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SACOG Board 2025-11-20

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The SACOG Board of Directors will meet on November 20, 2025, at 9:30 AM.

  • Attend: SACOG’s offices, 1415 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA
  • Watch: https://www.sacog.org/meetings/meetingagendas, at the time of the meeting
  • Comment: In-person, or submit via email to the clerk at lespinoza@sacog.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. (see agenda for details)

Agenda (pdf)

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Public Communications

Disclosures

Consent:

  1. Approve Minutes of the October 16, 2025, Board Meeting
  2. Approve the Transportation Development Act Claims for City of West Sacramento, County of Yolo and Yuba-Sutter Transit Authority
  3. May is Bike Month Contract Extension
  4. SACOG Flexible Funding Program Grant Extension Request and Funding Transfer for the City of Isleton
  5. 511 Traveler Information Systems Consultant Services — Contract Terms Standardization

Action:

  1. Approve 2026 Meeting Schedule
  2. 2025 Blueprint Adoption: Certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report and adoption of Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; Approval of Amendment #11 to the 2025-28 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) and Conformity Analysis, associated with the proposed Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (MTP/SCS); and Adoption of the 2025 Blueprint (MTP/SCS); there are 10 attachements, which can be viewed in the html agenda or meeting packet at https://www.sacog.org/meetings/meetingagendas

Information:

  1. Tracking Blueprint Implementation through the Regional Monitoring Program

Reports:

  1. Chair’s Report, Board Members’ Reports and Executive Director’s Report

Receive & File:

  1. 2026 Regional Trail Implementation Strategy Update – Governance and Funding
  2. Quarterly Report on Contracts
  3. Land Use Implementation Activities for October 2025

SACOG Transportation Committee 2025-11-06

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The SACOG Transportation Committee meets today, Thursday, November 6, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM. This is a thin agenda, but may still be of interest for the trails strategy.

Agenda (pdf)

Consent:

  1. Approval of the October 2, 2025, Transportation Committee Meeting
  2. May is Bike Month Contract Extension
  3. SACOG Flexible Funding Program Grant Extension Request and Funding Transfer for the City of Isleton
  4. 511 Traveler Information Systems Consultant Services — Contract Terms Standardization

Information:

  1. 2026 Regional Trail Implementation Strategy Update – Governance and Funding (Summer Lopez) (Est. Time: 30) • Governance and funding options for trails

Other Matters

Adjournment

SacATC 2025-10-16

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Yes, very late post, but better late than never.

The Sacramento Active Transportation Commission (SacATC) will meet Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 5:30 PM. The meeting will be at Sacramento City Hall, council chambers. The meeting is livestreamed from the Upcoming Meetings Materials page at the time of the meeting. Comments may be made in-person, or via eComment on the Upcoming Meetings Materials page up to the time of the meeting, but should be submitted well ahead of time if you wish the commission members to see the comment before the meeting. No comments are taken online.

Agenda (pdf)

Open Session Roll Call Land Acknowledgement Pledge of Allegiance Consent Calendar All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one Motion.

  1. Approval of Active Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes
  2. Active Transportation Commission Log

Discussion Calendar

  1. SacAdapt Transportation Adaptation Plan staff | presentation
  2. Connecting Howe Avenue: Safety and Mobility Plan Phase 3 Public Engagement staff | presentation
  3. Norwood Mobility Project Phase 3 Public Engagement: Public Draft Plan staff | presentation
  4. Active Transportation Commission 2025 Annual Report staff | report | presentation

Commission Staff Report

Commissioner Comments – Ideas and Questions

Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda

Adjournment

SACOG Transportation Committee 2025-08-07

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This was unintentionally not posted in a timely manner, but may still be of use.

The SACOG Transportation Committee will meet this Thursday, August 7, 2025. The meeting may be viewed online during the meeting via the link provided on the SACOG Meetings & Agendas page. Comments may be made in person or ahead of time (48 hours if requested to be read during the meeting, otherwise they will not be read nor seen by committee members before the meeting) by email to clerk lespinoza@sacog.org. Comments may not be made online. The meetings are held at SACOG offices, 1415 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA, starting at 10:00 AM, usually lasting two hours. There is an optional presentation at 12:00 PM on Green Means Go.

