ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT - Report ID: 12-083d

• Report ID: 12-083d
• Type: Consent
• Meeting Body: Board of Directors - Regular Meeting
• Meeting Date: 9/11/2019
• Final action: 9/11/2019
• Recommended Action: Consider receiving report on proposed modifications to the scope of the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project; the adoption of Resolution No. 19-030 approving modifications to the Locally Preferred Alternative as described in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR); and authorize the General Manager to file an amendment to the Notice of Determination (NOD) with the Alameda County Clerk-Recorder's Office and the California State Clearinghouse to complete the environmental review process.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/11/2019	Board of Directors - Regular Meeting	Adopted	Pass

TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: East Bay Bus Rapid Transit - Modifications to Locally Preferred Alternative Project Scope

ACTION ITEM

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):

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Consider receiving report on proposed modifications to the scope of the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project; the adoption of Resolution No. 19-030 approving modifications to the Locally Preferred Alternative as described in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR); and authorize the General Manager to file an amendment to the Notice of Determination (NOD) with the Alameda County Clerk-Recorder's Office and the California State Clearinghouse to complete the environmental review process.

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BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:

There is a fee of $100.00 to file the amendment to the NOD with Alameda County and the State of California. The proposed scope modifications will result in an approximate net savings to the project of $500,000.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:

In early 2012, the AC Transit District (District) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a combined National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the East Bay BRT Project.
Subsequent to the 2012 Record of Decision (ROD), the BRT project advanced through detailed engineering, accompanied by continued public and stakeholder outreach. During approximately the first eighteen months of detailed design, a number of BRT station locations were adjusted in response to requests from the public, businesses, and city officials. In accordance with the conditions of the ROD, the District notified the FTA of these changes. An evaluation of their potential effects was made in accordance with FTA environmental procedures (23 C.F.R 771.13) on supplemental environmental documentation and submitted in a letter report to the FTA in early 2014; hereafter referred to as the 2014 Environmental Re...