funding transportation improvements in santa clara county

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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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