,555
today. So it's approving the

2574
01:30:08,555 --> 01:30:09,924
state and federal legislative

2575
01:30:09,924 --> 01:30:11,426
platforms. We can certainly

2576
01:30:11,426 --> 01:30:12,793
follow up with some additional

2577
01:30:12,793 --> 01:30:14,962
opportunities for the board. If

2578
01:30:14,962 --> 01:30:16,163
you want to do a deep dive a

2579
01:30:16,163 --> 01:30:17,931
little bit more on the road

2580
01:30:17,931 --> 01:30:20,340
user charge and some things

2581
01:30:20,340 --> 01:30:22,536
that are happening around there,

2582
01:30:22,536 --> 01:30:24,371
and then with that, looking to

2583
01:30:24,371 --> 01:30:26,874
get some authorization from you

2584
01:30:26,874 --> 01:30:28,709
for to sign on to the state

2585
01:30:28,709 --> 01:30:30,478
federal reauthorization

2586
01:30:30,478 --> 01:30:32,313
principles. And that's before

2587
01:30:32,313 --> 01:30:33,714
you. Thank you very much. Is

2588
01:30:33,714 --> 01:30:35,482
there any public comment on

2589
01:30:35,482 --> 01:30:36,885
this item? There are any

2590
01:30:36,885 --> 01:30:38,386
members of the public on the

2591
01:30:38,386 --> 01:30:39,821
zoom webinar who wish to speak?

2592
01:30:39,821 --> 01:30:41,256
Please use the raise Hand

2593
01:30:41,256 --> 01:30:44,856
feature, and I will call upon

2594
01:30:45,259 --> 01:30:47,600
you. We did not receive any

2595
01:30:47,600 --> 01:30:48,863
public comment for this item in

2596
01:30:48,863 --> 01:30:50,298
advance, and there are no

2597
01:30:50,298 --> 01:30:51,733
attendees on zoom who wish to

2598
01:30:51,733 --> 01:30:53,334
speak. Okay, we'll bring it

2599
01:30:53,334 --> 01:30:54,802
back to the board for

2600
01:30:54,802 --> 01:30:57,202
discussion and a possible

2601
01:31:02,911 --> 01:31:04,278
motion. Not hearing much

2602
01:31:04,278 --> 01:31:05,779
discussion. Is there anyone who

2603
01:31:05,779 --> 01:31:07,981
would like to make a motion?

2604
01:31:07,981 --> 01:31:10,485
I'll move one through four. In

2605
01:31:10,485 --> 01:31:11,553
today's staff report, I have a

2606
01:31:11,553 --> 01:31:14,489
first from Director Hartman. Do

2607
01:31:14,489 --> 01:31:15,823
we have a second? Second with

2608
01:31:15,823 --> 01:31:17,225
the second from Director Patino?

2609
01:31:17,225 --> 01:31:19,600
If we could do a roll call.

2610
01:31:19,600 --> 01:31:21,460
Vote, please. Director Perrotti

2611
01:31:22,663 --> 01:31:25,663
I, director Patino. I director

2612
01:31:27,000 --> 01:31:29,137
Mosby I director Lee I director

2613
01:31:29,137 --> 01:31:31,137
lavagnino. Director. Julian.

2614
01:31:31,673 --> 01:31:33,673
Director. Hartman. Director.

2615
01:31:35,676 --> 01:31:38,676
Friedman I director Clark. I

2616
01:31:38,880 --> 01:31:41,280
director. Capps I. Director.

