TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Quarterly Report on District Involvement in External Planning Processes
BRIEFING ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving the Quarterly Report on District involvement in external planning processes.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Strong Public and Policymaker Support
Initiative - Service Quality
External planning activities develop public and policymaker support by facilitating dialogue-and possibly consensus-between cities, AC Transit and other stakeholders about proposals affecting transit. The District's participation in these activities is generally designed to improve or maintain service quality. Proposals by cities and other entities can improve operating conditions for AC Transit service or degrade them.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no direct budgetary/fiscal impact associated with this report.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
This report summarizes transportation and land use planning processes led by other agencies, which affect AC Transit. It focuses primarily on long-range planning activities rather than project level implementation. AC Transit participates in and tracks multiple external planning processes at multiple levels. A list and summary of these planning processes is included as Attachment 1.
At the regional level, MTC/ABAG has moved into the more project-oriented phase of Plan Bay Area 2050, also known as the Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) and the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). MTC has wrapped up the Horizon pre-plan project, which sought to define potential economic development scenarios for the Bay Area and their effect on residents. The draft Plan Bay Area will be completed next year with the Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) completed in 2021. It will have sections on transportation, housing, economy, and environment, with equity as a cross-cutting focus. Plan Bay Area is expected to include several AC Transit...
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