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RESOLUTION NO. 13-640 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, ADOPTING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE TRI-VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL (TVTC) JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the TVTC jurisdictions of the Cities of San Ramon, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, the Town of Danville, and the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa entered into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JEPA) in 1998 to create the Tri-Valley Transportation Development Fees (TVTDF) as a mechanism to partially fund the $763 million cost of 11 original high priority projects the TVTC Strategic Expenditure Plan (SEP) needed to address some of the more congested elements of the Tri-Valley transportation network; and WHEREAS, the TVTC Strategic Expenditure Plan (SEP) identified 11 high priority transportation improvements to the regional transportation system necessary to accommodate traffic growth from ongoing development in the Tri-Valley area and elsewhere; and WHEREAS, on July 31, 2013, the Tri-Valley Transportation Council (TVTC) approved the new Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, authorizing staff to forward the plan to the seven- member jurisdictions for local adoption. In order to adopt the proposed JEPA, the governing bodies of all seven-member jurisdictions must act to approve the JEPA; and WHEREAS, the primary purposes of the new JEPA amendments is to remove the Strategic Expenditure Plan (SEP) and the Tri-Valley Transportation Development Fee (TVTDF) document from the JEPA in order to expedite and build in flexibility to adapt to changes as needed, eliminate overlapping inconsistencies between the two existing governing documents, remove outdated language, to streamline administrative processes, and address agency status; and WHEREAS, the new Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement is a new stand-alone agreement that officially supersedes all the previous agreements; and WHEREAS, the new Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JEPA) would: 1. Create an independent agency that retains the same structure, membership, and focus of the TVTC. The purpose of creating a separate agency is to enable the TVTC to enter into contracts on its own behalf, streamline decision-making processes, and apply for and receive grant funding on behalf of TVTC projects. 2. Change the existing voting requirements for any JEPA, SEP, or TVTD fee modifications from unanimity to a 6:1 supermajority. 3. Eliminate overlapping inconsistencies that currently exist in the TVTC's governing documents, i.e. the Joint Powers Agreement (1991) and Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (1998) and addendums thereto. 4. Eliminate outdated language that currently exists both in the JPA (1991) and JEPA (1998)