2617
01:31:41,748 --> 01:31:43,917
Brown. I, vice chair. Silva and

2618
01:31:43,917 --> 01:31:45,752
chair. Nelson is absent. Motion

2619
01:31:45,752 --> 01:31:47,388
passes. Wonderful. We'll now

2620
01:31:47,388 --> 01:31:48,388
move on to our executive

2621
01:31:48,388 --> 01:31:49,590
director report by Director

2622
01:31:49,590 --> 01:31:50,458
Kern. Thank you, MR. Vice

2623
01:31:50,458 --> 01:31:52,858
Chairperson, members of the

2624
01:31:53,260 --> 01:31:54,428
board. First of all, I want to

2625
01:31:54,428 --> 01:31:55,395
thank you for approving the

2626
01:31:55,395 --> 01:31:57,395
Intercity passenger Rail

2627
01:31:57,465 --> 01:31:59,233
Service agreement. This is a

2628
01:31:59,233 --> 01:32:01,502
major accomplishment for this

2629
01:32:01,502 --> 01:32:02,536
agency. And I also want to

2630
01:32:02,536 --> 01:32:03,670
acknowledge the major

2631
01:32:03,670 --> 01:32:05,670
accomplishment of the

2632
01:32:05,840 --> 01:32:07,175
multimodal divisional staff.

2633
01:32:07,175 --> 01:32:09,575
Aaron Bonfiglio couldn't make

2634
01:32:09,743 --> 01:32:10,844
it today. He's in la for a

2635
01:32:10,844 --> 01:32:12,279
meeting on the Low Sand

2636
01:32:12,279 --> 01:32:14,415
Corridor working group, so he

2637
01:32:14,415 --> 01:32:15,517
felt he needed to represent sb

2638
01:32:15,517 --> 01:32:17,352
cag down there. But Whitney

2639
01:32:17,352 --> 01:32:19,453
Rush has been actively involved

2640
01:32:19,453 --> 01:32:21,655
in the the development of the

2641
01:32:21,655 --> 01:32:22,924
agreements and the negotiations

2642
01:32:22,924 --> 01:32:24,792
throughout. So I just really

2643
01:32:24,792 --> 01:32:26,294
want to thank them for all

2644
01:32:26,294 --> 01:32:28,496
their efforts to get us to this

2645
01:32:28,496 --> 01:32:30,264
place. It's been a long,

2646
01:32:30,264 --> 01:32:31,365
frustrating road, but the

2647
01:32:31,365 --> 01:32:33,765
change in direction just

2648
01:32:33,835 --> 01:32:35,336
happened a few months ago, and

2649
01:32:35,336 --> 01:32:37,105
here we are today approving

2650
01:32:37,105 --> 01:32:38,173
this new agreement and

2651
01:32:38,173 --> 01:32:39,973
hopefully starting rail service

2652
01:32:39,973 --> 01:32:41,775
in the next month or so. So

2653
01:32:41,775 --> 01:32:43,243
thank you. Thank you for that.

2654
01:32:43,243 --> 01:32:44,778
I also want to thank Gus and

2655
01:32:44,778 --> 01:32:46,848
Don for their presentations and

2656
01:32:46,848 --> 01:32:48,248
their work representing sb, cag

2657
01:32:48,248 --> 01:32:50,830
at the state and federal level.

2658
01:32:50,830 --> 01:32:51,319
We have two legislative visits

2659
01:32:51,319 --> 01:32:52,586
coming up, which they mentioned

2660
01:32:52,586 --> 01:32:55,560
the first in Sacramento with

2661
01:32:55,560 --> 01:32:57,258
the Central Coast Coalition and

2662
01:32:57,258 --> 01:32:58,659
director, excuse me, vice Chair

2663
01:32:58,659 --> 01:32:59,827
Silva has volunteered

2664
01:32:59,827 --> 01:33:01,329
graciously, graciously

2665
01:33:01,329 --> 01:33:03,764
volunteered to represent sb cag

2666
01:33:03,764 --> 01:33:05,567
on that day. So thank you for

2667
01:33:05,567 --> 01:33:08,102
committing to that trip. And

2668
01:33:08,102 --> 01:33:09,536
then our dc trip with Chair

2669
01:33:09,536 --> 01:33:10,971
Nelson, Vice Chair Silva and

2670
01:33:10,971 --> 01:33:13,507
Director Rouse will happen as

2671
01:33:13,507 --> 01:33:14,909
well. Later this month, Cal cog

2672
01:33:14,909 --> 01:33:16,344
is hosting the Regional

2673
01:33:16,344 --> 01:33:18,879
Leadership Forum in MARCH as

2674
01:33:18,879 --> 01:33:19,980
well, and Director Pitino is

2675
01:33:19,980 --> 01:33:21,182
representing sb cag on this

2676
01:33:21,182 --> 01:33:22,883
board, so she'll be attending

2677
01:33:22,883 --> 01:33:24,953
the board meeting as well as

2678
01:33:24,953 --> 01:33:27,353
attending the conference itself.