The agenda items below have not been looked at in detail. If time permits, and there are significant issues, they will be added to this post.

Agenda (pdf)

Following committee roll call, public comment: Any person wishing to address the committee on any item not on the agenda may do so at this time. After ten minutes of testimony, any additional testimony will be heard following the action items.

Consent:

  1. Approve Minutes of the June 5, 2025, Transportation Committee Meeting
  2. Accept and Pass Through Federal Transit Administration Areas of Persistent Poverty and Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Funds to Paratransit, Inc.
  3. Approve Fiscal Year 2025-2026 State of Good Repair Projects

Action:

  1. Public Hearing: Amendment #11 to the 2025 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity Analysis
  2. 2025 Four-County State Funding Program Staff Recommendation staff | list
  3. Programming of Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Transit Funding staff | list

Information:

  1. Five-Year Regional Transit Implementation Plan
  2. Update on the Federal Revocation of California’s Vehicle Emissions Standards

Receive & File:

  1. Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority Board April – June Recap

another big day of meetings

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Tomorrow, Thursday, June 12, there will be at least three transportation-related public meetings:

SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) Board of Directors, 10:15 AM to about 12:00 PM, at Conzelmann Community Center, 2201 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95814 (not at SACOG offices on L Street). agenda

Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA): 1:30 PM to about 3:00 PM, at the County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 700 H St, Ste 1450, Sacramento. agenda

Sacramento Active Transportation Commission (SacATC): 5:30 PM to about 7:30 PM, at City of Sacramento Council Chambers, 915 I Street, Sacramento. Note, SacATC usually meets on the third Thursday of the month, but the June meeting is on the second Thursday. agenda

SacATC 2025-05-15

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Added comments on agenda 3 ‘Vision Zero School Safety Project’, below.

The Sacramento Active Transportation Commission (SacATC) will meet Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 5:30 PM. The meeting will be at Sacramento City Hall, council chambers, The meeting is livestreamed from the Upcoming Meetings Materials page. Comments may be made in-person, or via eComment on the Upcoming Meetings Materials page up to the time of the meeting, but should be submitted well ahead of time if you wish the commission members to see the comment before the meeting.

Agenda (pdf; the agenda below is abbreviated; consult the pdf agenda for details)

Consent Calendar

  1. Approval of Active Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes
  2. Active Transportation Commission Log

Discussion Calendar

  1. Vision Zero School Safety Project: staff report | presentation
  2. Nomination and Appointment of One Active Transportation Commission Member to the Secure Bike Parking Pilot Evaluation Panel

Commission Staff Report

Commissioner Comments – Ideas and Questions

Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda Adjournment

Agenda item 3 Vision Zero School Safety Project

I support this project. The focus on lower-income schools with existing safety issues, and use of relatively inexpensive measures such as high visibility crosswalks, and curb and bike lane paint, are good.

  1. The diagrams, both in the staff report and the presentation, should include the posted speed limit of each street. RRFBs are inappropriate for speeds over 25 mph, due to driver non-compliance, so the posted speed is an important consideration.
  2. APS (accessible pedestrian signal) ‘upgrades’ (West Campus, Natomas, Smythe, Kenney) should implement appropriate accessible messages, but SHOULD NOT implement required push buttons. Nothing in PROWAG requires that APS signals require button press for permission to cross. Required ‘beg buttons’ are inappropriate at these locations, and at all locations in the city.
  3. Though permanent curb extensions are probably beyond the funding of these school projects, I was surprised to not see any temporary or quick-build curb extensions, which are one of the most effective measures for calming traffic.

