Archived Board Actions | Merced County Association of Governments, California, USA

In March, MCAG Directors made the following decisions –

As the Merced County Regional Waste Management Authority Board:
There were no agenda items.

As the Transit Joint Powers Authority for Merced County:

Set a public hearing for April 16 regarding authorizing the filing of two federal transit grant applications for stimulus funding

As the MCAG Governing Board:

Approved the Northern San Joaquin Valley Regional Ramp Metering and High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Master Plan
Approved submitting the 2009-10 Partnership Planning Grant application for aerial photography
Directed staff to release a Request for Proposals to prepare a 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, and to solicit plan funding from MCAG member agencies and community based organizations
On the Atwater-Merced Expressway:
- Moved to approve the California Environmental Equality Act (CEQA) Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations
- Selected Modified Alternative 1B as the preferred alignment
- Requested the cities of Atwater and Merced and Merced County to incorporate the preferred alternative alignment into their respective General Plans
On the transportation stimulus funded projects:
- Approved amendment to the Federal Transportation Improvement Program increasing the lump sum line item of ARRA projects in Merced County to $5,054,316 (and additional $293,502)
- Nominated the list of transportation stimulus projects to the California Transportation Commission
- Directed staff to work with project sponsors to allocate and obligate the funding to the projects as quickly as possible
Approved speeding up project selection procedures for the Federal Transportation Improvement Program

This page was last updated on April 13, 2009