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Board of Supervisors Workshop
8/25/15
Funding Transportation Improvements in Santa Clara County
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Presentation Outline
• VTA Role
• Growth Forecast for Santa Clara County
• Historical Ballot Measures
• VTA Grant Funding
• VTA Sponsored Countywide Projects (Non-Ballot Measure)
• Envision Silicon Valley – Process for New Ballot Measure
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VTA Role
• Countywide Transit Operations
• Congestion Management Agency
• Funding Agency
• Project Delivery Agency
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Growth Forecast For Santa Clara County• 2040 Santa Clara County projection1: +546,000 residents,
+226,000 jobs
1Source: ABAG Plan Bay Area Population Forecasts and 2010 US Census
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Why the Need for Local Ballot Measures?
• Federal and State Funds are not keeping pace to address transportation needs
• Santa Clara County was the first county to adopt local sales tax to fund regional transportation needs in 1984
80%
20%
Fed/State vs. Local (pre-1980)
Fed/State Local
20%
80%
Fed/State vs. Local (current)
Fed/State Local
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1976 Measure A
• ½ Cent Sales Tax in perpetuity• Funds Transit Operations & Transit Capital• $ 4.3 Billion collected to date (December 2014)
100%
Fund Sources
StateFederal Local
100%
Investment by Mode
HighwayTransitLocal
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• Countywide Half-Cent Sales Tax, expired 1995• Funded build-out of SR 85, US 101 Widening, & SR 237 Upgrade• $845 Million collected; $1.2 Billion total expenditures
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1984 Measure A (1985 – 1995)
19%
11%
70%
Fund Sources
StateFederal Local
100%
Investment By Mode
HighwayTransitLocal
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• Countywide Half-Cent Sales Tax, expired 2006• Funded highway, transit, and local streets and roads• $1.34 Billion collected; $1.9 Billion total expenditures
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1996 Measure A/B (1997 – 2006)
31%
56%
13%
Investment By Mode
HighwayTransitLocal
19%
10%
71%
Fund Sources
StateFederalLocal
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1996 Measure A/B (Other Expenditures)
• 30 Low Floor Light Rail Vehicles • Pavement Management Program
• County Expressway Program
Level of Service Program
Signal Synchronization Program
• Bicycle Program
• Consolidated Biological Mitigation Site
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• Countywide Half-Cent Sales Tax• Funds Transit Improvements• $1.4 Billion collected to date (December 2014)
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2000 Measure A (2006 – 2036)
15%16%
69%
Fund Sources
StateFederalLocal
100%
Investment By Mode
HighwayTransitLocal
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2000 Measure A Projects
Measure A Funding for Key Projects
Project Estimated Cost (All Sources) Measure A Portion
VTA BART Phase I1 $ 3,419 Million $ 1,787 Million
VTA BART Phase II $ 4,693 Million $ 1,0002 Million
Caltrain Electrification $ 1,500 Million $ 61 Million
Caltrain Other Projects $ 99 Million $ 61 Million
BRT Corridors/Vehicles $ 586 Million $ 400 Million
70 Low Floor LR Vehicles $ 200 Million $ 200 Million
1Includes corridor establishment and program development costs 2Bond issuance to fund project, does not include financing costs
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Caltrain Contributions (FY 00 – FY 15)
Source Operating Contribution
Capital Contribution
VTA Transit $ 213.4 Million $ 50.6 Million
2000 Measure A $0 $ 60.1 Million
Total $ 213.4 Million $ 110.7 Million
Future Commitments
$26 Million Prop 1A Connectivity funds
$20 Million MOU from Cap & Trade, Low Carbon Transit Revenue Based
$61.9 Million 2000 Measure A (Remaining expenditures of estimated costs)
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2008 Measure B (2012 – 2042)
• 1/8 Cent Sales Tax
• Exclusively Funds Future Operating, Maintenance, and Capital Expenses of a BART Service
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2010 Vehicle Registration Ballot Measure
• $10/year for each vehicle registered in Santa Clara County - Permanent
• $15 million/year allocated to cities/County for local roadways
• $45 million collected to date
80%
15%5%
Expenditure Plan
Local Roadway Improvement (Formula)
Countywide Program (Competitive)
Administration Fee (up to 5%)
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VTA Grants
• As the CMA for Santa Clara County, VTA is a conduit for Federal, State and Regional funding for local projects
• VTA programs funding to cities & County following criteria approved by the VTA Board of Directors.
