TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Neha Hoskins - Clerk of the Board
REPORT BY: Paulette Cooper - Deputy Clerk of the Board II
SUBJECT: Appointment to the Bay Area Toll Authority Regional Measure 3 Independent Oversight Committee
RECOMMENDATION
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Appoint one of the following applicants to serve as the Napa County Representative on the Bay Area Toll Authority Regional Measure 3 Independent Oversight Committee with a term commencing immediately and ending on June 30, 2027. (No Fiscal Impact)
Aisha Nasir
Heather Stanton
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BACKGROUND
There is currently one opening on the Bay Area Toll Authority Regional Measure 3 Independent Oversight Committee due to a resignation. The County Executive Office advertised the opening and received two (2) appointment requests from Aisha Nasir and Heather Stanton.
Senate Bill 595 (SB 595) required the nine Bay Area counties to conduct a special election, known as Regional Measure 3 (RM3), on a proposed increase to toll rates on state-owned bridges in the region. This election took place on June 5, 2018, with voters from the nine Bay Area counties approving a three-dollar toll increase, phased in one dollar at a time over the course of six years. Effective January 1, 2019, the base toll rate on these bridges was increased by one dollar. Due to ongoing lawsuits against the measure, collected RM3 revenue is currently being held in an escrow account. SB 595 also required, if voters approved the RM3 toll increase, that the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) establish an independent oversight committee. On June 26, 2019 the BATA adopted a resolution formally establishing the committee. The committee will be subject to the Brown Act.
The purpose of the Independent Oversight Committee (Streets and Highways Code Section 30923 (h)) is a) to ensure that any toll revenues generated pursuant to the RM3 toll increase are expended consistent with the applicable requirements of the RM3 expenditure plan set forth in Streets and Highway Code Section...
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