Elimination of Route 8 - Monument Community Shuttle

The CCCTA is proposing the elimination of Route 8, the Monument Community Shuttle, due to the expiration of the demonstration project grant funding this service.

At a public hearing, comments will be received from the public and reported to the Board with a staff recommendation at the May 20, 2010 CCCTA Board meeting.

The Public Hearing will be:

Thursday, April 29, 2010
6:00 PM
Keller House
1760 Clayton Road
Concord, CA 94521

BART Community Forum

The Monument Community Partnership and the Bay Area Rapid Transit District on April 14 held a Community Forum on How BART Can Better Serve Residents and Businesses in our Community.

At a follow up meeting, BART will present the "Public Participation Plan" developed from input given at the recent community meetings.

The Follow Up Meeting will be:

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
6:30 PM
Cambridge Elementary School
Multi Use Room
1135 Lacey Lane, Concord

Trail Site Group Walking Tour this weekend!

At the Community Gardens meeting on March 10, I presented a slide show of photos of the proposed Shared Use Trail (Market St.) site.

And anounced an upcomming walking tour of the Class I Bikeway (rail road right-of-way) from Mayette to Monument. We will meet at Mayette Ave where the two trail sites join at 2 PM on Sunday March 14. See you there!

Market Street Trail Site Tour

Last Sunday the weather was great, and thanks to those who showed up for the group walking tour of the Shared Use Trail site. I have photos of the site from Mayette ave (shown here) to Willow Pass road. On the next Sunday having good weather, we'll tour the Class I Bikeway site (i.e. the rail road right-of-way from Mayette to Monument Blvd). Please check back later for announcements.

City Council, February 23

The City Council will hold its Regular Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Concord Senior Center Wisteria Room. They will consider the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Concord Community Reuse Project (i.e. Naval Weapons Station).

The Agenda has Item 3.j added: approval of PROJECT NO. 2172, MONUMENT CORRIDOR SHARED USE TRAIL PROJECT. Please see the Staff Report because it has a map showing all current and planned Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements in our community!

February 18 Meeting

Market Street Linear Park
Jeff Rogers returns. He is working on Statewide Park Program grant application. He asked us to fill out a survey to rank importance of park features such as water fountains, emergency call boxes, etc. The listed ideas are what he has gotten from the community. He will "put an application with the best shot at getting funded", and with the "goal to give the community what they want". Jeff will finalize the application by next Thursday, so get your ideas to him by then.

Trail Site Walking Tour
Dave will lead a walking tour of the trail site on Sunday Feb. 28 at 2 PM. We'll meet where the trail crosses Mayette Ave. In case of rain, we'll reschedule the tour for Mar. 7.

January 21 Meeting

Special guests were Ray Kuzbari, Transportation Manager for City of Concord and Jeff Rogers, Civil Engineer for the City of Concord. They presented an update on the Monument Corridor Pedestrian and Bikeway Network Improvements. See my previous blog entries for the map and description, and status of funding. Ray gave out copies of the map and the Shared Roadway Bicycle Marking for the Class III Bikeway (see graphic). The design is scheduled for 2010, and after securing some clearances, construction is to begin in 2012.

Jeff presented on the opportunity for grant funding to extend the Class I Bikeway from Mayette Ave. to the pedestrian tunnel under highway 242. The grant application to the 2006 Proposition 84 Statewide Park Program is due by March 1, and six months later we will know if we are funded. The city already owns the right-of-way along the storage facility and the public sidewalk on Market St. up to the tunnel. The north side of the tunnel connects to Franquette Ave and Willow Pass Road.

The grant application needs input from the community on this new linear park and new recreation opportunity. This meeting was a Community Forum on the Monument Corridor Shared Use Trail. Twenty-six attended this forum representing Health & Safety Action Team, Community Gardens Action Team, MCP Community Listeners, La Clínica Monument, and Go Get It! after school youth program. They gave their ideas and suggestion to help define the linear park's recreational use. Wes Laubscher's great suggestion was for us to go walk the trail site.

Jeff will return to the February 18 meeting and share his narrative for the grant application.