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The San Luis Obispo Council of Governments met on June 6, 2007. The following items are of
interest to the City of San Luis Obispo.
The Executive Director reported that the signal preemptive grant program is proceeding. This
would provide programmable preemptive equipment for 100 signals countywide.
The COG has received approval from the California Transportation Commission for funds to
continue with the Environmental Impact Report preparation, right=of-way acquisition and
engineering for the Santa Maria Bridge widening on 101, thus positioning it very well to
compete for construction funds during the next several years.
The CalTrans representation reported that CalTrans is preparing initial documents for extending
the right-turn lane on southbound Highway 1 (Santa Rosa) at Olive Street. This would extend
the lane to Montalban Street (past the now-vacant Union 76 site). Construction should begin in
2011.
Staff reported that the RTA is closing a transit service gap at Cuesta College for late afternoon
by a reschedule of the buses serving the Highway 1 corridor.
The board discussed moving ahead with the regional road system deficiency analysis. This
would be a county-wide analysis using the recently approved regional traffic model, which
attempts to take into account general plan information for each community in order to arrive at
accurate projections. The County traffic model will continue to serve as the basis for local cities
for their traffic models.
COG staff discussed programs to be put into place to meet Governor Schwarzenegger's climate
change emissions control targets for California. These are scheduled to be met during the years
of 2010, 2020, and 2050, and call for reduced congestion by improving the efficiency of transit
systems, improving vehicle occupancy, reducing vehicle emissions, and adopting smart growth
land use strategies.
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The Board approved a number of actions in response to the Governor's May revisions to the
budget, many of which affect transportation programs. There is opposition to the Governor's
program to take some transit assistance funds approved under Proposition 1B and authorize them
for school bus transportation programs. The Board favored the purchase of rail cars and
locomotives to increase train service between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Board took a
position asking that Prop 1B funds be made available to local jurisdictions in the near future
rather than being spread over the next ten years as the Governor is proposing in order to balance
the state budget.
The Board took a position in opposition to the Williamson Act cuts which could result in the
development of agricultural lands for urban uses, which would increase growth pressures within
our rural county.
Staff reported that the next round of housing allocations will come before the COG within the
next several months. They expect the numbers to be reduced from previous HCD submittals,
however, we anticipate another difficult time in dealing with the allocation.