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Consider adoption of a resolution calling for a special election to be conducted in Solano County on whether the voters shall approve Regional Measure 3, the Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan, and calling for the election to be consolidated with the statewide primary election on June 5, 2018
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the resolution calling for a special election to be conducted in Solano County on whether the voters shall approve Regional Measure 3, the Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan, and calling for the election to be consolidated with the statewide primary election on June 5, 2018.
SUMMARY:
Regional Measure 3 (RM 3), authorized by SB 595 (Beall, 2017), is the third regional toll increase measure to be considered by San Francisco Bay Area voters. Pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code section 30923, the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) selected June 5, 2018 as the date to place RM 3 on the ballot, and the board of supervisors in each county must consider calling a special election to do so. The deadline for action by the Board of Supervisors is March 9, 88 days prior to the election. If approved by a majority of voters in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma as well as the City and County of San Francisco, RM3 would raise tolls on the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, San Francisco-Oakland Bay and San Mateo-Hayward bridges by $1 on January 1, 2019, by an additional $1 on January 1, 2022 and by an additional $1 on January 1, 2025, to finance the transportation expenditure plan detailed in Senate Bill 595.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
RM3 revenues will provide a substantial benefit to Solano County and will not impose any direct costs to county staff or services. Senate Bill 595 requires the BATA to use toll revenues to reimburse the counties and the City a...
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