CC - Item 4A - Resolution 2004-08 - Supporting AB 712 Provides representation on the gold line constructionTO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS `
ROSEMEADY COUNCIL
FROM: BILL CRO CITY MANAGER
DATE: FEBRUARY 24, 2004
RE: RESOLUTION NO. 2004-08 - ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD SUPPORTING AB 712 (LIU) THAT
PROVIDES REPRESENTATION ON THE GOLD LINE CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE CITIES ALONG THE GOLD LINE
CORRIDOR - PHASE 11
The Governing Board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments has requested that every
SGVCOG member City Council consider adopting a resolution of support for AB 712 (Liu). In 1998,
former State Senator Adam Schiff authored SB 1847 to establish the Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro
Blue Line Construction Authority (PUC Section 132400 et seq.) The single purpose construction
authority was given all necessary authority to plan, design, and construct a light rail project from
downtown Los Angeles to Claremont.
The project was renamed by the MTA from the Blue Line to the Gold Line last year. This past
summer, Phase I of the Gold Line opened under budget and on schedule. The focus of the Phase II
planning of the Gold Line from Pasadena to Claremont has been underway for over two years. Phase
II of the Gold Line will traverse 10 San Gabriel Valley cities along an existing right of way. These
cities would like a voice in overseeing Phase II of the project, as was given the cities in Phase I, since
each city will host a Gold Line station.
While the projects as defined in the law is the entire project to Claremont, the make-up of the
Governing Board included only Phase I members (committed funding was only available for Phase I
when the legislation was enacted). The current five board members are: the City of Los Angeles, the
City of Pasadena, the City of South Pasadena, the MTA and the SGVCOG. Additionally, the
Governor appoints one non-voting member.
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AB 712 (LIU) clarifies existing legislation as follows: (1) Adds representatives to the governing board
from the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne,
Pomona, and Claremont as voting members; (2) Replaces the SGVCOG representative with the San
Bernardino Associated Governments as a voting member pending the execution of an MOU regarding
the project extension to Montclair plaza; (3) Changes the name of the Authority to the Metro
Foothills Gold Line Construction Authority; and (4) Clarifies that a member appointed to serve on the
Board by their City Councils can be removed and replaced by a majority vote of their City Council.
AB 712 (Liu) is co-authored by Senator Jack Scott, Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy and Senator
Margett. The bill passed the Assembly and was held in Senate Transportation by Senator Murray.
Attached for your information are copies of the bill, a bill analysis, bill history and status.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution No. 2004-08 supporting AB 712 (Liu).
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY. COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
SUPPORTING AB 712 (LIU) THAT PROVIDE REPRESENTATION ON THE GOLD
LINE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE CITIES
ALONG THE GOLD LINE CORRIDOR - PHASE H
WHEREAS, SB 1847 (Schiff) was enacted in 1998 by the legislature and created a single
purpose construction authority to plan, design and construct the light rail line from
downtown Los Angeles to Claremont. Phase I of the "Gold Line" between Los
Angeles and Pasadena opened successfully last summer, and
WHEREAS, San Gabriel Valley cities have been working with the San Gabriel Valley Council
of Governments (SGVCOG) and the construction authority for the last two years
on Phase II of the project and it is in the best interest of the San Gabriel Valley
cities to seek legislative clarification regarding governance of the authority for
completion of Phase H of the Gold Line, and
WHEREAS, AB 712 would increase the composition of the construction authority from 5
members to 15 members by adding a board member representative from the City
Councils of the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora,
San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, and Claremont; and
WHEREAS, existing law establishes one member from the SGVCOG, AB 712 would replace
the SGVCOG representative with the appointment of one member representing the
San Bernardino Associated of Governments since the SGVCOG cities would be
directly represented as noted above; and
WHEREAS, existing law originally established the authority as the "Los Angeles to Pasadena
Metro Blue Line Construction Authority," which was subsequently changed by the
MTA from the Blue Line to the Gold Line, AB 712 would clarify the name of the
construction authority to the Metro Foothills Gold Line Construction Authority.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of.Rosemead
does hereby support the passage of AB 712 by the California Legislature.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 24th day of February 2004.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
AB 712 Assembly Bill - AMENDED
BILL NUMBER: AB 712 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 1, 2003
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2003
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member.. Liu
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Mountjoy)
(Coauthors: Senators Margett and Scott)
FEBRUARY 19, 2003
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An act to amend
Sections 132400, 132410, and 132415 of, and to amend the heading of
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 132400) of Division 12.7 of, the
Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 712, as amended, Gii~ Liu .
