These
are projects of local importance
selected by city councils and the Board
of Supervisors.
Projects eligible for funding
include pothole repairs, traffic signal
synchronization, bridge repairs and
safety improvements.
A full list of eligible projects
is shown below.
Revenues will be allocated to cities and the County based on their
proportionate share of the
South
Coast population after
each jurisdiction has received a
$100,000 annual base allocation.
The table below shows the
estimated net allocation that each
jurisdiction would receive for local
street and transportation improvements.
|
| |
|
South Coast
Jurisdictions |
Net 30 Year Allocation |
Percent of Gross
Allocation to MTD |
|
Carpinteria |
$22,777,000 |
7.96% |
|
Goleta |
$42,913,000 |
13.18% |
|
Santa Barbara |
$104,054,000 |
26.05% |
County of Santa Barbara
(unincorporated South Coast) |
$102,906,000 |
11.12% |
|
South Coast Total |
$272,650,000 |
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|
Each
jurisdiction must contribute a percent
of their gross allocation, specified in
the table above, to the South Coast
Transit Operations Program, and the
funds will be directly allocated to the
Santa Barbara MTD by the Authority.
Each
South Coast
city and the
County
of Santa
Barbara
shall expend a minimum of 10% of their
Net 30 Year Allocation, on eligible
alternative transportation projects.
This requirement must be met by
the fifth year of the program, and every
fifth year thereafter.
Eligible alternative
transportation projects are listed
below. |
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Local Street and Transportation
Improvements Funding Eligible Uses |
|
City
councils and the board of supervisors
may expend Local Street and Transportation
Improvements funding on the following
uses: |
|
|
| 1. |
Maintaining, improving or
constructing roadways, bridges,
and bicycle and pedestrian
facilities |
| 2. |
Safe Routes to School
improvements |
| 2. |
Safety improvements |
| 4. |
Reduced transit fares for
seniors and disabled |
| 5. |
Bus and rail transit
services that provide
alternatives to the automobile |
| 6. |
Programs that reduce
transportation demand |
| 7. |
The operation of urban
forestry street tree programs |
| 8. |
Storm damage repair to
transportation facilities |
| 9. |
Roadway drainage facilities |
| 10. |
Traffic signal coordination,
intersection channelization |
| 11. |
Traffic management |
| 12. |
Landscaping maintenance |
| 13 |
Highway improvements |
| 14. |
Matching funds for state and
regional programs and projects |
| 15 |
Bus and rail transit
facilities |
|
| |
|
Eligible Local Street and Transportation
Improvement Funding Alternative
Transportation Expenditures |
|
Local
Street and Transportation Improvement
funding may be expended by city councils
and the board of supervisors on the
following uses to meet the prescribed
alternative modes percentage.
|
|
|
|
1. |
Maintenance, repair,
construction and improvement of
bicycle and pedestrian
facilities, excluding
maintenance of Class 2 bikeway
facilities. |
| 2. |
Safe Routes to School
improvements |
| 3. |
Reduced transit fares |
| 4. |
Bus and rail transit
services and facilities |
| 5. |
Education and incentives
designed to reduce single
occupant auto trips |
|
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The
County of Santa Barbara may count expenditures on
Class 2 bikeway maintenance toward its
alternative transportation percentage
but these expenditures may not exceed
50% of the County’s prescribed
percentage.
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