• Grant Sources:
Federal: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Grants State: State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) State: Transportation Development Act (TDA) Regional: Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Regional: One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Local: Vehicle Registration Fund (VRF)
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• Funded local improvements (roadway, bike, pedestrian)
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VTA Grants to Cities/County
Cities/County Population1 % Population Total Grants Received (2004 - 14) % of funds received
Campbell 39,349 2.2% $26,994,908 4.8%Cupertino 58,302 3.0% $13,286,041 2.3%Gilroy 48,821 2.7% $24,662,087 4.4%Los Altos 28,976 1.6% $3,241,821 0.6%Los Altos Hills 7,922 0.4% $4,038,865 0.7%Los Gatos 29,413 1.7% $4,970,466 0.9%Milpitas 66,790 3.7% $21,310,553 3.8%Monte Sereno 3,341 0.2% $745,458 0.1%Morgan Hill 37,882 2.1% $15,715,262 2.8%Mountain View 74,066 4.2% $15,717,505 2.8%Palo Alto 64,403 3.6% $30,305,227 5.3%San Jose 945,942 53.1% $204,538,827 36.1%Santa Clara 116,468 6.5% $31,652,818 5.6%Saratoga 29,926 1.7% $20,096,569 3.5%Sunnyvale 140,081 7.9% $60,021,527 10.6%
SC County 89,960 5.0% $89,221,172 15.7%
TOTAL $566,519,106 1Source: 2010 Census
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VTA Sponsors and Delivers
• VTA partners with Local Agencies and Caltrans to deliver major improvement projects in Santa Clara County
• VTA assumes sponsorship role to secure federal, state or regional fund sources (non-measure funded) and performs role of project delivery agency to implement projects
• Projects include major transit, highway and multi-jurisdictional bicycle improvements
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VTA Sponsored Projects (Examples)
• Total VTA Sponsored Projects1 $1,4001 Including projects not listed above
Project Date Location Cost ($ Millions)
Tasman West Light Rail 1999 Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View $292
Palo Alto Transit Center 2005 Palo Alto $6
Bike Share 2013
Palo Alto, Mountain View, San
Jose $1
US 101 Auxiliary/HOV Lanes 2014 Palo Alto, Mountain View $103
I-280/I-880/Stevens Creek IC 2015 San Jose, Santa Clara $66
Santa Clara Caltrain Bike Tunnel 2017 Santa Clara, San Jose $14
I-880/Coleman Ave IC 2007 San Jose Airport $80
Dixon Landing Road IC 2004 Milpitas $45
SR 152/156 IC 2008 South County $34
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Envision Silicon Valley
• Countywide Transportation Planning Update
• Inclusive approach to develop a program for potential sales tax measure
• Discuss current and future transportation needs, identify solutions and craft funding priorities.
• An Ad-hoc committee of the VTA Board of Directors has been formed to help guide staff through the process.
• VTA is working closely with our advisory groups throughout the process. Additionally, we have established stakeholder groups to solicit their vision and input.
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Envision Silicon Valley Near Term Activities
2015• August 31: Call for Projects Due
• September: VTA Board Adopts Evaluation Criteria
• October: VTA Board Forwards Project List to MTC
• Fall: VTA & Stakeholders Evaluate Projects
2016• Winter/Spring: VTA & Stakeholders Refine Project List
• Summer: VTA Board Considers Placing Measure on Ballot
• November: Election