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 the District's 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 consensus between cities, AC Transit and other stakeholders about their 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. This report 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.
This report covers activities in the period between mid-January 2020 and early April 2020. The county and state Shelter-in-Place orders have been in effect for about a third of this period, or roughly a month. The orders have dramatically affected the practice of planning in the Bay Area and elsewhere. In person public meetings are prohibited. Staff level meetings, such as technical advisory committees, are also prohibited. Agency planning staffs are typically working from home, although many agencies' operations staffs continue to work at their regular worksites.
No new external planning processes in or affecting AC Transit have been...
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