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Existing law establishes the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction
Authority for the purpose of awarding and overseeing all design and
construction contracts for the Los Angeles-Pasadena Metro Blue Line
light rail project. Existing law provides that the construction
authority is currently comprised of 3 members who are appointed by
the City Councils of the Cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and South
Pasadena, one member who is appointed by President of the Governing
Board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, one member
who is appointed by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority, and the nonvoting member who is appointed
by the Governor.
This bill would change the name of the construction authority to
the Metro Foothills Gold Line Construction Authority. The bill would
increase the composition of the construction authority to 15 members
by adding members from the City Councils of the Cities of Arcadia,
Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne,
Pomona, and Claremont. The bill would also provide for the
appointment of one member representing the San Bernardino Associated
Government instead of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments,
and would delete the authority of the board to temporarily fill
vacancies on the board. The bill would authorize a voting member of
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the authority to be removed and replaced at any time by the
appointing entity.
By requiring appointment of 10 additional members to the
construction authority, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The heading of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section
132400) of Division 12.7 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
CHAPTER 6. -ter METRO -2L99
Foothills GOLD LINE CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORITY
SEC. 2. Section 132400 of the Public Utilities Code is amended tc
read:
132400. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(a) The "authority" is the Pasa4eFia Metro
9 Foothills Gold Line Construction
Authority created under this chapter.
(b) The "board" is the governing board of the authority.
(c) The "commission" is the California Transportation Commission.
(d) The "LACMTA" is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority.
(e) The "project" is the
Metro 91~e Foothills Gold Line light
rail project extending from Union Station in the City of Los Angeles
to Sierra Madre Villa Boulevard in the City of Pasadena and any mass
transit guideway that may be planned east of Sierra Madre Villa
Boulevard along the rail right-of-way extending to the City of
Claremont.
SEC. 3. Section 132410 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
132410. (a) The authority has all of the powers necessary for
planning, acquiring, leasing, developing, jointly developing, owning,
controlling, using, jointly using, disposing of, designing,
procuring, and building the project, including, but not limited to,
all of the following:
(1) Acceptance of grants, fees, and allocations from the state,
local agencies, and private entities.
(2) Acquiring, through purchase or through eminent domain
proceedings, any property necessary for, incidental to, or convenient
for, the exercise of the powers of the authority.
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(3) Incurring indebtedness, secured by pledges of revenue
available for project completion.
(4) Contracting with public and private entities for the planning,
design, and construction of the project. These contracts may be
assigned separately or may be combined to include any or all tasks
necessary for completion of the project.
(5) Entering into cooperative or joint development agreements with
local governments or private entities. These agreements may be
entered into for the purpose of sharing costs, selling or leasing
land, air, or development rights, providing for the transferring of
passengers, making pooling arrangements, or for any other purpose
that is necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the full
exercise of the powers granted the authority. For purposes of this
paragraph, "joint development" includes, but is not limited to, an
agreement with any person, firm, corporation, association, or
organization for the operation of facilities or development of
projects adjacent to, or physically or functionally related to, the
project.
(6) Relocation of utilities, as necessary for completion of the
project.
(b) The duties of the authority include, but are not limited to,
all of the following:
(1) Conducting the financial studies and the planning and
engineering necessary for completion of the project.
(2) (A) Adoption of an administrative code, not later than 60 days
after establishment of the authority, for administration of the
authority in accordance with any applicable laws, including, but not
limited to, the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with
Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government
Code), contracting and procurement laws, laws relating to contracting
goals for minority and women business participation, and the
Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)
of the Government Code).
