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WELCOME

Welcome to our Educational Luncheon

Monthly Sponsors

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City of Richmond - Nevin Ave. & Safe Routes to School

Marin County - Central Marin Ferry Connection

Marin County – Civic Center Drive Improvements

Contra Costa – Countywide Overlay

Town of Moraga – Sink Hole Project

City of San Pablo – Wanlass Park

City of Dublin

Union City – East Plaza Improvements

City of Atherton – Marsh Road

City of Belmont – Sewer, Water, and Paving

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Featured Agency - City of El Cerrito

Yvetteh Ortiz, Public Works Director/City Engineer

CITY OF EL CERRITO

American Public Works Association Northern California Chapter September 2016 Featured Agency

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VISION

The City celebrates its Centennial in 2017

 ~24,000 Population  3.9 Square Miles in Contra Costa County  Full range of Services - Police, Fire, Recreation, Community Development, and Public Works  Variety of Green Spaces

• 32 acres of developed parks
• 100+ acres open space in Hillside Natural Area
• 2.7-mile Ohlone Greenway
• Bordered by Wildcat Canyon Regional Pak

 Two BART Stations – El Cerrito del Norte and El Cerrito Plaza

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CITY PROFILE

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CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS

 CITYWIDE: 177.7 FTE  POLICE & FIRE LARGEST DEPARTMENTS  PUBLIC WORKS:

• ENGINEERING DIVISION: 5
• OPERATIONS + ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION: 19.8

(MAINTENANCE, INTEGRATED WASTE, CLEAN WATER)

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15- YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

 Public Works Department created in 2002  Facilities

• Swim Center Reconstruction (2004)
• Cerrito Theater Renovation (2006)
• City Hall (2008)
• Recycling and Environmental Resource Center -

LEED Platinum (2012)

• Potential Library – Funding Measure on

November 2016 ballot

 Creeks and Open Spaces

• Cerrito Creek Restoration & Greenway (2003-

2005)

• Baxter Creek Restoration & Gateway Park

(2006)

• Purchase of 8-acres of Hillside Natural Area

Open Space (2015)

15- YEAR RETROSPECTIVE

 Streetscapes

• Lower Fairmount Ave (2005)
• Upper Fairmount Avenue (2009)
• San Pablo Avenue Streetscape & Gateway Identify Project

(2011)

• Moeser Lane and Ashbury Avenue Pedestrian & Bicycle

Corridor Improvements (2014)

• Central Avenue & Liberty Street Streetscape Improvements

(2015)

 Green Infrastructure

• San Pablo Avenue Rain Gardens (2011)
• Ohlone Greenway Natural Area & Rain Garden (2015)

 Plans

• San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan & Complete Streets Plan

(2014)

• Urban Greening Plan (2015)
• Active Transportation Plan (2016)

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MEASURE A SALES TAX

EL CERRITO POTHOLE REPAIR, LOCAL STREET IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE MEASURE

 Approved by El Cerrito voters in 2008  Goal: Move PC1 from near 50 to 70 by 2015  Completed accelerated work plan in 2011 above goal  Currently an annual maintenance program (patch paving, slurry seal & microsurfacing)  95% of all city street segments resurfaced, PCI of 84  MTC once again rated the City as having one

• f the top three best-paved streets in the Bay

Area.

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2016-2017 HIGHLIGHTS

 Address Deferred Maintenance  More Fully Incorporate Environmental Programs into Department  Implement Capital Improvement Program (Various Trail & Park Projects)  Upcoming RFPs, Informal and Formal Bids

• Construction of Ohlone Greenway BART Station Area

Access, Safety and Placemaking Improvements Project

• Fleet Maintenance Services (Recycling Trucks and Public

Works Vehicles)

• Storm Drain Master Plan and Facilities & Parks

Maintenance Plan

• Engineering & Design for Fairmont Park Improvements &

Ohlone Wayfinding Signs

• Exterior painting of clubhouses in public parks
• On-Call Maintenance & Repair Services
• On-Call Geotech Engineering & Materials Testing Services
• On-Call Construction Management Services

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QUESTIONS

APWA NorCal Announcements

 APWA Name Badges  APWA Awards – a look back and an eye to our next awards event.  October 21, 2016 Annual Planning Retreat at the Hacienda in the Town of Moraga  20th Annual Northern Cal ifornia Chapter PW Conference November 2 and 3, 2016

 The last planning meeting for this fantastic event is October 18th in Richmond  Register today as our Early Bird registration ends October 12th .  New this year … Blood Drive Sign ups have begun.  Albany Bowling on November 2nd at 6:00 pm and non-conference attendees welcome.

