Reports on June 16 BART Meeting

By Bruce Lyon

At the BART outreach meeting on June 16, 2010, at El Ranchero, BART presenters solicited community input on two issues. BART suggested that $2.3 million surplus be given back to the community in some way. They asked for suggestions and the group consensus was that the money be spent to improve the cleanliness of the trains. People were concerned that a near term decrease in fares would need to be followed by a future increase in fares.

BART presenters asked the community to decide what constituted a Major Service Change. BART presenters suggested that the definition of Major Service Change would be used to define the trigger for future outreach required for fare changes or system expansion. BART collected a survey filled out by the group who came to the meeting.

The people in attendance were generally puzzled about the significance of the definition of a Major Service Change.

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By Denis Cuff, Contra Costa Times

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BART Community Meeting

Wed June 16, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
El Rancho Restaurant
1450 Monument Blvd

our friend Walter seeks your input, you can influence BART's decisions!

Construction on Meadow Lane

May 20 Meeting

Our old friend Ray provided us an update on our projects. Construction of Pedestrian Improvements for Monument Blvd and Meadow Lane have started. The Bikeway Network will be designed in July. We'll find out if Proposition 84 funding is awarded for the Market Street trail in September. If not, "Plan B" is in the works. We thank Ray for bringing extra copies of project maps.

You can get the project details by down-loading the FY 2010-11 Proposed Capital Improvement & Transportation Improvement Program (9.5 MB, PDF). Here is a list of the Project Information Sheet pages.

• Page 76, Monument Corridor Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements, Project Number 2064


• Page 83, Monument Corridor Pedestrian and Bikeway Network Improvements, Project Number 2169


• Page 121, Monument Corridor Shared Use Trail Project, Project Number 2172

CCCTA Board Meeting May 20

I attended this meeting.
On the agenda, first the Chair's Report:

• Recognition of the Bus Ambassadors, who were awarded for their hours of service.
• Employee of the Year, where our old friend Cindy was presented the "Chair's Award of Excellence 2009-2010" for her many successes. We congratulate Cindy for her many achievements. (We would like to count Route 8, even though it was for a limited time.)

Later, the O&S Committee’s Report:

• Route 8 Discontinuation, where a Board member reported Route 8 didn't meet the target of 7 riders per hour, and then the motion to discontinue was put to a vote.

Come to our Meeting

Monument Community Partnership
Transportation Action Team
Meeting

Thursday, May 20, 2010

7 p.m.

Keller House, 1760 Clayton Rd., Concord

Come to our Meeting and hear the presentation by Ray Kuzbari, City of Concord Transportation Manager, brings us up to date on:

· Monument Boulevard- Meadow Lane improvements under way now
· Monument Pedestrian- Bicycle Trail start up plans
· Monument Linear Park Trail Proposal status

Hopefully, Robert Barnes, Concords official appointment to the Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee will join us.

We will also start plan for a replacement van for the Route 8 Bus.


Hope you will join us.

Mary Lou

Two Meetings in a Row

BART - Apr 28

We applaud BART for bringing to the Monument Community a summary of the Draft Public Participation Plan (PPP), even while the plan itself is still under review. Stay tuned for the released plan on the BART website.

At this Follow Up meeting, I heard discussion about how to promote BART within our community, and how to promote our community within BART.

Route 8 - Apr 29

Thanks to our old friend Cindy for having this public hearing, which was formally conducted per legal requirements.

We will have a car pool meeting at the Keller House 8:30 AM Thursday May 20 to go the County Connection Board meeting, where the fate of Route 8 will be decided.