International Blvd merchants are organizing to be heard. Fruitvale, San Antonio and Eastlakemerchants are coming up with a united front to pressure AC Transit and the City of Oakland to adopt local business proposals to address impacts during and after construction of the BRT.
Speak on merchant-proposed solutions to:
Provide solutions for parking losses
Ensure a safer environment for businesses and customers
Provide for more left turns along the Blvd.
Ensure that existing loading zones will remain
Provide business financial relief for losses during construction
Set aside a relocation fund for those businesses that will be forced to close by this project
Why this meetings is so important?
Because merchants need to pressure the AC-Transit and the City of Oakland for our proposed solutions on parking, and business mitigations, to be included on the final AC-transit’s BRT plan. This plan will be approved by the City Council on July 2014.
Please attend this Merchant Meeting on:
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at
2025 E. 12th St. – East Bay Asian Youth Center
Keep in mind… BRT Construction is planned for early 2015!
Learn
at this meeting about the progress of the BRT, and about the decisions
AC-Transit Board is making on project mitigations.
As
well, feel free to express your concerns at the public comment section
of this meeting. We hope that you can join fellow merchants demanding
for solutions to negative impacts to your business. Here is the
information:
Special Meeting: East Bay Bus Rapid Transit
Policy Steering Committee AGENDA Monday, March 24, 2014
10:00 a.m. 2nd Floor Board Room
1600 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94612 PSC Members: AC Transit Board: Director Elsa Ortiz, Chair
President Greg Harper
Director Joel Young Alameda County (Ex Officio): Supervisor Nate Miley Metropolitan Transportation commission/Caltrans: District Director Bijan Sartipi City of Oakland: Councilmember Noel Gallo
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan City of San Leandro: Councilmember Michael Gregory
Councilmember Pauline Cutter 1. Roll Call 2. Public Comment (Two minutes are allowed for each speaker) 3. Chair’s Report on pertinent actions of the AC Transit Board of Directors. Action Items (Recommendations to the AC Transit Board of Directors): 4. Consider approving the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Policy Steering Committee minutes of January 27, 2014.
5. Consider recommending award for the lead artist(s) for the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project.
6. Consider recommending adoption of a resolution designating the
Policy Steering Committee as the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Policy
Advisory Committee and clarifying its purpose and membership. Information Items: 7. Consider receiving an update on
communications with the BRT Access and Functional Needs Subcommittee
[Requested by Councilmembers Gallo and Kaplan]. East Bay BRT Policy Steering Committee Page 2 of 2 March 24, 2014 8. Consider receiving BRT Project Update.
9. Consider receiving update on the BRT Information Center [Requested by Councilmember Kaplan].
10. Consider receiving update on the Business Impact Mitigation Plan.
11. Consider receiving update on the Parking Impact Mitigation Plan.
12. Consider receiving status report on the 65% Design Plan for Major Infrastructure Construction.
13. Confirm date and time of next meeting.
14. Future Agenda Items
15. Adjournment Pending List of Future Agenda Items: Update on station sponsorships [Further discussion continued to a future meeting] Discussion
concerning the development of a transit pass incentive program and
outreach to senior facilities regarding a bulk pass similar to the Eco
Pass, but for the senior community. [Requested by Councilmember Kaplan] Discussion
at the staff level and at the Policy Steering Committee of the
trade-offs associated with the next level of engineering in the event
there is not enough money in the budget to do everything that the cities
want, i.e. mitigations, access issues, streetscape improvements,
bulb-outs, etc. Decisions on trade-offs can be prioritized based on
available funding. [Requested by Councilmember Kaplan]
International
Blvd. Merchant’s Notice
Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT)---A New AC Transit Bus Project
Will
Change International Blvd. Forever
International Blvd merchants are organizing to be
heard. Join Fruitvale, San Antonio and Eastlake merchants as
they speak to AC Transit Staff and Board, to make sure their concerns about the
BRT are addressed.
What
are some of the changes? AFTER construction:
Approximately 500 existing parking spaces will be
removed from International.
International Blvd. will be a two-lane street rather
than a four lane street, impacting loading & unloading
Most left
turns from International will be prohibited
Why this
meetings is so important?
Because we put the pressure on, as AC-Transit will
present a plan to the City Council in May 2014 to address project mitigations. We need to make sure this plan addresses our
concerns!
Please attend this AC Transit Special
Meeting on:
Monday, March 24, 2014
10:00 a.m. at
1600 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94612 (2nd Floor Board Room)
East Bay Bus Rapid Transit -Policy Steering
Committee
Keep in mind… BRT Construction is planned for early 2015!
