East Lake Neighborhood Watch: AC Transit Meeting on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 10:00AM

Dear International Blvd. Merchants,

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!

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