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BACKGROUND The Tri-Valley Transportation Council (MC) adopted the Tri-Valley Transportation Plan/Action Plan (MP/AP) for Routes of Regional Significance in 1995. The MP/AP was later updated in 2000. The Plan is a mutual understanding and agreement on Tri- Valley transportation concerns, including funding, and recommendations for eleven specific regional transportation improvements. One of these improvement projects is the construction of the I-580 HOV Lane Project, between Tassajara and Vasco Roads. The eleven regional improvement projects were subsequently included as part of the Tri-Valley Transportation Development Fee (MDF) adopted and ratified by all seven member jurisdictions. In 1999, the MC adopted the Strategic Expenditure Plan (SEP) that established a funding plan for the eleven regional projects. The SEP programmed $8 million in MDF funds, to be paid over two years ($4 million in 2007/08 and $4 million in 2008/09), to the I-580 HOV Lane Project (Project No. 5). The I-580 HOV Lane Project includes the construction of approximately 10 miles of HOV lanes in both directions of Interstate 580 from Hacienda Drive to Greenville Road. The project also includes improvements such as auxiliary lanes, soundwalls, ramp metering equipment and a direct HOV bus connection from the westbound HOV lane into the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. The current project extends the limits of the original project from Tassajara Road to Hacienda Road at the western end, and from Vasco Road to Greenville Road at the eastern end. The project is part of an overall corridor improvement program that includes an eastbound HOV lane project, a westbound HOV lane project, a Traffic Management Program (TMP) and advance right- of-way acquisition for a future transit extension in the median to Livermore. The finished project will provide one HOV and four mixed-flow lanes in each direction of travel, and auxiliary lanes between key interchanges. DISCUSSION A collaborative effort between the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, Caltrans, Alameda County and the Cities of Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore has resulted in great progress on the project over the last few years. The Tri-Valley Transportation Development Fee monies play a critical role in ensuring the continued progress and relatively near-term completion of the I-580 HOV Lane Project. On October 24, 2007 the Tri-Valley Transportation Council voted unanimously to allocate $4 million of the programmed $8 million dollars to the I-580 HOV Lane Project. These funds were transferred and expended by the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency on the I-580 project. As outlined in the Strategic Expenditure Plan, the MC allocates the funding to the Signatory Lead Agency. The City of Pleasanton is the signatory lead agency identified in the MC Strategic Expenditure Plan, but is not actually administering the project. The ACCMA is the agency responsible for the administration and management of the project and is the sole agency responsible for disbursement of funds to the contractor. Page 2 of 3