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BACKGROUND Voters approved Measure B sales tax in 1986 and renewed the tax in November 2000. Collection of the renewed sales tax began on April 1, 2002. Following the collection of tax, agreements were executed between Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA) and each transit agency, Alameda County, and each local jurisdiction to allow the distribution of Measure B "pass-through funds" for four types of programs: bicycle and pedestrian, local streets and roads, mass transit, and paratransit. The majority of these agreements expire in mid-2012. Voters approved the Measure F Alameda County Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) Program on November 2, 2010, with 63 percent of the vote. The fee will generate about $11 million per year through a $10 per year vehicle registration fee. As the congestion management agency for Alameda County, the Alameda CTC will distribute these funds to four main types of programs: • Local streets and roads (60 percent) • Transit (25 percent) • Local transportation technology (10 percent) • Bicycle and pedestrian projects (5 percent) DISCUSSION New Master Program Funding Agreements have been developed for adoption by all local jurisdictions, the County, and transit operators that are the current recipients of Measure B Programmatic Pass-through funds and future recipients of VRF funds. The adoption of these agreements will integrate funding requirements of the two revenue streams and streamline eligibility, monitoring, and reporting. This effort aims to improve efficiencies for the recipient agencies' reporting requirements under the agreements and for Alameda CTC's oversight of the funds. Alameda CTC staff has developed a 10-year Master Program Funding Agreement and Implementation Guidelines that address each fund source and specify definitions, eligibility, and fund uses. The Commission may update the Implementation Guidelines on a more frequent basis than the Master Program Funding Agreement to respond to changing transportation needs over the next 10-year period. Alameda CTC has brought the Implementation Guidelines before Alameda CTC Committees that provide oversight on the funds (for example: the Para-transit Funds Implementation Guidelines were brought to Alameda CTC's Paratransit Advisory and Planning Committee, the Paratransit Technical Advisory Committee, and the Alameda County Technical Advisory Committee; the Bike/Pedestrian Implementation Guidelines were brought to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and to the Citizens Watchdog Committee). On December 16, the Alameda County Transportation Commission adopted the final Master Program Funding Agreement and the Implementation Guidelines. The new Master Program Funding Agreement must be fully executed by all recipient jurisdictions prior to March 31, 2012, to ensure that current Page 2 of 4