Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: President David J. Canepa, District 5
Subject: Appointment to the Bay Area Toll Authority's Regional Measure 3 Independent Oversight Committee
RECOMMENDATION:
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Appoint Walter Batara to the Bay Area Toll Authority's ("BATA's") Regional Measure 3 Independent Oversight Committee, for the remainder of the existing term ending June 30, 2027.
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BACKGROUND:
On June 5, 2018, voters in the nine Bay Area counties approved Regional Measure 3 ("RM 3"), a proposed increase to toll rates on state-owned bridges in the region. RM 3 authorized toll increases of up to three dollars ($3) to be phased in one dollar at a time over the course of six years. The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) adopted the toll schedule incorporating the phased-in three-dollar RM 3 phased-in toll increase for the Bay Area's state-owned toll bridges on December 19, 2018, pursuant to SHC Section 30916(c)(1). The first dollar increase took effect January 1, 2019; the second dollar increase took effect January 1, 2022; and the third dollar increase took effect January 1, 2025. The toll schedule also incorporates the FasTrak(r) Electronic Toll Collection RM 3 Toll Discount for vehicles crossing more than one bridge on the same calendar day during commute hours and updates the high-occupancy vehicle toll rates to incorporate RM 3 increases.
SB 595 also required, if voters approved the RM3 toll increase, that the Authority establish an independent oversight committee within six months of the effective date of the toll increase (i.e., on or before July 1, 2019). This committee is subject to the Brown Act.
SB 595 sets forth the following provisions regarding the functions and membership of the independent oversight committee (the "Oversight Committee") (Streets and Highways Code Section 30923 (h)):
* The purpose of the Oversight Committee is to ensure that any toll revenues genera...
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