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Self-Help and Measure J Status
Thirteen transportation sales tax measures were on the ballot requiring 2/3rd voter approval in California. Six (6) were approved by voters, plus a multi-county BART bond. This brings to total number of Self-Help Counties in California to twenty-four (24). Now 88% of Californians are living in a Self-Help County.
On the Central Coast, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Santa Barbara now each have a voter-approved Self Help measure. Seven (7) ballot measures were rejected by voters, including the local Measure J. Measure J needed 66.7% for passage and came in just short with 66.3% of the voters approving the measure. Of the seven measures that failed in CA, Measure J was the closest to achieving the required 66.7%.
Lastly, there was no progress in the Legislature’s Extraordinary Session on Transportation. Transportation funding at the state-level will now be picked up in the next legislative session.
Questions? Contact Stephanie Hicks at 781-4462 or shicks@slocog.org.
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SLOCOG Board Approves SR 227 Operations Study
At its December meeting, the SLOCOG Board unanimously approved the State Route 227 Operations Study. The study explores short- and longer-term improvements to address traffic congestion, side street access, multimodal conditions, and safety in the corridor. It is a culmination of more than a year of collecting traffic data, public input, and coordination with Caltrans, the County of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority, the City of San Luis Obispo, and others. SLOCOG thanks those agencies for their coordination, and especially thanks the many citizens who participated in one of the three public workshops, or in other ways.
Additional information can also be found in the staff report.
READ HERE
Questions? Contact Jeff Brubaker at 788-2104 or jbrubaker@slocog.org.
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San Juan Creek Bridge
The recently funded San Juan Creek Bridge project ($1.3M) will construct a pedestrian bridge along the northerly side of the existing vehicular bridge on Center Street in Shandon. Existing conditions are high vehicular volume with limited pedestrian facilities. Currently, pedestrians, including many school-age students, as well as bicyclists, are crossing the creek river bed and/or walking across the existing vehicular bridge in order to access the eastern side of Center Street. Construction of a bridge will be detached on the north side of the existing vehicular bridge. This project will increase the safety for all users by providing a separate facility. County Public Works will begin construction in summer of 2017.
Questions? Contact John DiNunzio at 781-5764 or jdinunzio@slocog.org.
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Active Transportation Partnership Program (ATPP)
The 2017 Active Transportation Partnership Program is a series of work program strategies defined with the intent to bridge the interests and goals of the active transportation community. The work program is a framework to guide near-term Active Transportation development activities in the San Luis Obispo County Region. It recommends bicycle and pedestrian programmatic strategies and tactics and informs the regional investment scenarios, including those which improve safe routes to school and community livability.
More information, including the draft plan, can be found in the staff report.
READ HERE
Questions? Contact John DiNunzio at 781-5764 or jdinunzio@slocog.org.
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SLOCOG Audit: Another Clean Bill of Health!
The 2016 San Luis Obispo Council of Governments Fiscal Audit and 2016 TDA Compliance Single Audit, as prepared by Moss, Levy & Hartzeim LLP, was submitted to the Board at the December 7, 2016 meeting. We are pleased to announce that again this year, there were no Financial Statement findings, in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, or Federal Award findings, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. The audits can be viewed from SLOCOG’s website here.
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