City Council
Councilmember Neysa Hinton
Date Submitted to Council: June 13, 2024
Name of Council Member Submitting Item: Neysa Hinton
Subject of Item: Recap of SCTA/RCPA Meeting Notes from 6/10/24 June 10th, 2024: Attended Executive Board Meeting at 1:30pm + Full Board Meeting at 2:30pm
Additionally, I will be attending two meetings on June 17, 2024:
First, one meeting witll be with CalTrans in combination with 5th District Supervisor, Lynda Hopkikns to discuss Sebastopol (as well as the whole 5th District) upcoming CalTrans projects. Additionally, later that day I will be participating in an informational interview with Equity First Consulting who will be working with RCPA over the next 6 months to improve their internal collaboration, organizational effectiveness, and ultimately their ability to do mission driven work through a visioning and alignment process.
Item 5.1: Planning – Regional Transportation Plan – Plan Bay Area 2050+ Update The Plan Bay Area 2050+ presentation included confirmation from MTC staff that SMART to Healdsburg Passenger Rail Project would be included in the plan. The regional growth pattern reflected in slide #8 (attached) was estimated using a number of different growth forecasting tools and datasets including the REMI regional population and employment model, UrbanSim model, and the Regional Travel Demand model as described in this technical
memo: https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/meetings/attachments/5833/8aiv_PBA50_Attachment_C_ Draft_Regional_Growth_Forecast.pdf. More detailed forecasts, including jurisdiction level housing and employment forecasts, will be released this month and will be available on the MTC website. Planning staff will provide a link to these forecasts in the July Planning Activities Report. MTC Staff will be providing an update on the Transit Oriented Community at the July 8th board meeting. We’ve requested that they also report on technical assistance MTC has provided using REAP 2.0 funding focused on housing element adoption and RHNA implementation support.
Item 5.2: Transit – Integrated Transit Service Plan Recommendations – Approved.
SCTA staff will facilitate an MOU between our 3 bus operators to implement the plan recommendations. Plan will be presented to the Board of Supervisors, City of Santa Rosa and City of Petaluma.
Item 5.3. Advocacy –Legislative Update
The Connect Bay Area Act of 2024 (SB-1031) will not be advanced in 2024. MTC meeting, June 12th with the authors to begin planning for 2025.
Item 6 Activities Reports Update:
Climate funding: RCPA submitted a grant proposal on June 3 to the Office of Planning and Research Adaptation Planning Grant program for funding to develop an energy resilience plan for Sonoma County.
RCPA partnered with two local CBOs - Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) and Nuestra Comunidad - to support community engagement for the project. Award announcements are expected in September 2024.
Strategic Visioning and Organizational Alignment: Staff worked with consultants at Equity First to launch Phase 1 of our Organizational Assessment. We developed invitation lists and questions for focus groups and Board interviews. Separate focus groups will be conducted with external staff partners, SCTA/RCPA advisory board members, and SCTA/RCPA staff. Focus groups and Board interviews will begin mid-June and be completed by the end of July.