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 early April and early July 2020. The county and state Covid 19 pandemic Shelter-in-Place orders have been in effect, in some form or another, throughout this period. Nonetheless, transportation and land use planning have continued in the Bay Area. In person meetings have all but ceased, with meetings conducted through various on-line platforms. Agency staffs have typically worked from home. In this way, the business of agencies has continued, although some activities have been deferred.
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