2679
01:33:27,454 --> 01:33:29,323
And then last but not least,

2680
01:33:29,323 --> 01:33:31,910
measure a citizens advisory

2681
01:33:31,910 --> 01:33:32,526
committee will be meeting on

2682
01:33:32,526 --> 01:33:34,940
MARCH 4th to review the annual

2683
01:33:34,940 --> 01:33:35,896
report and an update on the

2684
01:33:35,896 --> 01:33:38,660
train schedule and from Ventura

2685
01:33:38,660 --> 01:33:40,767
to Goleta. So it will be a very

2686
01:33:40,767 --> 01:33:44,720
full agenda. And MARCH is going

2687
01:33:44,720 --> 01:33:45,305
to be a very busy month for us.

2688
01:33:45,305 --> 01:33:48,143
So with that, I'll pass it over

2689
01:33:48,143 --> 01:33:51,612
to the chair. Vice chair, thank

2690
01:33:51,612 --> 01:33:54,120
you very much. Caltrans

2691
01:33:54,883 --> 01:33:56,317
Director of Planning and Modal.

2692
01:33:56,317 --> 01:33:58,850
Thank you. Chair or vice chair

2693
01:33:58,850 --> 01:34:00,485
and directors brandy rider.

2694
01:34:00,788 --> 01:34:03,158
Just for the record planning

2695
01:34:03,158 --> 01:34:04,324
and modal deputy for district

2696
01:34:04,324 --> 01:34:05,660
five. I just really have only

2697
01:34:05,660 --> 01:34:07,660
one announcement today.

2698
01:34:08,195 --> 01:34:09,764
Caltrans recently announced a

2699
01:34:09,764 --> 01:34:11,566
$25 million Community Cleanup

2700
01:34:11,566 --> 01:34:13,966
and Employment Pathways grant.

2701
01:34:14,302 --> 01:34:17,205
We had four awards in district

2702
01:34:17,205 --> 01:34:18,272
five and one award here in

2703
01:34:18,272 --> 01:34:20,672
Santa Barbara County with

2704
01:34:21,175 --> 01:34:23,175
Guadalupe received about

2705
01:34:24,345 --> 01:34:25,113
280,000 for a City of Guadalupe

2706
01:34:25,113 --> 01:34:27,113
beautification project. So

2707
01:34:28,649 --> 01:34:30,484
we're excited to see a local

2708
01:34:30,484 --> 01:34:31,553
agency get that funding. And

2709
01:34:31,553 --> 01:34:33,187
with that, I don't really have

2710
01:34:33,187 --> 01:34:34,354
any other updates, but I'd be

2711
01:34:34,354 --> 01:34:37,354
happy to answer any questions

2712
01:34:40,928 --> 01:34:43,928
of the board. Any questions?

2713
01:34:44,899 --> 01:34:46,334
Anyone in Santa Barbara? All

2714
01:34:46,334 --> 01:34:49,203
right, we're moving right along.

2715
01:34:49,203 --> 01:34:51,772
Okay. Next up, we will go to

2716
01:34:51,772 --> 01:34:52,906
our committee meeting. Report

2717
01:34:52,906 --> 01:34:54,808
updates. Director Patino, do we

2718
01:34:54,808 --> 01:34:56,743
have anything from Cal Cog? Yes.

