MEETING RECORD
Rescheduled Meeting
Thursday, November 3, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Eureka City Hall, Council Chambers
531 K Street, Eureka
Present:
Mayor Jeff Farley, Chair City of Ferndale
Supervisor Clif Clendenen, Vice Chair County of Humboldt
Mayor Frank Jäger City of Eureka
Mayor Doug Strehl City of Fortuna
Mayor Kathy Bhardwaj City of Trinidad
Mayor Susan Ornelas City of City of Arcata
Mayor Sherman Schapiro (Alternate) City of Blue Lake
Councilmember Leonard (Alternate) City of Rio Dell
Policy Advisory Committee Members:
Supervisor Mark Lovelace Humboldt Transit Authority
Charlie Fielder Caltrans
Staff:
Marcella Clem Executive Director
Debbie Egger Administrative Services Officer
Debra Dees Associate Planner
Siana Watts Executive Assistant
1. Call to Order
Chair Farley called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.
2. Public Participation
There was no public participation.
3. Adjournment of the HCAOG Board; Convening of the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC)
4. Consent Calendar (PAC)
Motion was made (Jäger/Ornelas) to approve the consent calendar.
Motion passed unanimously 10/0
a) FY 2011-12 Transportation Development Act (TDA) Funds Allocation
City of Fortuna 2011-12 TDA Claim (Resolution 11-14) ($355,626)
City of Ferndale 2011-12 TDA Claim (Resolution 11-15) ($40,822)
City of Trinidad 2011-12 TDA Claim (Resolution 11-16) ($10,944)
County of Humboldt 2011-12 TDA Claim (Resolution 11-17) ($2,144,492)
City of Blue Lake 2011-12 TDA Claim (Resolution 11-18) ($15,500)
City of Eureka 2011-12 TDA Claim (Resolution 11-19) ($810,819)
City of Rio Dell 2011-12 TDA Claim (Resolution 11-20) ($100,432)
b) FY 2011-12 Overall Work Program (OWP) Amendment #1
5. Items Removed from Consent Calendar
a) Meeting Record (September 22, 2011)
Motion was made (Strehl/Clendenen) to approve the meeting record of September 22, 2011.
Motion passed 6/0.
Abstention(s): Ornelas, Leonard, Schapiro, Bhardwaj
6. Regular Calendar (PAC)
a) Request for use of High Priority Project (HPP) Funds on State Route 299
Motion was made (Clendenen/Ornelas) to direct staff to enter into a cooperative agreement with the California Department of Transportation to augment the Twin Gulches Realignment Project with HPP Funds available.
Motion passed unanimously 10/0.
b) State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Guidelines and Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (RTIP) Overview
Kim Floyd, Caltrans Project Manager, provided an update and discussed the progress and
expense reports on the Eureka Arcata 101 Corridor project.
Mayor Farley opened the public comment period.
Tim Shreeve, The Farm Store
Chris Witt, Humboldt Area Foundation
Thomas Stewart, Arcata resident, presented a video for the Board to review.
Jay Bahner, Jay’s RV Center
Don Raffelli, Myrtletown resident
Trevor Harper, Harper Motors
Richard Toleson, Eureka resident
Mayor Farley closed the public comment period.
Motion was made (Jäger/Lovelace) to consider the programming of RTIP funds for the Eureka -Arcata 101 Corridor project at the December 1, 2011 HCAOG Board meeting.
Amendment to the motion was to refer the discussion of RTIP funds back to the Technical Advisory Committee for their review, and bring one of three recommendations back to the HCAOG Board for consideration; 1) recommend programming all of the region’s 2012 RTIP shares for construction of Alternative 3A, 2) recommend the programming of the first phase of the project, 3) recommend the Board not support the 101 Corridor project and request programmingof local projects.
Motion passed unanimously 10/0.
*Chair Farley excused himself from the meeting and Vice Chair Clendenen continued conducting the meeting.
c) Requests for Planning, Programming and Monitoring (PPM) Funds
There was discussion regarding funding for the proposed projects outside of the STIP. Charlie Fielder noted transportation enhancement funds and partnering with tribes to use Indian Reservation Road (IRR) Funds. In reference to the Trinidad Rancheria request, he indicated that funds for the interchange would be approached as it is done in urban areas, where a developer will fund a project. That is what Caltrans is expecting for the Trinidad Rancheria Project.
Motion was made (Jäger/Leonard) to approve the following requests of PPM funds: City of Trinidad ($5,000); Trinidad Rancheria ($35,000); Yurok Tribe ($10,000); City of Fortuna ($10,000); City of Ferndale ($5,000); Karuk Tribe ($10,000).
Ayes: Jäger, Clendenen, Ornelas, Bhardwaj, Leonard, Strehl, Lovelace, Fielder
Noes: Schapiro
Motion passed 8/1.
d) Humboldt Community Access and Resource Center (HCAR) Care-A-Van Dial-A-Ride/Lift (DAR/L) Contract
Motion was made (Ornelas/Leonard) to execute a new three-year contract with HCAR for non-emergency medical DAR/L services.
Motion passed unanimously 10/0.
7. Reconvening of the HCAOG Board (Board)
Motion was made (Ornelas/Jäger) to ratify the actions taken by the Advisory Policy Committee.
Motion carried unanimously 8/0.
8. Informational Items
Supervisor Lovelace provided the Board with information on the California Transportation Commission meeting which had taken place in Sacramento on October 26 and 27, 2011.
9. Board Member Reports
There were no Board Member Reports.
10. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:26 p.m.
Individuals requiring special accommodations, accessible seating, or documentation in alternative formats are requested to contact the HCAOG office at 444-8208 prior to the meeting.
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