(B) (i) The administrative code adopted under subparagraph (A)
shall include a code of conduct for employees and board members that
is consistent with Sections 84308 and 87103 of the Government Code
and prohibits board members and staff from accepting gifts valued at
ten dollars ($10) or more from contractors, potential contractors, or
their subcontractors.
(ii) The code shall require the disclosure, on the record, of the
proceedings by the officer of the agency who receives a contribution
within the preceding 24 months in an amount of more than two hundred
fifty dollars ($250) from a party or participant to a proceeding, and
the disclosure by the party or participant.
(iii) The code shall provide that no officer of the agency shall
make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use his or her
official position to influence the decision in a proceeding, as
described in Section 84308 of the Government Code, if the officer has
willfully or knowingly received a contribution in the amount of more
than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) within the preceding 24 months
from a party or his or her agent, or from any participant or his or
her agent if the participant has a financial interest in the
decision.
(iv) Any officer deemed ineligible to participate in a proceeding
due to the provisions of this code of conduct may be replaced for the
purposes of that proceeding by an appointee chosen by the
appropriate appointing authority.
(v) Under the code of conduct, board members shall be deemed to
have a financial interest in a decision within the meaning of Section
87100 of the Government Code if the decision involves the donor of,
or intermediary or agent for a donor of, a gift or gifts aggregating
ten dollars ($10) or more in value within the 12 months prior to the
time the decision was made.
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TT SEC. 4 ^+Section 132415 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
132415. (a) The authority shall be governed by a board consisting
of fifteen voting members and one
nonvoting member who shall be appointed as follows:
(1) T-`, ee Thirteen members shall be
appointed by the City Councils of the Cities of Los Angeles,
Pasadena, aR4- South Pasadena, Arcadia,
Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne,
Pomona, and Claremont, with each city council appointing one
member by a majority vote of the membership of that city council.
(2) One member shall be appointed by the President of the
Governing Board of the San gaigi Valley 9R;-;Fiei4- R4:
Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG)
subject to confirmation by that board and approval of a
memorandum of understanding between the authority and SANBAG
regarding the project extension to Montclair.
(3) One member shall be appointed by the LACMTA.
(4) The nonvoting member shall be appointed by the Governor.
(b) All members shall serve a term of not more than four years,
with no limit on the number of terms that may be served by any
person. However, a member appointed by a city, SANBAG, or
LACMTA may be removed and replaced at any time by the appointing
entity.
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-(d) Members of the board are subject to the Political
Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the
Government Code).
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(d) Eight members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
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(e) The board shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson
from among the membership of the board.
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(f) Each member of the board may be compensated at a rate of
not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day spent
attending to the business of the authority. Compensation, if paid,
shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month, plus expenses
directly related to the performance of duties imposed by the
authority, including, but not limited to, travel and personal
expenses.
SEC. 5. Nothing in this act is intended to affect local, state, or
federal funding priorities.
SEC. 6. Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.
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AB 712 Assembly Bill - Bill Analysis
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
SENATOR KEVIN MURRAY, CHAIRMAN
Analysis by: Steve Schnaidt
SUBJECT:
BILL NO: ab 712
AUTHOR: chu
VERSION: 5/1/03
FISCAL: yes
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority:
soundwall projects.
DESCRIPTION:
This bill would require the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (LACMTA), when identifying
priorities for the purpose of programming funds for
locally-funded soundwall projects, to declare projects
meeting specified conditions and criteria as eligible for
inclusion in the region's soundwall project list.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law provides that State Highway Account funds be
expended according to specified priorities that include
maintenance, rehabilitation, local assistance, safety,
capacity enhancement, etc. Funds remaining after
allocations to those priorities are available for capital
projects, with 758 for regional improvement (local)
programs and 258 for interregional improvement (state)
projects, both of which are programmed in the State
Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Existing law
authorizes the programming and use of the regional
improvement program funds for, among other things,
soundwalls.
