FROM:
Scott Schneider, Assistant Public Works Director
SUBJECT:
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Initiate Opting Out of the Congestion Management Program
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the Town Council adopt the attached Resolution to elect that the Town accept the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) recommendation to opt out of the Marin County Congestion Management Program (CMP) in Accordance with the State CMP statute as authorized by California Government Code Section 65088.3.
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BACKGROUND
As the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) for Marin County, TAM is required by State law to prepare and update on a biennial basis a Congestion Management Program (CMP) for Marin County. The CMP process was established as part of a 1990 legislative package to implement Proposition 111, which increased the state gas tax from 9 to 18 cents. The intent of the CMP was to tie the appropriation of new gas tax revenues to congestion reduction efforts by improving land use/transportation coordination. Proposition 111 was not tied to inflation and has largely been replaced with Senate Bill (SB) 1, which was passed in 2016, however funding from proposition 111 still flows to local jurisdictions in Marin County and throughout the state.
With the passage of Assembly Bill (AB) 32 (California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006), SB 375 (Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008), and SB 743 (Environmental quality: transit-oriented infill projects, judicial review streamlining for environmental leadership development projects), the CMP is largely out of alignment with regional and state policy direction. Whereas the new legislation focuses on reducing emissions and vehicles miles traveled (VMT), the CMP legislation focused on Level of Service and congestion. In fact, with SB 743, the CMP now conflicts with current California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Transportation Analysis guidance.
At the April 28, 2022, TAM Board of Commissioners Meeti...
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