Joint Policy Committee
Agenda Package
May 27, 2005
10:00 a.m. to Noon
BAAQMD Board Room
7TH FLOOR
939 ELLIS STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO
THIS
MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO END PROMPTLY AT 12:00 NOON.
AGENDA ITEMS NOT CONSIDERED BY THAT TIME MAY BE DEFERRED.
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Agenda
(pdf,
112 KB)
Minutes of April 15, 2005
(pdf, 48 KB)
Competition for Land Use:
Projections, Forecasts, Monitoring, Measurement
(pdf, 62 KB)
Several issues
involving competing land uses have been brought before the JPC: whether
there is adequate space to accommodate goods movement; forecasts of, and
policies to encourage transit-oriented development; land uses that should be
buffered from sensitive receptors to air quality. Paul Fassinger, ABAG
Research Director, will describe data on existing land use and Projections
forecasts for some specific geographic areas of concern. Current
monitoring efforts will be explained. Recommendations for additional
monitoring and measurement will be offered for the JPC to consider.
Final Draft TOD Policy (pdf,
335KB)
MTC has released a
final draft TOD Policy for comment. JPC endorsement of the policy is
recommended.
The JPC in Relation to Pre-existing
ABAG, BAAQMD and MTC Planning Committees (pdf, 293 KB)
The Chair of the
JPC has requested a report from the Executive Director of ABAG, the
Executive Director of MTC, BAAQMD's Executive Officer and the Regional
Planning Program Director on how the JPC's mandate relates to the mandates
of existing regional planning committees at each of the three member
agencies. This memorandum responds. This item is deferred from
the meeting of March 25th.
Fiscal Reform and Smart Growth
(pdf,
104 KB)
At its meeting of
March 25, 2005, the JPC requested a report back at its next meeting on
possibilities for pursuing smart-growth-related fiscal reform through the
current seating of the State Legislature. This is that report.
Appendix:
Sacramento Bee article of June 1, 2003: Debate over Prop. 13
still rages.
Appendix:
Public Policy Institute of California Occasional Paper:
Proposition 13: Some Unintended Consequences (pdf,
367 KB)
Regional Planning Work Program, First Six-Month Progress Report
(pdf, 147 KB)
This memo summarizes what has been
accomplished during the first six months of the Regional Planning Work
Program approved by the JPC in September of 2004, and it recommends
priorities for the next six months.
Smart-Growth Incentives for Neighborhoods
(pdf, 125 KB)
The second in a series of three
inventories, this memo describes incentives potentially available to assist
neighborhoods in accepting infill development and associated change.
Smart-Growth Legislation (pdf, 151 KB)
ABAG planning
staff has prepared a summary listing of smart-growth-related legislation
currently being considered in Sacramento. The list is provided for the
JPC's information.
Other Business
Public Comment
