MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Fresno County Transportation Authority
PROMISES MADE. PROMISES KEPT.
Addressing Our
Transportation
Needs
Measure C Renewal - MC3
Fresno Council of Governments
MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
• August 7, 2019, FCTA Board authorized beginning the process of renewing Measure C (MC3)
• Targeted placement of the Measure on the November 2022 ballot • Established an Executive Committee and a Technical Working Group • Presented the Plan to the FCTA Board for final approval on July 20, 2022
Renewal Plan Executive Committee
Resulted from Request to
Expand the Committee
17 Meetings
Note: Additional members were added in
response to requests from Community Advocates
MEASURE C EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1 David Cardenas, Mayor, Fowler/Co-Chair—EASTSIDE
2 Lynne Ashbeck, Mayor Pro Tem, Clovis/Co-Chair—METRO
3 Vong Mouanotoua, Councilmember, Clovis--METRO
4 Jerry Dyer, Mayor, Fresno--METRO, Gregory Barfield, Alternate 5 Eli Ontiveros, Mayor, Sanger—EASTSIDE
6 Gary Yep, Mayor, Kerman--WESTSIDE
7 Rolando Castro, Mayor, Mendota—WESTSIDE (Small Business Owner In Mendota 8 Paul Nerland, County of Fresno--COUNTY
9 Sheriff Margaret Mims—COUNTY
10 Chief Greg Tarascou, Sanger Fire/Emergency Medical
BUSINESS/LABOR/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/CIVIC SECTORS
11 Lee Ann Eager, EDC—CIVIC
12 Scott Miller, Fresno Chamber—CIVIC
13 Thilani Grubel, Bitwise—BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY, Jake Soberal, Alternate 14 Debbie Hunsaker, Alert O Lite—BUSINESS
15 Ryan Jacobsen, Farm Bureau—AG
16 Lorna Roush, Schultz Ranch—AG
17 Roger Van Gronigen, Van G Trucking—GOODS MOVEMENT
18 Chuck Riojas, Central CA Labor Council
19 James Hammond, Laborers Local #294 OE #3-Additional Labor Rep
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS/ADVOCATES/NOT-FOR-PROFITS
20 Linda Hayes, EOC Board of Directors—HUMAN SERVICES
21 Artie Padilla, CVCF—PHILANTHROPY/SERVICE
22 Sarah Harris, Resources for Independence Central Valley --DISABILITY SERVICES 23 Gayle Holman, Community Medical System—HEALTHCARE/SERVICE 24 Cinthya Arriaga, YLI—YOUTH/ADVOCACY - Alternate: D’Aungillique Jackson 25 Mark Keppler, Clovis Community Foundation/Active Transportation/ ADVOCACY 26 Veronica Garibay, CBO/ADVOCACY
27 Letecia Valencia, CBO/Faith/ADVOCACY
28 Sandra Celedon-CBO/ADVOCACY
29 Nayamin Martinez-CBO/Environmental/ADVOCACY
EDUCATION
30 Dr. Aly Tawfik, Transportation Institute, Fresno State-INNOVATION/RESEARCH/HIGHER ED 31 Ruby Duran, Dept. of Counseling Chair, Reedley College & Central Valley Latino Leaders Academy 32 Eric Cedarquist, Superintendent, Fowler Unified School District (retired) Renewal Plan
Technical Working
Group
22 Meetings
Active Transportation
Agriculture
Broad-Based Business
Building Development
Education
Environment
Community Based Organizations
Community Based Organizations
Goods Movement
Measure C Citizen Oversight
Committee
New Technology
Public Health Advocate
ADA/Seniors
Aviation
Construction
Emergency Services/Public
Safety
Fresno COG
FCTA
Labor
FCTA
FCOG
Fresno County BOS
City of Fresno
City of Clovis
Eastside Cities
Westside Cities
Business
Education
Agriculture
Construction
Labor
Transportation/Goods
Movement
Emergency Services
Community Based
Organizations
Health
City of Clovis
City of Coalinga
City of Firebaugh
City of Fowler
City of Fresno
City of Huron
City of Kerman
City of Kingsburg
City of Mendota
City of Orange Cove
City of Parlier
City of Reedley
City of San Joaquin
City of Sanger
City of Selma
County of Fresno San
Joaquin Valley Air District
Caltrans
Public Transportation
Urban
Public Transportation Rural
MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Needs
Assessment
● 2022 Regional
Transportation
Plan/Sustainable
Communities Strategy
(RTP/SCS)
● Countywide Pavement
Condition Survey
● Other Funding Sources
Identified
● Funding Gaps Identified
Revenue
Projections
30 Year -- $6.8 billion
MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Public Engagement Strategies
14 Workshops and Community Meetings
Door to Door; 1,070 Spanish responses –
Cantua Creek, Lanare, Tranquillity, Orange