2719
01:34:56,743 --> 01:35:00,747
Thank you very much. This is my

2720
01:35:00,747 --> 01:35:02,216
first meeting and there was an

2721
01:35:02,216 --> 01:35:04,616
exploration of establishing a

2722
01:35:05,453 --> 01:35:07,921
500 and 1c3. It's right now it

2723
01:35:07,921 --> 01:35:09,220
operates with 500 1c4. And so

2724
01:35:09,220 --> 01:35:10,824
there was discussion and

2725
01:35:10,824 --> 01:35:12,193
information on that. We

2726
01:35:12,193 --> 01:35:14,620
discussed the regional

2727
01:35:14,620 --> 01:35:15,964
leadership forum which will be

2728
01:35:15,964 --> 01:35:18,933
coming up MARCH 11th, ninth

2729
01:35:18,933 --> 01:35:20,667
through 11th and got an update

2730
01:35:20,667 --> 01:35:23,471
on the state legislature, which

2731
01:35:23,471 --> 01:35:24,572
is what we're talking about, a

2732
01:35:24,572 --> 01:35:26,972
2.9 billion deficit. We'll see

2733
01:35:28,475 --> 01:35:31,312
what the MAY revise is. Then we

2734
01:35:31,312 --> 01:35:33,481
had a brief discussion on sb

2735
01:35:33,481 --> 01:35:34,481
375. Today was much more

2736
01:35:34,481 --> 01:35:36,881
clarified. Thank you, MR.

2737
01:35:37,451 --> 01:35:38,519
Becker, for that. And then

2738
01:35:38,519 --> 01:35:40,721
they're looking for a vice

2739
01:35:40,721 --> 01:35:41,756
PRESIDENT Nomination and nobody

2740
01:35:41,756 --> 01:35:44,156
volunteered. And that's about

2741
01:35:45,426 --> 01:35:46,793
it. Thank you. Great. Okay. And

2742
01:35:46,793 --> 01:35:47,695
then we'll go to Director

2743
01:35:47,695 --> 01:35:50,695
Perrotti to provide an update

2744
01:35:51,165 --> 01:35:53,268
on Lausanne. Thank you, vice

2745
01:35:53,268 --> 01:35:56,204
Chair Silva. Well, the main

2746
01:35:56,204 --> 01:35:59,720
topic of that meeting was the

2747
01:35:59,720 --> 01:36:00,809
extended rail service. And it

2748
01:36:00,809 --> 01:36:04,409
was met with a lot of

2749
01:36:04,813 --> 01:36:06,246
excitement and and positive

2750
01:36:06,246 --> 01:36:08,782
responses. We also talked a

2751
01:36:08,782 --> 01:36:12,382
little bit about we got a

2752
01:36:12,420 --> 01:36:14,889
briefing on the draft business

2753
01:36:14,889 --> 01:36:17,424
plan. I was able to get in two

2754
01:36:17,424 --> 01:36:19,660
edits and it'll come back for a

2755
01:36:19,660 --> 01:36:22,660
vote next, next meeting. And

2756
01:36:22,797 --> 01:36:26,397
the edits were that we would

2757
01:36:27,100 --> 01:36:30,700
make sure that was critical to.

2758
01:36:31,105 --> 01:36:34,705
The and the critical need for

2759
01:36:35,742 --> 01:36:37,911
service to continue via state

2760
01:36:37,911 --> 01:36:39,413
support. So we we talked about

2761
01:36:39,413 --> 01:36:40,815
making sure that that was in

2762
01:36:40,815 --> 01:36:42,449
there, that the necessary

2763
01:36:42,449 --> 01:36:45,153
funding from state be provided

2764
01:36:45,153 --> 01:36:49,122
to ensure we have not have to

2765
01:36:49,122 --> 01:36:51,259
reduce service and risk long

2766
01:36:51,259 --> 01:36:53,927
losing out on the benefits of

2767
01:36:53,927 --> 01:36:56,327
that. This particular service

2768
01:36:56,364 --> 01:36:58,310
will provide to San Luis from

2769
01:36:58,310 --> 01:37:00,969
la to San Luis Obispo,

2770
01:37:00,969 --> 01:37:02,770
especially with the Olympics,

2771
01:37:02,770 --> 01:37:04,239
you know, coming. So it does

2772
01:37:04,239 --> 01:37:06,600
benefit the whole corridor. So

2773
01:37:06,600 --> 01:37:08,842
that was that's end of my

2774
01:37:08,842 --> 01:37:09,844
report. Thank you very much,

2775
01:37:09,844 --> 01:37:11,412
director and director Perotti,

2776
01:37:11,412 --> 01:37:12,881
for those reports. We'll now go

2777
01:37:12,881 --> 01:37:13,982
to any one minute reports.

