COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Department of Public Works

DATE:

September 18, 2008

BOARD MEETING DATE:

October 7, 2008

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

James C. Porter, Director of Public Works

SUBJECT:

Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of San Mateo and Various Jurisdictions and Agencies to Work Cooperatively on the Smart Corridors Project

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of San Mateo and the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), Caltrans District 4, the City of Belmont, the City of Burlingame, the City of Foster City, the City of Millbrae, the City of Redwood City, the City of San Bruno, the City of San Carlos, the City of San Mateo, the Town of Atherton, the City of South San Francisco, the City of Menlo Park, the City of East Palo Alto, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), and the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA) to acknowledge the Smart Corridors Project, and to agree to work cooperatively to assist in development of the Smart Corridors project.

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Commitment: Responsive, effective and collaborative government.

Goal 22: County and local governments effectively communicate, collaborate and develop strategic approaches to issues affecting the entire County.

This action furthers this commitment and goal by agreeing to work with all transportation partners to assist in development of the Smart Corridors project.

BACKGROUND:

Over the past few years, C/CAG has been developing a plan and strategies for managing incidents (accidents, hazardous waste spills, criminal justice actions, weather related incidents, etc.) on the major transportation corridors in San Mateo County. C/CAG has recently been able to secure funding from the California Transportation Commission to begin implementation of the plan.

DISCUSSION:

The San Mateo County Smart Corridors Project is a cooperative effort by C/CAG, SMCTA, multiple local jurisdictions, Caltrans, and countywide and regional transportation agencies to implement an incident management program.

The San Mateo County Smart Corridors Project will implement traffic management strategies by deploying Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) elements along conventional state highway routes and major local streets so that these designated routes will have the tools to manage traffic congestion and improve mobility. C/CAG is funding the design and initial capital of the Smart Corridors Project.

The purpose of this MOU is to confirm that all of the impacted jurisdictions and agencies work cooperatively and provide input during the development of the Smart Corridors project. This MOU also defines the vision and goals and general roles and responsibilities associated with the development of the Smart Corridor project.

Agreements that address details related to the maintenance and operations of the Smart Corridors Project will be developed with the cities, the County and other affected agencies in the near future and will be presented to your Board for execution in a separate agreement.

County Counsel has reviewed and approved the Resolution and MOU as to form.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Staff time would be required to attend meetings and review plans, and will be funded with the Road Fund. There will be no impact to the General Fund.