SACOG Transportation Committee 2025-05-15

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The SACOG Transportation Committee will meet Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM. The meeting is at 1415 L St, Ste 300, Sacramento, CA. It can be viewed livestream via the link on the Meetings and Agendas page. Comments may be made in-person or by email ahead of time to the clerk, lespinoza@sacog.org. To be seen by the committee members, they must be emailed at least 48 hours beforehand, though they become part of the record if emailed after that deadline.

Agenda (pdf; the agenda below is abbreviated, see the full pdf agenda for details; for staff reports and other documents, select html agenda on the Meetings and Agendas page)

Consent:

  1. Approve Minutes of the April 3, 2025, Committee Meeting
  2. Engage, Empower, Implement Grant Reallocation
  3. Approve Scope Change for City of Marysville Sustainable Mobility Program project
  4. Approve Scope Change for City of West Sacramento “Great Delta Trail: Clarksburg Branch Line Extension”

Action:

  1. Request for Project Funding Transfers (Miguel Mendoza)
  2. Mobility Zones Adoption (Kathleen Hanley)

Information:

  1. 2025 Four-County State Funding Program Progress Report (David Pape)
  2. Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Project Delivery Report (Miguel Mendoza)
  3. Transportation Options for Upcoming A’s Games (Nicole Zhi Ling Porter)
  4. Report on Cap-to-Cap Trip & SACOG Tour (Lanette Espinoza)

Receive & File:

  1. Transit Financial Planning Efforts: Scope, Coordination, and Timeline (Leo Torres) staff report | underway
  2. 2026 Regional Trail Implementation Strategy Update – Prioritization Methodology (Summer Lopez)

Optional Presentation Funding Round Briefing (Noon-1:00 p.m.)

If time allows, I may add comments about some agenda items.

SACOG Board 2025-03-20 (in Rocklin)

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The SACOG monthly board meeting will be held in Rocklin this month, Thursday, March 20, at 9:45 AM, at Rocklin Event Center, 2650 Sunset Blvd, Rocklin, CA. It can be viewed on YouTube via the Meetings and Agendas page. Comments may be made in person (in Rocklin), or via email ahead of time to lespinoza@sacog.org. Most board meetings are held at the SACOG Board Room on L Street in Sacramento, but some meetings rotate through the cities and counties in the SACOG region.

Agenda (the official agenda has more detail for each agenda item than below, and the html agenda on the Meetings & Agendas page has staff reports and presentation links; the links below are just a few items of particular interest to me):

Consent:

  1. Approve Minutes of the February 20, 2025, Board Meeting
  2. Approve Revised Local Transportation Fund Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for Sacramento County
  3. Approve Local Transportation Fund Findings of Apportionment for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
  4. Approve State of Good Repair Fund Allocation for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
  5. Approve State Transit Assistance Fund Allocation for Fiscal Year 2025-2026; staff report; allocation
  6. Approve Low Carbon Transit Operations Funds Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024- 2025; staff report; allocation
  7. Approve Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority Appointment
  8. Approve Contract Authorization for SB 125 Long-Term Financial Plan and Recovery Strategy and Annual Financial Analysis; staff report
  9. Approve Engage, Empower, Implement Award Correction

Action:

  1. Approve 2025 Regional Active Transportation Program Funding Recommendation (Summer Lopez), recommendations, presentation
  2. Public Hearing: Staff Vacancies (Erik Johnson)
  3. Approve Draft Budget and Overall Work Program for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, Adopt Salary Schedules and Hold Hearing on Vacancies (Loretta Su)

Information:

  1. Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority Loan and Staffing Services (Erik Johnson)

Workshop:

  1. Lessons Learned from Rocklin’s Growth (Lanette Espinoza); staff report; no presentation available yet

Reports:

  1. Chair’s Report, Board Members’ Reports and Executive Director’s Report (Lanette Espinoza)

Receive & File:

  1. Regional Transportation Demand Management Platform “NorCal GO” Launch (Nicole Porter)
  2. 2026 Regional Trail Implementation Strategy Update (Summer Lopez)
  3. U.S. 50 Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan Overview (Dustin Foster)
  4. From Plan to Action: Implementing the 2025 Blueprint (Clint Holtzen)
  5. Advocacy Update (Renee DeVere-Oki)
  6. Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Quarterly Financial Report (Loretta Su)
  7. Green Means Go: Local Efforts to Accelerate Housing (Gregory Chew)
  8. Regional 511 Traveler Information Systems Contract and Service Continuity Considerations (Chase McFadden)

Adjournment:

big day of meetings!

