65B - 2014 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM - Laserfiche WebLink

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• Municipal Bond Exemption — Removes tax exemption from municipal bonds and makes municipal financing more costly with higher fees. Position: Oppose • AB1717 - Telecommunications: Prepaid Mobile Telephony Service / Prepaid Telephony Services (MTS) Surcharge and Collections Act (AB 1717) -Joint effort by telecommunications industry, PUC, BOE, local agencies advisory task force, and the Governor's Office to provide an effective mechanism for collection of existing PUC surcharges and local agency Utility Users Tax (UUT) relating to prepaid wireless telecommunications services. Authorizes the BOE to collect state surcharges and local UUT on prepaid wireless telecommunication services at the local retail point -of -sale. Will preserve and increase Santa Ana UUT revenue. Position: Support GOAL 5: COMMUNITY HEALTH, LIVABILITY, ENGAGEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY • Seek Federal Farm to School Grant Program funding to support the City's joint use community garden at Madison Park. • Seek special grant monies for community engagement (PRCSA). • Advocate for special grant monies for community outreach and education efforts to enhance the public awareness of preventing health issues such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. • Seek special grant monies for outreach and education efforts to enhance walking and biking safety in our town. • Support legislation that increases funding and legal support for improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities. GOAL 6: COMMUNITY FACILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE The Santa Ana /Garden Grove Fixed Guideway • Seek funding to construct a modern streetcar operating from the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center through Santa Ana's Downtown and Civic Center within mixed flow traffic in city streets and within the Pacific Electric right of way to Garden Grove. Currently, two street car alternatives and an enhanced bus system are being considered. The streetcar could potentially connect with a streetcar being planned by the City of Anaheim via Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove. Both systems together would create a regional system benefitting mobility and goods movement as well as providing expanded regional and local economic development opportunities. The Santa Ana /Garden Grove streetcar alternatives are approximately 4 miles long with about 12 station stops in each direction. The proposed fleet size is 6 to 7 cars with headway running 10 minutes in peak conditions and 15 minutes off peak. The ridership is expected to reach 6,000 daily boarding's during its initial operation, and would result in a reduction of 2,165 vehicle miles traveled per day. The streetcar ridership capacity could respond to increased use and could also expand and extend service. The project serves Santa Ana which is the 4th most Legislative Platform 658-7 5/01/2014