On April 21, 1994, HB 2342 established a Citizen's Transportation Oversight Committee (CTOC), to facilitate citizen involvement in the decision making process of freeway planning and construction. Their primary responsibilities included review and advisory functions concerning the Regional Transportation Plan, the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), changes to the plan, and on the priorities regarding Proposition 300 freeways for corridor and segment development. It required that an annual audit be performed by an outside audit firm of the expenditures of the Regional Area Road Fund (RARF), along with necessary public hearings. Members were appointed for a maximum period of 3 years by each of the governing bodies of cities and towns and tribal councils in Maricopa County. The Governor appoints a Chairperson and a member at large. Staff and coordination support was to be provided by the Special Assistant for the Regional Freeway System.
HB 2172 was passed in 1996 that
repealed the existing CTOC and created a new seven member CTOC
with the same statutory responsibilities as the original committee.
The new CTOC is authorized to: approve or disapprove a freeway
or transit ballot resolution proposed by MAG or the RPTA; review
and make recommendations regarding any proposed major revision
to the MAG Transportation Improvement Program; consult with
the State Auditor General regarding the required performance
audit of the Regional Freeway System; receive and make recommendations
to MAG regarding citizens complaints relative to MAG's statutory
responsibility over the Regional Freeway System; and receive,
review and make recommendations to the State Transportation
Board regarding citizens complaints about the Regional Freeway
System. The new seven-member committee consists of five members
appointed by each of the members of the County Board of Supervisors,
an at large member appointed by the Governor and a Chairperson
appointed by the governor. Members previously appointed by the
local jurisdictions under the old legislation could opt to complete
their original term.
The CTOC Chairperson is a voting
member of the MAG Regional Council on matters related to the
Regional Freeway System, and a nonvoting member of ADOT's Priority
Planning Committee.
Legislation was introduced this year as HB 2466 that eliminated the requirement that a subsequently appointed member by the County Board of Supervisors legally reside in a different city or town than the previous member.
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