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Once every few months, there are four transportation-related meetings on a single day, and that day is tomorrow, February 20, 2025. Except for retired folks with nothing better to do (me), no one could attend all four meetings. Three of the meetings are during the work day, which are scheduled then for two purposes: 1) because the members don’t want to do anything in the evening, and 2) to ensure that most of the public cannot participate. Nevertheless, I encourage readers to pick one meeting that seems of most interest, and attend in person or watch online. And comment! Though you may not have expertise on the topic being discussed, you have expertise and lived experience as a member of society.

Of the four meetings, one accepts comments online, the SacRT Mobility Advisory Council (MAC). The others do not. To comment, you must either attend in person, or submit comments online ahead of time. Comments submitted at the last moment will be included in the meeting record, but the board/commission/council/committee members will only see those comments submitted well ahead of time, usually three hours, though it varies with meeting. Meeting agendas, and select agenda items are below. I picked some agenda items of interest to me, but your interests may be different, so I suggest you take a look at the entire agenda and documents. You won’t find any presentations, because, well, that is the games agencies play with agenda presentations. Though, as a pleasant surprise, all the CARTA presentations are already available.

9:30 AM, SACOG Board of Directors, Meetings and Agendas page. Comments In-person: Public comment may be made in person at SACOG’s offices, or Written comments: May be submitted via email to the clerk at lespinoza@sacog.org.

12:00 noon, Capitol Area Tolling Authority, Board Meetings page. Comments In-person: Public comment may be made in person at the meeting location, or Written comments: May be submitted via email to the clerk at rtadevich@sacog.org.

2:30 PM, SacRT Mobility Advisory Council (MAC), MAC page. Comments In-person: Public comment may be made in person at the meeting location, or online via Zoom.

5:30 PM, Sacramento Active Transportation Commission (SacATC), Upcoming Meetings page. Comment In-person: Public comment may be made in person at the meeting location, or via eComment on the Upcoming Meetings page. eComment is open when the agenda is posted, and remains open until the beginning of public comment on an agenda item. Commissioners will not see eComments submitted during the meeting, but these will be part of the public record.

the games agencies play with agenda presentations

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For the public meetings I attend or follow, which includes Sacramento City Council, Sacramento Active Transportation Commission, Sacramento Transportation Authority, SACOG Board, SACOG Transportation Committee, Sacramento Regional Transit, and SacRT Mobility Access Council, the slide presentations given at the meetings are rarely available ahead of time. Agendas must be published three days ahead of time, under the Brown Act. Agencies have done better on doing more than three days. There are staff reports, but usually the slide presentation are not available. Yet the slide presentations offer key information that is not available in the staff reports, including charts, data, lists, and photos. Without the slide presentations and their detail, it is difficult for the public to understand what the agenda item is really about, and to develop comments ahead of time. I myself often have to significantly modify my preliminary comments based on the slide presentation.

I realize that there may be occasional instances when the slide presentation is still being worked on right before the meeting, for late breaking changes or to answer questions that board members have asked ahead of time. But that is usually not the case. Usually, the slide presentations are available ahead of time, but are not shared with the public.

SACOG is the worst agency in this respect. Every meeting I attend or follow, I have to send an email to the board clerk to request the slide presentations. They are sent to me, and also added to the agenda items, but this occurs during or after the meeting. I have requested slide presentations beforehand and not received them.

This is the game agencies play to make it difficult for the public to comment on agenda items. Board and council members, and staff, give lip service to transparency, but do not actually provide it.