Existing law requires the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) to develop and implement a system
of priorities for ranking the need for soundwalls along
existing freeways and expressways and requires Caltrans to
include a program to construct these state-funded
soundwalls in the proposed STIP.
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SB 300 (Kopp, 1989) enacted the Transportation Blueprint
for the 21st Century, including the establishment of
several categorical programs to be funded at specific
levels or amounts over the ensuing 10-year life of the
Blueprint. Included in these programs was the Retrofit
Soundwall Program, a list of 219 specific soundwalls to be
constructed throughout the state. The so-called 1989
soundwall list was provided $150 million in the Blueprint
legislation, but funds were exhausted before the list could
be completed. A substantial number of the unconstructed
soundwalls were located in Los Angeles County.
In 1997, the Legislature enacted SB 45 (Kopp), which
revised the state's transportation planning and programming
process and repealed most of the categorical programs
created by the Blueprint legislation. The uncompleted
Retrofit Soundwall Program was also repealed.
The 1997 legislation gave regional planning agencies
primary responsibility for establishing project priorities
and programming transportation projects, including
soundwalls, in their jurisdictions. Therefore, if a region
wishes to construct a soundwall or any other project, it
has to identify and program the necessary funds from its
county programming share. In Los Angeles County, the MTA
currently maintains a formal policy that it uses to
establish priorities for the funding of soundwall projects
in the region. The end product is a priority list known as
the Post 1989 List. Residential communities that seek
funding for a project or inclusion of those projects on
this list must meet specific requirements: the LACMTA must
find that: a) the project has noise measurements exceeding
the minimum standard of 67 decibels; and, b) the project
will provide a minimum noise reduction of 5 decibels.
In addition, LACMTA policy grants a significant level of
consideration to commercial properties that may be
negatively affected by implementation of proposed soundwall
projects, especially if they are considered "first-line"
commercial properties and their business viability greatly
depends on their visibility from an adjacent highway.
ANALYSIS:
This bill would require the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
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Transportation Authority, when identifying priorities for
the purpose of programming funds for highway soundwalls, to
declare certain projects as eligible for inclusion on the
MTA's priority list (Post 1989 List) if the following
factors exist:
Both the residential homes and highway are above grade
and the front-line commercial properties are located
below grade.
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2.The noise attenuation project serves to reduce noise
levels affecting residential homes and schools within one
mile of a freeway.
3.Noise measurements exceed the minimum standard of 67
decibels, which is a weighted equivalent steady state
noise level over a one-hour period, for noise impact.
4.The project will provide a minimum noise reduction of
five decibels.
COMMENTS:
According to the author, the bill was prompted by a
particular soundwall proposal in the City of Monterey
Park. The city has been attempting (unsuccessfully) for
several years to get Caltrans, and then, post SB 45,
convince the LACMTA to program funds for a soundwall
project in that community. The author asserts that the
city has faced significant resistance from first the
state and now the LACMTA. A residential community and
nearby school that are situated adjacent to State Highway
60 (the Pomona Freeway) experience measured noise levels
above the 67 decibel threshold. Both the highway and
residential community are situated above grade, directly
facing the highway, while the commercial properties are
located at grade, below plain view of the highway.
The author contends that construction of a soundwall
project would be desirable, even if it potentially
obstructs the direct view of a few commercial properties
along the freeway. The LACMTA, however, notes opposition
from there members of the local business community. City
officials and the author believe that topographical
factors surrounding any particular highway should also be
considered by the LACMTA when prioritizing soundwall
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projects, especially when residential areas and schools
located within one mile of the highway are negatively
affected by noise measurements exceeding the minimum
standard.