2778
01:37:13,982 --> 01:37:16,382
Anyone have anything they'd

2779
01:37:16,850 --> 01:37:19,720
like to. Oh doctor Julian I do

2780
01:37:19,720 --> 01:37:20,854
three three quick items. One is

2781
01:37:20,854 --> 01:37:21,890
thank you Caltrans for the for

2782
01:37:21,890 --> 01:37:23,658
the funding. It's very

2783
01:37:23,658 --> 01:37:25,920
important to us. And then

2784
01:37:25,920 --> 01:37:26,594
Senator Schiff was here in

2785
01:37:26,594 --> 01:37:28,630
Guadalupe and other other areas,

2786
01:37:28,630 --> 01:37:29,631
and they helped support the

2787
01:37:29,631 --> 01:37:31,566
learning center in Guadalupe

2788
01:37:31,566 --> 01:37:33,340
and also the senior center. And

2789
01:37:33,340 --> 01:37:35,502
then lastly, I'd like to thank

2790
01:37:35,502 --> 01:37:38,405
Lauren and Margie for braving

2791
01:37:38,405 --> 01:37:39,540
the winter, the snowstorm, the

2792
01:37:39,540 --> 01:37:40,909
hurricanes to meet with me this

2793
01:37:40,909 --> 01:37:43,309
morning. So appreciate that

2794
01:37:43,444 --> 01:37:44,546
update. Okay. Thank you.

2795
01:37:44,546 --> 01:37:46,447
Director Patino, did you have

2796
01:37:46,447 --> 01:37:49,616
an update you wanted? No I do

2797
01:37:49,616 --> 01:37:51,885
okay, perfect I. Director Mosby.

2798
01:37:51,885 --> 01:37:53,254
Yeah. Just will probably

2799
01:37:53,254 --> 01:37:56,254
announce we're in Lompoc. Going

2800
01:37:56,390 --> 01:37:59,693
to try to put a half cent

2801
01:37:59,693 --> 01:38:00,828
asphalt tax on me, MR. Anti-tax,

2802
01:38:00,828 --> 01:38:02,530
but we're reaching out trying

2803
01:38:02,530 --> 01:38:04,650
to piggyback and piggyback

2804
01:38:04,650 --> 01:38:06,133
match what you guys and your

2805
01:38:06,133 --> 01:38:07,901
success that you did with MR. A,

2806
01:38:07,901 --> 01:38:09,360
and we have $70 million of

2807
01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:11,271
deferred maintenance in our

2808
01:38:11,271 --> 01:38:13,341
town with the pci. I think

2809
01:38:13,341 --> 01:38:15,243
we're like 54. I mean, it's

2810
01:38:15,243 --> 01:38:17,644
just falling and falling. So we

2811
01:38:17,644 --> 01:38:18,846
have to do something and I will

2812
01:38:18,846 --> 01:38:20,515
brag about the successes and

2813
01:38:20,515 --> 01:38:23,350
the leveraging that you've done

2814
01:38:23,350 --> 01:38:24,586
with MR. Right now, the county

2815
01:38:24,586 --> 01:38:26,488
is trying to give me measure a

2816
01:38:26,488 --> 01:38:28,356
on this for the ballot. And I'm

2817
01:38:28,356 --> 01:38:29,491
like, no, no, give us something

2818
01:38:29,491 --> 01:38:31,359
else. Right? I mean, I don't

2819
01:38:31,359 --> 01:38:32,494
want to steal your thunder and

2820
01:38:32,494 --> 01:38:34,362
stuff, but if any of the

2821
01:38:34,362 --> 01:38:35,497
directors want to get on board

2822
01:38:35,497 --> 01:38:37,365
and help support that, it can

2823
01:38:37,365 --> 01:38:38,366
help me sell this measure. I'd

2824
01:38:38,366 --> 01:38:39,534
appreciate it, Director Hartman.

