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Meeting: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting on 2020-06-25 10:00 AM

Meeting Time: June 25, 2020 at 10:00am PDT
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Agenda Item

12. SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT (TDA) ARTICLE 8 FUND PROGRAM ADOPT: A. Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 8, findings and recommended actions (Attachment A) for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, as follows: 1. In the City of Avalon there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet, therefore TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process, may be used for street and road projects, or transit projects, as described in Attachment A; 2. In the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet; in the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale and the unincorporated portions of North County transit needs can be met through using other existing funding sources. Therefore, the TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process may be used for street and road purposes and/or transit, as long as their transit needs continue to be met; 3. In the City of Santa Clarita, there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet; in the City of Santa Clarita, and the unincorporated portions of the Santa Clarita Valley, existing transit needs can be met through the recommended actions using other funding sources. Therefore, the TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process for the City of Santa Clarita may be used for street and road and/or transit, as long as their transit needs continue to be met; 4. In the Los Angeles County Unincorporated areas of North County, the areas encompassing both the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley, transit needs are met with other funding sources, such as Proposition A and Proposition C Local Return Therefore, the TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process may be used for street and road purposes and/or transit, as long as their transit needs continue to be met; and B. A resolution (Attachment B) making a determination of unmet public transportation needs in the areas of Los Angeles County outside the Metro service area.