Joint Policy Committee
Agenda Package
May 19, 2006
10:00 am to 12 Noon
MetroCenter Auditorium
101 Eighth Street,
Oakland
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Agenda
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Call to Order
Minutes of
March 17, 2006 (pdf, 25 KB)
Focusing Our Vision
Progress Report
(pdf, 41 KB)
The staff memo
reports progress on the Focusing Our Vision program since the last JPC
meeting. Of particular concern is the tendency of some of our
local-government partners to negatively prejudge the process. JPC
members, particularly those who have attended some of the meetings around the
region, are requested to reflect and comment on causes and cures for the
cynicism directed at regional agencies and regional processes. Members
of the Bay Area team which attended the statewide Regional Blueprint Learning
Network meeting in Sacramento on May 12th will also report on that session.
Smart Growth and Goods Movement
(pdf, 22 KB)
Last year, the
Committee received a report on potential land-use conflicts between regional
smart-growth housing objectives and regional goods-movement objectives.
Staff will provide a progress report on efforts to understand and begin
resolving these conflicts. A few case studies are highlighted.
This item is deferred from the March 17th JPC meeting.
Corridor Planning Program—Opinion-Leader Attitudes Toward Development and
Change (pdf, 62 KB)
Staff has completed
a series of interviews with leaders of community-based organizations in three
key corridors which the regional vision targets to take a large portion of
future growth. These interviews provide some important insights into the
opportunities for and obstacles to region-serving development in these
corridors.
Legislative Update
As the Committee is
aware, the Legislature has approved four bond measures to put before the
voters in November. Included in the bond package are incentives for
infill development and transit-oriented development. Staff will provide
an oral report on late-breaking news related to the bonds, relevant trailer
bills, and other legislation of interest to the JPC's program.
Other Business
Public Comment
Adjournment
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.
