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HomeMy WebLinkAbout21 AB 1756 (CABALLERO) 02-05-08AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2008 TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION SUBJECT: ASSEMBLY BILL 1756 (CABALLERO) SUMMARY Assembly Bill 1756 would encourage and support the use of public-private-partnerships to finance and construct infrastructure projects. Staff is recommending that we monitor this legislation and report any significant changes to the City Council. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Council take no action at this time. Staff will monitor the bill and report any significant changes to the City Council. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. BACKGROUND AB 1756 is a companion Bill to AB 1261 and would require the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to establish the Office of Local Public-Private Partnerships (P3) in the agency to do the following: • Promote P3's through educational seminars, fact sheets, and other materials explaining the function of P3's and the types of infrastructure projects that may be candidates for apublic-private partnership approach. • Serve as a clearinghouse of information regarding local agency use of P3's to build infrastructure in this state and elsewhere. • Establish a service to link local agencies with technical and legal resources to assist in developing and evaluating Requests for Proposals for P3 projects and to assist in structuring agreements to protect a local agency's interests in a public- private partnership. Tim D. Serlet Director of Public Works/City Engineer TDS: Assembly Bill 1756.docx AB 1756 Assembly Bill - Status CURRENT BILL STATUS MEASURE A.B. No. 1756 AUTHOR(S) Caballero. TOPIC Local infrastructure development: public-private partnerships. HOUSE LOCATION ASM TYPE OF BILL Active Non-Urgency Non-Appropriations Majority Vote Required Non-State-Mandated Local Program Fiscal Non-Tax Levy Page 1 of 1 LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 01/08/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION From printer. May be heard in committee February 7. TITLE An act to add Section 13986 to the Government Code, relating to local government. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1756_bill_20080114_stat... 1 /30/2008 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE-200]-OS REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1756 Introduced by Assembly Member Caballero January 7, 2008 An act to add Section 13986 to the Government Code, relating to local government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1756, as introduced, Caballero. Local infrastructure development: public-private partnerships. Existing law sets forth the duties and authority of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency in implementing various regional and local development programs in the state. This bill would require the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to establish the Office of Local Public-Private Partnerships in the agency to inform local agencies and other interested stakeholders of the role that public-private partnerships can play in financing, constructing, or operating, or any combination thereof, fee-producing local infrastructure projects. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 13986 is added to the Government Code, 2 to read: 3 13986. (a) The secretary shall establish the Office of Local 4 Public-Private Partnerships in the agency to inform local agencies 5 and other interested stakeholders regarding of the role that 99 AB 1756 -2- public-private partnerships can play in financing, constructing, or operating, or any combination thereof, fee-producing local infrastructure projects. (b) The duties of the office shall include, but are not limited to, both of the following: (1) Providing information to local agencies and other interested stakeholders regarding public-private partnerships through educational seminars, fact sheets, and other materials explaining the function of public-private partnerships and the types of infrastructure projects that may be candidates for apublic-private partnership approach. (2) Serving as a clearinghouse of information regarding local agency use of public-private partnerships to build infrastructure in this state and elsewhere. Specific clearinghouse functions may include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) Establishing an Internet Web site to post information regarding local agency public-private partnership projects. (B) Establishing a service to link local agencies with technical and legal resources to assist in developing and evaluating requests for proposals for public-private partnership projects and to assist in structuring agreements to protect a local agency's interests in a public-private partnership. O 99