Cove, Parlier, Kerman, Caruthers, Biola,
Hmong Community, Coalinga, Del Rey, Five
Points, Huron, Sanger, Kingsburg, San
Joaquin, Punjabi Community
Community Events
Virtual Meetings
Online & In-Person Surveys; 2,800
surveys, 2,000 comments
2 Public Opinion Polls – Just Short of
5,500 responses
8 Definitely yes
Probably yes
Undecided,
lean yes
Undecided,
lean no
Probably no
Definitely no
Undecided
54%
23%
4%
1%
4%
11%
3%
Total
Yes
80%
Total
No
17%
77%
Until Ended
by Voters 30 Years20 Years
Q. Based on this description, would you vote yes in favor of the measure or no to oppose it? Slightly more than three-quarters initially support a Fresno Transportation Continuation Measure regardless of the duration, with roughly half saying they would definitely vote yes. (Each Duration MOE = +/-4.7%; Total MOE = +/-2.7%)
54%
25%
2%
1%
5%
9%
4%
Total
Yes
81%
Total
No
16%
79%
53%
23%
4%
1%
5%
11%
4%
Total
Yes
80%
Total
No
17%
76%
53%
23%
3%
1%
5%
10%
3%
Total
Yes
80%
Total
No
16%
76%
Total
Voter Opinion Poll
Sample Size: 2,465 1st, 2,988 2nd
Poll #1 Taken: 2/11/21 – 3/16/22
Poll #2 Taken: 3/15/22 – 4/18/22
9 Mean
Score
6.3 6.3
6.2 6.1
Keeping local roads and transportation infrastructure in good condition, repairing potholes, creating local jobs, keeping bus fares low, and upgrading structurally declining bridges/overpasses are among voters’ top priorities.
Q. I am going to mention some features and provisions of the proposed Fresno County Transportation Continuation Measure we are discussing. Regardless of your opinion of the measure, please tell me how important it is to you that the feature or provision be included as part of the measure. We will use a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 means NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT to you that the feature or provision is included in the measure extension and 7 means it would be VERY IMPORTANT. Split Sample (Ranked by Very Important: 6-7)
81%
81%
77%
76%
8%
8%
10%
11%
5%
5%
5%
5%
5%
6%
7%
Keeping local roads in good
condition
Repairing potholes
Repairing potholes in every
neighborhood of Fresno County,
including rural and historically
disadvantaged neighborhoods
Very Impt. (6-7) Smwt. Impt. (5) Neutral (4) Not Too/Not at All Impt. (1-3) Don't Know Keeping local roads in
good condition in every
neighborhood of Fresno County,
including rural and historically
disadvantaged neighborhoods
R
R
R
R
10 Continued
Q. I am going to mention some features and provisions of the proposed Fresno County Transportation Continuation Measure we are discussing. Regardless of your opinion of the measure, please tell me how important it is to you that the feature or provision be included as part of the measure. We will use a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 means NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT to you that the feature or provision is included in the measure extension and 7 means it would be VERY IMPORTANT. Split Sample (Ranked by Very Important: 6-7)
73%
73%
72%
72%
71%
69%
11%
10%
13%
13%
11%
13%
7%
6%
6%
6%
7%
7%
9%
11%
8%
7%
10%
11%
Creating local jobs
Keeping public transit bus fares
low for students, seniors,
veterans and the disabled
Upgrading structurally declining
bridges and overpasses
Keeping the local transportation
infrastructure in good condition
Improving highway and
freeway safety
Very Impt. (6-7) Smwt. Impt. (5) Neutral (4) Not Too/Not at All Impt. (1-3) Don't Know Mean Score
6.0 5.9
6.0 6.0
5.9 5.8
Adding lanes on highways and
freeways to reduce bottlenecks
and provide a safe way to merge
into traffic
R
R
R
T
F
Greatest
Remaining Need
Fixing Local
Roads
Allocation Principles
MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Local Choice,
Local Control Flexibility Fix it First
No
Neighborhood
Left Behind
EquityImprove
Safety
MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Measure C 3
Allocations
BY PROGRAM
MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Measure C 3
Approval Process
27 May – 27 June
Public review of the Draft Measure C Renewal
Expenditure Plan began on May 27, 2022 and ended on
June 27, 2022
7 July
Fresno Council of Governments Board Adopted the Plan
on July 7, 2022
20 July