2825
01:38:39,534 --> 01:38:41,336
Oh, just a question. So, is it

2826
01:38:41,336 --> 01:38:43,204
a special tax or general

2827
01:38:43,204 --> 01:38:45,339
general tax? Special tax for

2828
01:38:45,339 --> 01:38:47,508
asphalt sidewalks and storm

2829
01:38:47,508 --> 01:38:49,908
drains. That's a supermajority,

2830
01:38:50,378 --> 01:38:53,314
right? Yes. Two thirds like you

2831
01:38:53,314 --> 01:38:55,216
got 79% that you passed with

2832
01:38:55,216 --> 01:38:56,250
MISS Reyes. I think we have a

2833
01:38:56,250 --> 01:38:57,418
really good chance. When I

2834
01:38:57,418 --> 01:38:59,420
pulled it out, 80% of the

2835
01:38:59,420 --> 01:39:00,855
people felt a need to fix the

2836
01:39:00,855 --> 01:39:02,657
streets in town. It's driven

2837
01:39:02,657 --> 01:39:04,424
down enough that it. I think we

2838
01:39:04,424 --> 01:39:06,326
have a really good chance to do

2839
01:39:06,326 --> 01:39:07,495
this. I don't trust City Hall

2840
01:39:07,495 --> 01:39:09,329
with a general tax. We we did

2841
01:39:09,329 --> 01:39:12,133
that already and they already

2842
01:39:12,133 --> 01:39:13,267
spent all the money. So thank

2843
01:39:13,267 --> 01:39:15,360
you very much. Are there any

2844
01:39:15,360 --> 01:39:18,360
one minute reports down in

2845
01:39:20,275 --> 01:39:23,143
Santa Barbara? I do Perotti.

2846
01:39:23,143 --> 01:39:24,945
I'd just like to report that

2847
01:39:24,945 --> 01:39:27,247
the two roundabouts that are

2848
01:39:27,247 --> 01:39:29,651
part of the Project Connect are

2849
01:39:29,651 --> 01:39:31,618
scheduled to open to traffic by

2850
01:39:31,618 --> 01:39:34,655
the the morning of MARCH the

2851
01:39:34,655 --> 01:39:36,123
2nd. And I only laugh because I

2852
01:39:36,123 --> 01:39:38,325
think our phones will start

2853
01:39:38,325 --> 01:39:40,795
ringing again. But we're doing

2854
01:39:40,795 --> 01:39:42,597
a massive outreach to help

2855
01:39:42,597 --> 01:39:44,640
people understand how you

2856
01:39:44,640 --> 01:39:45,833
navigate. If you've never done

2857
01:39:45,833 --> 01:39:47,301
a roundabout or a double lane

2858
01:39:47,301 --> 01:39:49,437
roundabout, how you navigate

2859
01:39:49,437 --> 01:39:52,340
that. So but we're looking

2860
01:39:52,340 --> 01:39:55,340
forward to it finally becoming

2861
01:39:55,743 --> 01:39:58,446
available. Thank you. All right.

2862
01:39:58,446 --> 01:39:59,881
Anyone else in Santa Barbara?

2863
01:39:59,881 --> 01:40:01,716
Okay. Well then we the next

2864
01:40:01,716 --> 01:40:03,151
meeting will be MARCH 19th,

2865
01:40:03,151 --> 01:40:04,840
2026, in Santa Barbara. And we

2866
01:40:04,840 --> 01:40:05,887
will adjourn this meeting at

2867
01:40:05,887 --> 01:40:09,487
this time. Thank you all for

2868
01:40:23,203 --> 01:40:25,603
your time. Thank you.