Joint Policy Committee
Agenda Package
January 18, 2008
10:00 am to 12 Noon
MetroCenter Auditorium
101 Eighth Street,
Oakland
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Agenda (pdf,
23 KB)
Call to Order
Minutes of
November 16, 2007 (pdf, 28 KB)
Projections 2009 (pdf,
41 KB)
ABAG is about to
begin the preparation of Projections 2009. This is a major
regional planning document, and State statute requires that the JPC
"coordinate the development and drafting" of all such documents. Since
2003, Projections have been policy-based, but the policy importance of
the ABAG forecasts was not fully appreciated until the onset of the present
Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) cycle, for which Projections
are central. ABAG staff is seeking JPC guidance on a proposal to make the
Projections explicitly performance-based, in a manner similar to the
approach being taken to the current Regional Transportation Plan update.
This will clearly make the policy assumptions more apparent.
FOCUS Priority Development Areas (PDAs) in the Real World
To assist regional
policy-makers in understanding and responding to the practical on-the-ground
potential and challenges of focused growth and PDA development in particular,
we are scheduling a series of presentations from exemplary PDAs, representing
a wide variety of situations from around the region. To kick off this
series, the City of Santa Rosa has agreed to make a presentation on its
downtown plan, which was financed in part by a station-area-planning grant
from MTC. Other presentations will follow over ensuing months.
Regional Transportation Plan—Financial Incentives for PDAs (pdf,
51 KB)
MTC staff has asked
that the JPC consider and provide policy advice on potential tradeoffs and
other issues involved in using regional discretionary transportation monies to
fund incentive investments that support PDAs. The attached memorandum
provides background and outlines some broad options.
Air District Climate Protection
Grants (pdf, 24 KB)
The Air District
recently provided $3 million in grants to support climate-protection
initiatives around the region. Noting the JPC's intense interest in
climate, Air District staff will provide a brief information update on the
grant program and its recipients.
Public Comment
Adjournment
The JPC may take action on any item listed in
the agenda.
This meeting is scheduled to end promptly at
12:00 Noon. Agenda items not considered by that time may be deferred.
The public is encouraged to comment on agenda
items by completing a request-to-speak card and giving it to JPC staff or the
chairperson.
Although a quorum of the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission may be in attendance at this meeting, the Joint Policy
Committee may take action only on those matters delegated to it. The Joint
Policy Committee may not take any action as the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission unless this meeting has been previously noticed as a Metropolitan
Transportation Commission meeting.