Fresno County Transportation Authority Board Approved
the Plan on July 20, 2022
• Allows sidewalk repairs to be funded through the Street Repair and Maintenance Program
• Revises the distribution of these street repairs funds from 75% population – 25% road miles to 80% -- 20% (later
revised to 78% -- 22%)
• Revises the distribution of the Local Control Program funds to 100% population based
• Establishes an annual $100,000 minimum allocation within the Street Repair and Maintenance Program for each of the 16 agencies in Fresno County
• Changes a few of the projects included in Fresno’s portion of the Tier 1 Major Roads and Highway Program
• Limits Urban Transit Oriented Development (TOD) funding to certain high-density and transit corridor requirements • Includes local hiring preference language
End result: Cities received greater local
allocations with the smallest cities seeing
increases between 5% to 20% higher. Fresno
County’s allocation was reduced by $187
Million or 14%
City of Fresno Revisions to
the TWG/EC Plan
MEASURE C • SHARING YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
Measure C 3
Local Flow Thru
TWG/EC
Committee Recommendation COG Approved Plan Difference
Agency
Clovis 496,660,395 10.36% 519,210,059 10.83% $22,549,664 Coalinga 69,196,730 1.44% 74,562,264 1.55% $5,365,534
Firebaugh 32,379,516 0.68% 36,943,730 0.77% $4,564,214
Fowler 29,414,298 0.61% 32,599,858 0.68% $3,185,560
Fresno 2,210,712,853 46.10% 2,307,800,260 48.13% $97,087,407 Huron 28,275,367 0.59% 33,128,585 0.69% $4,853,218
Kerman 65,270,367 1.36% 71,008,461 1.48% $5,738,094
Kingsburg 58,709,643 1.22% 61,935,554 1.29% $3,225,911
Mendota 47,821,219 1.00% 53,838,196 1.12% $6,016,977
Orange Cove 39,791,905 0.83% 44,073,084 0.92% $4,281,179 Parlier 60,804,739 1.27% 67,641,387 1.41% $6,836,648
Reedley 107,393,155 2.24% 114,213,410 2.38% $6,820,255
San Joaquin 16,972,795 0.35% 20,611,555 0.43% $3,638,760 Sanger 113,431,849 2.37% 120,149,116 2.51% $6,717,267
Selma 100,787,707 2.10% 107,380,167 2.24% $6,592,460
County of Fresno 1,317,696,922 27.48% 1,130,223,774 23.57% ($187,473,148) TOTAL 4,795,319,460 100.00% 4,795,319,460 100.00% $0
Fresno COG Approved Plan
30 Year Revenue Changes
Based on Fresno COG Approved Plan
Agency Increased Revenues over
30 Years for Street Repairs,
Flexible Funds (Local
Control)
Clovis $22.5 million (+4.5%)
Coalinga $5.4 million (+7.8%)
Firebaugh $4.6 million (+14.1%)
Fowler $3.2 million (+10.8%)
Fresno $97 million (+4.4%)
Huron $4.8 million (+17.2%)
Kerman $5.7 million (+8.8%)
Kingsburg $3.2 million (+5.5%)
Agency Increased Revenues over
30 Years for Street Repairs,
Flexible Funds (Local
Control)
Mendota $6.0 million (+12.6%)
Orange Cove $4.3 million (+10.8%)
Parlier $6.8 million (+11.2%)
Reedley $76.8 million (+6.4%)
San Joaquin $3.6 million (+21.4%)
Sanger $6.7 million (+5.9%)
Selma $6.6 million (+6.5%)
Fresno County: Decreased Revenues
$187 million (-14.2%)
Major Roads &
Highways
Program
• Provides Connectivity Between Communities
• Improvements to Fresno Airports
• Improves Mobility: Addition of Travel Lanes,
Passing Lanes, Interchanges, & Other Major
Improvements
• Urban Tier 1 Project List:
25 Local & State Hwy Projects totaling $833 M
• Rural Tier 1 Project List:
20 Local & State Hwy Projects totaling $ 320 M
• Urban Tier 2 Project List:
31 Local & State Hwy Projects totaling $1.592 B
• Rural Tier 2 Project List
14 Local & State Hwy Projects totaling $415 M
Proposed Plan
• Allow the entire county to fix potholes & repair streets, reaching an average Pavement Condition Index of 70,
which is within the “Good” category
• Dedicate no less than 30% of the street repair funds to disadvantaged areas, and proved a minimum $100,000
street repair allocation to each agency
• Provide over $1 billion in Local Control funding so that each agency can best meet their transportation needs
• Provide over $800 million to the three transit agencies; 180% of current transit allocations
• Meet 95% of the overall active transportation need
• Help address safety issues & congestion choke points
• Dedicate $144 million for environmental enhancements
Recommendation
Council Approval of the FCOG
and FCTA Expenditure Plan &
Implementing Guidelines