SJCOG staff is also actively involved on valley-wide committees that meet regularly on issues of mutual interest. In addition to the committees or groups listed below, the San Joaquin Valley MPOs are also active in the state’s high-speed rail efforts, the promotion of State Route 99, goods movement through the Valley, RTP/SCS development, and other areas of mutual concern. Together they have developed a San Joaquin Valley Council of Governments website: www.sjvcogs.org.

San Joaquin Valley Regional Planning Agencies Directors Committee

The Directors' Committee is comprised of the eight executive directors of each of the MPOs / RTPAs in the San Joaquin Valley. This includes the San Joaquin Council of Governments, Stanislaus Council of Governments, Fresno Council of Governments, Kern Council of Governments, Kings County Association of Governments, Madera County Transportation Commission, Merced County Association of Governments, and Tulare County Association of Governments.

The committee provides a forum for the executive directors to discuss and collaborate on issues of regional importance and that impact the entire region such as transportation, air quality, and advocacy efforts. The directors' committee works on the staff level at building consensus between the eight MPOs on items that, when implemented by individual Regional Planning Agencies, results in a single vision for the entire San Joaquin Valley.

Meetings

Directors' committee meetings are held regularly in alternating locations in the valley. These meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity on every agenda for the public to offer comments.

Meeting agendas and minutes can be found on the San Joaquin Valley Regional Planning Policy Council Agenda page.

San Joaquin Valley Regional Policy Council

The Regional Policy Council is a sixteen member board that consists of two elected officials from each of the eight Regional Transportation Planning Agencies in the San Joaquin Valley. This includes the San Joaquin Council of Governments, Stanislaus Council of Governments, Fresno Council of Governments, Kern Council of Governments, Kings County Association of Governments, Madera County Transportation Commission, Merced County Association of Governments, and Tulare County Association of Governments.

The Policy Council was established in 2006 to provide a forum for the Valley to communicate, discuss and collaborate on issues that impact the entire region such as transportation, air quality, and advocacy efforts. The Policy Council works regionally to build consensus on items that, when implemented by individual Regional Planning Agencies, results in a single vision for the entire San Joaquin Valley.

Meetings

Policy Council meetings are held regularly in alternating locations in the Valley. These meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity on every agenda for the public to offer comments.

Meeting agendas and minutes can be found on the San Joaquin Valley Regional Planning Policy Council Agenda page.

San Joaquin Valley REAP Committee for Housing

Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) is a state funded grant program to help regions and jurisdictions with planning activities to meet the sixth cycle of the regional housing needs assessment and to spur affordable housing production. A 24-member San Joaquin Valley REAP Committee for Housing was created to help steer this planning effort.

A total of $18,975,323 in REAP grant funds is available to the eight San Joaquin Valley Regional Planning Agencies, including the San Joaquin Council of Governments, for housing planning activities through 2023. Each regional planning agency is responsible to determine funding amounts and policies for Regional Housing Needs Assessment planning, jurisdictional grants, and other related activities.

Funds can be used for technical assistance, establishing housing trust funds, RHNA/Housing Element planning, infrastructure planning, feasibility studies, staffing and consulting needs, and other uses. REAP funds cannot be used for housing construction activities.

Meetings

The San Joaquin Valley REAP Committee for Housing meets several times a year at various locations throughout the San Joaquin Valley. These meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity on every agenda for the public to offer comments.

Meeting agendas and minutes can be found on SJCOG’s San Joaquin Valley REAP Committee for Housing agenda page.

Megaregion Working  Group

The Megaregion Working Group is a twelve member working group representing sixteen counties and 136 cities with a total population of nearly eleven million people stretching from the Central Valley and Bay Area to the Sierra Nevada Foothills.

The working group is responsible for conducting a number of state and federally mandated planning and programming responsibilities, including the maintenance of long-range Regional Transportation Plans and Sustainable Communities Strategies.

Meetings

The Megaregion Working Group will meet at least three times each year to guide the coordination efforts and work of the MPO Partners. These meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity on every agenda for the public to offer comments.
 
Meeting agendas can be found in the agenda center.