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Board of Supervisors respond to draft Plan Bay Area concept
Contra Costa County's Board of Supervisors believe the draft Plan Bay Area is a good first step in setting regional goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a letter addressed to the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The plan could, however, use stronger language about local control and focus more on unincorporated areas.
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Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey.
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Announcing Draft Plan Bay Area Release, Spring 2013 Meetings and Public Outreach
April 15, 2013
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) released the Draft Plan Bay Area. This starts the public comment period for the long-range plan that looks forward to the year 2040. A companion Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was released on April 2, 2013. The public comment period for the Draft Plan and Draft EIR will extend until May 16, 2013.
Plan Bay Area charts a course for accommodating needed housing growth within our nine counties while at the same time decreasing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. By laying out the Bay Area’s first-ever Sustainable Communities Strategy, Plan Bay Area seeks to meet these challenges without compromising local control of land-use decisions.
Please attend one of the nine Plan Bay Area Open Houses listed on the Plan Bay Area Meetings & Events page: view displays/ask questions about the Draft Plan Bay Area; stay to offer comments at the Public Hearing held the same evening, adjacent to the Open House. Or leave your comments at the comment station at the Open House. No registration is needed.
The Public Hearing is your opportunity to provide oral comments on several documents related to the Draft Plan Bay Area:
- Comment on the Draft Plan Bay Area (release date Friday, March 22, 2013; close of comment period, 4 p.m., Thursday, May 16, 2013).
- Comment on the Draft EIR, which examines the proposed plan and four alternatives and analyzes the range of potential environmental impacts that could result from the implementation of Plan Bay Area (release date Tuesday, April 2, 2013; close of comment period, 4 p.m., Thursday, May 16, 2013).
- Comment on the Draft 2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which implements Plan Bay Area by identifying surface transportation projects over the next six years that are regionally significant or will receive federal funds (release date Friday, March 29, 2013; close of comment period, 4 p.m., Friday, May 3, 2013).
- Comment on the Draft Transportation-Air Quality Conformity Analysis for Plan Bay Area and the Draft 2013 TIP (release date Friday, March 29, 2013; close of comment period, 4 p.m., Friday, May 3, 2013).
Multiple ways to submit your comments!
- Give us your oral comments at one of the public hearings listed on the Meetings & Events page.
- Submit your comments via e-mail to info@OneBayArea.org, or to comment on the draft EIR, eircomments@mtc.ca.gov.
- Comment via our online forum - Plan Bay Area Town Hall.
- Send your comments via mail to MTC, Plan Bay Area Public Comment, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA 94607.
ABAG and MTC are slated to adopt Plan Bay Area and the companion Environmental Impact Report in summer 2013.
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Si necesita un intérprete del lenguaje de señas, si el inglés es su segundo idioma y necesita un intérprete, o si necesita cualquier otra ayuda por favor comuníquese con nosotros al número 510.817.5757 o al 510.817.5769 para TDD/TTY. Requerimos tres días de anticipación para proveer asistencia razonable.
