To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) to Establish Active Collaboration on the Partnering Assets and Authorities for Comprehensive Transit (PAACT) Planning Project
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Review, approve, and authorize the Director of Planning and Building to sign the attached MOU with HCAOG; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide the Planning and Building Department with the notice of action.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1007 - Improve the transportation network to be multi-model, safe, sustainable and equitable
DISCUSSION:
The Board is being asked to authorize the Director of Planning and Building to sign the MOU (Attachment 1) with HCAOG which requires the county to provide a maximum of 100 hours of staff time to the PAACT planning project. HCAOG has been awarded a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant in the amount of $479,500 to be used for the PAACT planning project. The county is a sub-applicant on the grant and will be awarded $10,000 to provide a representative from the county to serve as a partner on the Steering Working Group for the project, which will offset unfunded costs that would normally affect the General Fund when implementing the county's Strategic Plan. The county has pledged to provide a $1,500 local cash match in the form of staff time and will provide an additional $698 of staff time to cover the total estimated staff cost of $12,198.
Project Objectives:
Humboldt's transit service is impressive for such a rural, remote, low-density region, but there are persistent unmet needs for more span and freq...
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