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Exhibit A <br /> JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT <br /> ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION <br /> This Agreement is dated March 25, 2010 for reference purposes only. <br /> 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Joint Powers Agreement "Agreement is to <br /> create a joint powers agency pursuant to the California Joint Exercise of Powers Act that will <br /> have all of the authority, powers and rights of the Alameda County Congestion Management <br /> Agency "ACCMA and the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority <br /> "ACTIA and certain additional powers as described in this Agreement. <br /> 2. OBJECTIVES. The objectives of this Agreement are to: <br /> (a) Coordinate transportation planning and conduct transportation <br /> programming within Alameda County for all countywide, regional, state and federal funding <br /> programs; <br /> (b) Position Alameda County jurisdictions, including the Transit Operators <br /> and other transportation system operators, to better compete for limited state and federal <br /> transportation dollars; <br /> (c) Develop a consensus on future improvements to major roads, freeways <br /> and transit services in Alameda County; <br /> (d) Carry out the projects and programs in Alameda County's 20 Year Sales <br /> Tax Transportation Expenditure Plan, dated July 2000, as it may be amended from time to time <br /> and the responsibilities of a Local Transportation Authority pursuant to Public Utilities Code <br /> 180000 et seq., including but not limited to preparation of a new Expenditure Plan and <br /> submission of a new or extension of the existing sales tax to the voters; <br /> (e) Complete the projects in the Alameda County Sales Tax Transportation <br /> Plan's 1986 Expenditure Plan and carry out the responsibilities of a Local Transportation <br /> Authority pursuant to Public Utilities Code 130000; <br /> (f) Continue and sustain a Congestion Management Agency for Alameda <br /> County and its member cities; <br /> (g) Develop and update countywide transportation policies through the <br /> Countywide Transportation Plan and the Congestion Management Program; <br /> (h) Implement the requirements of state legislation to maintain and administer <br /> a Congestion Management Program for the County; <br /> (i) Designate the ACTC as the Alameda County Program Manager for the <br /> Transportation Fund for Clean Air; <br /> 000230.0026 \1453006.5 1 <br />