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Conservation Corps and Transportation Enhancements/Alternatives the California Experience

Conservation Corps and Transportation Enhancements/Alternatives the California Experience. The Corps Network Forum February 2013. California has Corps-friendly state statute in place. California corps thank former State Legislator and now Congressman Alan Lowenthal who authored

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Conservation Corps and Transportation Enhancements/Alternatives the California Experience

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  1. Conservation Corps and Transportation Enhancements/Alternativesthe California Experience The Corps Network Forum February 2013

  2. California has Corps-friendly state statute in place California corps thank former State Legislator and now Congressman Alan Lowenthal who authored Senate Bill 286 which passed in 2008 and US Senator Barbara Boxer for Corps-friendly Language in MAP 21

  3. SB 286 Requires state department of transportation (CalTrans) to: • consultwith community conservation corps, the California Conservation Corps, the state highway commission, regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions or authorities, and congestion management agencies • develop and utilize criteria that give priority in the selection of projects to the sponsors of eligible projects that partner with, or commit to employ the services of, a community conservation corps or the California Conservation Corps to construct or undertake the project.

  4. SB 286 • Authorizes the state transportation department, regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions or authorities, or congestion management agencies to enter into cooperative agreements, grant agreements, or procurement contracts with community conservation corps pursuant to the simplified contract requirements authorized by Section 18.36(j) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations in order to enable community conservation corps to utilize transportation enhancementalternatives project funds. • Requires the state transportation commission, when developing guidelines for the state transportation improvement program and the state highway operations and protection program to include guidance to encourage the allocation of funds for transportation enhancementalternatives projects to qualified community conservation corps and the California Conservation Corps as partners with applicants that commit to employ the services of corps members in the construction of those projects.

  5. SB 286 Applies to: • Bicycle improvements • Pedestrian improvements • Transportation Enhancement Activities: sidewalk repair, sign installation, irrigation, landscaping, tree planting, median maintenance, 3-year plant establishment . . . Find full text here: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov

  6. KEY STATISTICSFunding & Project Applications • Total Funding to California: about $72-$75 million per year • Number of transportation enhancement/ alternative project applications reviewed by CCC since 2008: 500 • Number of projects started/completed by CCC since 2008: 16

  7. KEY STATISTICSProject Applications 2008-2013 * about 50 deferred to local corps and remainder beyond CCC capacity

  8. PROJECTSare big and small

  9. PROJECT APPLICATIONSExamples of Projects Declined by CCC

  10. PROJECTSCompleted and Ongoing

  11. PROJECTSCompleted and Ongoing

  12. PROJECTSCompleted and Ongoing

  13. LESSONS LEARNED • Substantial possibilities for corps in transportation • Get yourself an SB 286 • Educate state, regional, and local transportation agencies (get a list of agencies from your state transportation office) • Lay out how to contract with corps - ease of contracting a strong selling point • Describe accurately what corps can do related to different types of transportation alternative projects • Contractor’s License will likely be needed • Seek to contract directly with the transportation agency and not as a sub to a contractor • Commit only to projects or parts of projects within your corps’ capacity; don’t over-commit • Agencies unfamiliar with your corps will want performance-based and not hourly-based contracts - bid wisely • Some projects require purchasing and handling a lot of materials and supplies

  14. APPLICATION PROCESS

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