 December 15, 2016 – Save the Date for the Holiday and Officers Installation Party at this new location: Berkeley City Club Historic Hotel  Executive Committee Meeting – immediately following the luncheon todayE  Take the Educational Luncheon Survey – Raffle Prize!  Volunteer to help make our Chapter even better!

Featured Presentation

Secrets to a Successful OBAG 2 Application

Panel Facilitator Edric Kwan, Town of Moraga Public Works Director/Town Engineer

Featured Presentation

Introduction to the OBAG 2 program

 Mallory Atkinson, Funding Policy Analyst Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Congestion Management Agency Panel

 Brad Beck, Senior Transportation Planner, Contra Costa Transportation Authority  Robert Macaulay, Director of Planning, Solano Transportation Authority

 Danielle Schmitz, Planning Manager, Napa Valley Transportation Authority

One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 2)

Program Overview

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A Comprehensive Funding Approach

• Distribute transportation

funding through a model that helps implement the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS)

• Provide flexibility on how

money can be spent, while meeting regional

• bjectives (ex: Complete

Streets)

• Reward jurisdictions that

accept and produce housing in Priority Development Areas (PDAs)

• Support open space

preservation in Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs)

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OBAG 2 Regional Programs

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$451 $476

OBAG 1 OBAG 2

FY2013-2017 FY2018-2022

Regional Planning 2% Pavement Mngmt. Prgm. 2% Priority Development (PDA) Planning 4% Climate Initiatives 5% Priority Conservation (PCA) 3% Regional Operations 38% Regional Transit Priorities 40% Housing Production Incentive* 6%

New Regional Program Elements

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Bay Bridge Forward

Direct $40 million to address capacity constraints Direct $30 million to reward housing production

Housing Incentive Program “80k by 2020 Challenge”

Direct $10 million towards preservation of affordable housing

Naturally-Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) Pilot

CMA Discretionary Funds 80% Planning

10%

Safe Routes to School 7% Federal-Aid Secondary 3%

OBAG 2 County Program

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$327 $386

OBAG 1 OBAG 2

FY2013-2017 FY2018-2022

OBAG 2 County Program

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Population 50% RHNA - Affordable 12% RHNA - Total 8% Production

• Affordable

18% Production - Total 12%

Distribution Formula Program Amounts Alameda $77 Contra Costa $56 Marin $11 Napa $8 San Francisco $48 San Mateo $33 Santa Clara $104 Solano $21 Sonoma $28 Total $386

Millions $, rounded

Requirements for County CMAs

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• SRTS & FAS: Continue funding

for county SRTS & rural roads

• Priority Development Areas

(PDAs): 50-70% of discretionary funds to PDAs

• PDA Investment and Growth

Strategy: adopt update by May 1, 2017

• Housing/Displacement: reward

jurisdictions with most effective housing anti-displacement policies (new)

Requirements for Local Jurisdictions

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• Complete Streets resolution or

plan update

• Housing Element certified
• Annual reporting of Housing

Element – April 1

• Surplus Land Act resolution

general law cities, counties

• LSR requirements: participation

in statewide HPMS reporting

These requirements for OBAG 2 are not new; reinforce existing state or federal mandates

OBAG 2 Next Steps

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November 2015 MTC adopts OBAG 2 policy framework July 2016 MTC adopts program revisions – additional revenues & housing components

• Dec. 2015 – July

2017 CMA project solicitation and selection July 2017 Deadline for CMAs to submit project recommendations to MTC Fall 2017 MTC scheduled to approve county and regional OBAG 2 projects Fall 2017 MTC approves county and regional OBAG 2 projects October 2017 First year of funding – priority to ongoing programs and planning October 2018 Second year of funding – all projects eligible for programming