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Formal public comments and correspondence on the Draft Plan Bay Area and Draft Environmental Impact Report are now posted online!
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Plan Bay Area Public Comment: What We Heard
June 5, 2013
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) received hundreds of comments from cities and counties and other government agencies, and from the public and stakeholder groups during the third round of public engagement for Plan Bay Area. Bay Area residents were invited to express their views on the Draft Plan, which was released on March 22, as well as its companion Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which was released on April 2. All written correspondence and transcripts from the public hearings are now available on the What We Heard web page.
The public comment period for both the Draft Plan and the Draft EIR ended on May 16. Agency staff have been reviewing comments from public hearings that were held on the Draft Plan in all nine Bay Area counties, as well as correspondence in response to the documents. Comments also are being reviewed from three public hearings on the Draft EIR. On June 14 staff will present key messages heard and seek direction on revising the Plan in response to public comments.
Following is a list of remaining public meetings related to the final Plan Bay Area adoption:
- June 14, 9:30 a.m. - MTC Planning Committee/ABAG Administrative Committee
- Location: Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA 94607
- Action: Staff to present key messages heard and to seek direction on revising the Plan in response to public comments
- June 20, 7:00 p.m. - Special ABAG Executive Board Meeting
- Location: Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA 94607
- Action: Presentation on public comment on Draft Plan and results/direction from the June 14 Joint MTC Planning/ABAG Administrative Committee Meeting
- July 10, 9:40 a.m. - MTC Programming and Allocations Committee
- Location: Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA 94607
- Action: Staff will recommend that the Committee refer the 2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Air Quality Conformity Analysis on the Plan and TIP to the Commission for approval
- July 12, 9:30 a.m. - MTC Planning Committee/ABAG Administrative Committee
- Location: Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA 94607
- Action: Staff will present the Final Plan and EIR and request referral for consideration by the full boards of the ABAG Executive Board and MTC Commission
- July 18, 6:30 p.m. (tentative time) Special Joint Meeting of MTC and the ABAG Executive Board
- Oakland Marriott City Center, West Hall, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607
- Action: Approve Final Plan, Final EIR, Regional Housing Need Allocation, Air Quality Conformity Analysis
Plan Bay Area looks forward to the year 2040 and charts a course for the Bay Area’s first-ever Sustainable Communities Strategy, accommodating needed growth within our nine counties while at the same time decreasing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks.
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