2.Issues for the Committee
a) Project bill: As far as can be determined, only
one soundwall project in Greater Los Angeles would be
eligible to be added to the LACMTA's soundwali list
under the criteria and conditions established in the
bill: the Monterey Park soundwall project. This fact
makes the bill a local project bill, advancing the
fortunes of a single project within the transportation
programming process within Los Angeles County relative
to other projects.
b) Project competition: By making the Monterey Park
soundwall project eligible for local funding, the
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project would compete with existing eligible projects
for funding, potentially displacing, disadvantaging or
superceding the existing projects.
c) State versus local decisionmaking: The bill
essentially would have the state intervene in a
decision-making process that is, by law, a local
responsibility.
3.Committee's policy on project bills The Committee has
in place a formal and longstanding policy against project
bills, specifically that it will not approve bills which
advantage-financially or programmatically-a project
subject to the project selection and funding process for
the State Transportation Improvement Program. The
project proposal being advanced in the current bill, to
the extent that any regional share of STIP funds are
being used to fund the local soundwall program, makes the
bill a project bill. Absent the involvement of any
regional STIP funds, the bill would still appear to be in
conflict with the spirit of the Committee's policy
against project bills.
4.The Committee earlier approved SB 314 (Murray), which
would authorize voters in Los Angeles County to vote on a
proposed % sales tax increase for transportation
projects. Projects authorized for funding from the
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proceeds of the bill would include soundwall projects on
the LACMTA's regional priority list.
Assembly Votes:
Floor: 58-17
Appr: 19-4
Trans: 16-3
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the Committee before noon on
Wednesday,
July 2, 2003.)
SUPPORT: City of Monterey Park
270 individual letters or petition
signatures
OPPOSED: None received.
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COMPLETE BILL HISTORY
BILL NUMBER : A.B. No. 712
AUTHOR Liu
TOPIC Metro Foothills Gold Line Construction Authority.
TYPE OF BILL :
BILL HISTORY
2003
Active
Non-Urgency
Non-Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy
Sept. 11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer
to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com.
on TRANS.
June 25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
June 5 Referred to Com. on TRANS.
May 23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 23 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page
1878.)
May 19 Read second time. To third reading.
May 15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 4.) (May 14).
May 5 Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
May 1 Read second time and amended.
Apr. 30 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on
APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (April 28).
Apr. 23 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request
of author.
Apr. 22 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Apr. 21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer
to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
Apr. 7 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request
of author.
Feb. 27 Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Feb. 20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Feb. 19 Read first time. To print.
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AB 712 Assembly Bill - Status
CURRENT BILL STATUS
MEASURE : A.B. No. 712
AUTHOR(S) Liu (Coauthor: Mountjoy) (Coauthors: Senators Margett
and Scott).
TOPIC Metro Foothills Gold Line Construction Authority.
HOUSE LOCATION SEN
+LAST AMENDED DATE 09/11/2003
TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Non-Urgency
Non-Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy
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LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 09/11/2003
LAST HIST. ACTION From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend,
and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended,
and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
COMM. LOCATION SEN TRANSPORTATION
TITLE An act to amend Sections 132400, 132410, and 132415 of,
and to amend the heading of Chapter 6 (commencing with
Section 132400) of Division 12.7 of, the Public
Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_712_bill_20030911 _status.html 2/12/2004
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
3871 East Colorado Blvd Suite 101, Pasadena California 911073970 Phone: (626) 5649702 FAX: (626) 564 1116 E-Mail SGV@sgvcog.org
DATE:
November 25, 2003
TO:
Mayor, Councilmembers
City Manager
FROM:
Nicholas T. Conway
Executive Director
RE:
Resolution of Support for AB 712 (Liu)
At the November 20, 2003 San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments meeting, the Governing
Board requested that every City Council consider adopting a resolution of support for AB 712
(Liu) at the earliest possible date. Attached please find a sample staff report and resolution for
your review and use. Should you have any questions, please contact me at (626) 564-9702.
