TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCY - SAN JOAQUIN CORRIDOR

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m. "SJH Agency" means the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency formed by the parties to the SJH Agreement. n. "SJH Agreement" means that certain Second Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Creating the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency. II. PURPOSE AND POWERS 2.1 Agency Created. There is hereby created a public entity to be known as the "FOOTHILUEASTERN TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCY." The Agency is formed by this Agreement pursuant to the provision of Article 1, Chapter 5, Division 7, of Title I of the Government Code of the State of California. The Agency shall be a public entity separate from the parties hereto. 2.2 Purpose of the Agreement Common Powers to be Exercised. Each Party has the common power to plan for, acquire, construct, maintain, repair, manage, operate, and control facilities for one or more of the following purposes: a. The financing of and the imposing of fees for the planning and construction of major thoroughfares and bridges; b. The power to plan for, acquire, and construct environmentally - sensitive thoroughfares and bridges to conform to the technical standards of the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) whenever possible. The purpose of this Agreement is to jointly exercise the foregoing common powers to undertake such studies and planning relative to the Foothill and Eastern Transportation Corridors as may be necessary to establish Areas of Benefit, to recommend to the Parties the adoption of local ordinances and the undertaking of all acts necessary for the imposition of fees by the Parties pursuant to Government Code Section 66484.3 and to fund, plan, acquire, and construct the major thoroughfares and bridges in the Foothill and Eastern Transportation Corridors. Except for maintenance of the facilities relating to collection of tolls and insuring that the major bridges or thoroughfares constructed pursuant to this Agreement comport to those design elements incorporated into Interstate 280 near the San Francisco Bay Area, the Agency shall not maintain or operate, or incur liability for the maintenance or operation of the facilities constructed pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein. Board planning policy has and shall continue to respond to those various memoranda of understanding, resolutions, minute orders and policy statements of Parties, attached as Exhibit "A" to the prior form of this Agreement and collectively incorporated in the "Issues Inventory Manual" adopted by the Board on August 13, 1987. 0