ke San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
3871 East Colorado Btvd., Suite 101, Pasadena, California 91107-3970 Phones (626) 564-9702 FAX: (626) 5641116 E-Mail SGV@sgveog.org
DATE: November 24, 2003
MEMO TO: City Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT: AB 712 (Liu) - Support of Gold Line Phase II Legislation
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the attached resolution supporting AB 712 (Liu), which provides increased
representation on the Governing Board of the Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro'Blu
Authority. N 1
BACKGROUND
In 1998, Senator Adam Schiff authored SB
Construction Authority (PUC Section 1324
necessary authority to plan, design; and otc
Claremont. The project was renamed~by tb
summer, Phase I of the -Gold Li opened i
the Gold Line from Pasadena to Claremont
traverse 10 San Gabri6 Valle)~cities along
overseeing Phase II of-thc'pr jcct asiwasl g
station. ( n J
47"to'establigh thelLos Angeles tb Pasadena Metro Blue Line
et seq~ The single purpose construction authority was given all
net a light rail project from downtown Los Angeles to
IT~ Gomithe Blue brielto the Gold Line last year. This
:r budget and on,schedule. The focus of the Phase 11 planning of
been underway for two years. Phase 11 of the Gold Line will
e4istrng right of way_%fhese cities would like a voice in
n-the cities in Phase 1, since each city will host a Gold Line
While the projectsas,defrned iii the law is the entire project to Claremont, the make-up of the Governing
Board includes` only Phase I members (committed funding was available for Phase I when the legislation was
enacted. The current five board members are: the City of LA, the City of Pasadena, the City of South
Pasadena, the MTA and the SGVCOG. The Governor appoints one non-voting member.
AB 712 (LIU) clarifies existing legislation as follows:
1. Adds representatives to the governing board from the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale,
Azusa, Glendora, San Dimas, La Veme, Pomona, and Claremont as voting members;
2. Replaces the SGVCOG representative with the San Bernardino Associated Governments as a voting
member pending the execution of an MOU regarding the project extension to Montclair plaza;
3. Changes the name of the Authority to the Metro Foothills Gold Line Construction Authority; and
4. Clarifies that a member appointed to serve on the Board by their City Councils can be removed and
replaced by a majority vote of their City Council.
Status of Legislation: AB 712 (Liu) is co-authored by Senator Jack Scott, Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy
and Senator Margett. The bill has passed the Assembly and was held in Senate Transportation by Senator
Murrav. The author and elected officials will work with the San Gabriel Valley legislative caucus to seek its
passage when they reconvene in January.
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (SGVCOG) SUPPORTING AB 712 (LIU) WHICH
PROVIDES REPRESENTATION ON THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE CITIES
ALONG THE PHASE II CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, SB 1847 (Schiff) was enacted in 1998 by the legislature and created a single
purpose construction authority to plan, design and construct the Gold Line from downtown Los
Angeles to Claremont. Phase I of the Gold Line between Los Angeles and Pasadena opened
successfully this summer on schedule and below budget. The San Gabriel Valley cities have
been working with the SGVCOG and the Authority for the last two years on Phase II of the
project as defined in state law. It is in the best interest of the San Gabriel Valley cities to seek
legislative clarification regarding governance of the completion of Phase 11 of the Gold Line.
WHEREAS. AB 712 would increase the composition of the constr
members to 15 members by adding a board member representative from
Cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Glendora,
Pomona, and Claremont; and
WHEREAS, existing law establishes one member from the SGVCOG, ABI712 Would "replace
the SGVCOG representative with the appointment of one member representing7Q San
Bernardino Associated of Governments sin e4he SGVCO i citi0) lld be directly represented
as noted above; and U-J
WHEREAS, existing law established l~e Lds Angeles Ito~Pasadena Metro Blue Line
Construction Authority` and subsequently IIthe MTA changed the name of the project from the
Blue Line to the-Gold Line CAB 712 vJoulB clarify the name of the construction authority to the
Metro Foothills Gold,Line,Constmciion Authority; and I~
SGVCOG supports AB 712; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Governing Board of the San Gabriel Valley Council
ofGovemn&ts as,follows:
SECTION 1. The Governing Board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments hereby
supports the adoption of AB 712 by the California Legislature.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 24th day of November 2003.
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
By
Bart Doyle, President
Attest:
Nicholas Conway, Executive Director