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From YouTube: San Bruno City Council Meeting July 27, 2010 10e. Environ Review Transit Corridor Plan
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San Bruno City Council Meeting July 27, 2010 10e. Environmental Review of Transit Corridor Plan
A
I
nemidi
adopt
a
resolution
approving
amendment
to
professional
services,
agreement
with
MIG
in
the
amount
of
175
thousand
dollars
for
environmental,
experimental
review
of
the
transit
corridor.
Specific
plan
and
I
do
understand
that
mr.
Salazar
and
mr.
Medina
needs
to
be
recused
from
this
item
because
of
proximity
to
their
residences.
Irene
will
stay
on
because
of
the
previous
drawing
of
the
store.
A
B
Honourable
chair
members
of
the
Redevelopment
Agency,
as
you
know,
the
city
is
preparing
the
San
Bruno
transit
corridors
plan,
which
is
a
long-term
plan
that
will
guide
future
development
along
el
camino,
realis
em
san
bruno
avenue
and
in
the
downtown
area
surrounding
the
the
future
caltrain
station.
The
plan
envisions
transforming
the
transit
corridors
area
into
a
mixed-use
transit
oriented
development.
District
preparation
of
the
transit
quarters
plan
is
entering
its
final
phase
with
the
preparation
and
review
of
the
draft
plan.
B
Wwwbootysha
quarters
planned
steering
committee
met
last
week
to
review
the
first
half
of
the
plan,
and
the
last
steering
committee
is
coming
up
on
August.
Fourth,
when
the
second
half
will
be
reviewed
and
following
that
that
there
will
be
a
community
workshop,
a
nehi
r
is
necessary
because
the
transit
quarters
plan
proposes
an
increase
in
density
and
intensity
of
land
uses
within
the
plan
area
compared
to
the
city's
2009
general
plan.
B
E
I,
our
state
law
requires
the
analysis
of
environmental
impacts
that
could
result
from
implementation
of
a
specific
plan
such
as
noise
traffic,
school
enrollment,
in
accordance
with
the
California
Environmental.
The
act
environmental
review
can
take
different
forms
depending
on
the
scope
of
an
individual
project
or
plan
for
specific
plans.
The
appropriate
level
of
analysis
is
a
program
level
e
ir
a
program.
The
ir
represents
a
higher
level
of
review,
which
addresses
development
over
a
large
area
as
envisioned
in
the
transit
corridors
plan.
B
The
purpose
of
preparing
a
program
level
e
ir
is
not
only
to
analyze
the
potential
environmental
impacts
of
implementing
the
plan,
but
also
to
simplify
the
environmental
review
required
for
future
development
projects
in
the
transit
corridors
area
and
to
streamline
the
project
approval
process.
If
a
future
project
is
consistent
with
the
program,
the
ir,
no
additional
environmental
review
would
be
required,
saving
time
and
expense
for
developer
in
s.
B
In
essence,
approval
of
the
program
dir
will
expedite
the
implementation
of
the
transit
corridors
plan
by
creating
certainty
for
developers
when
economic
conditions
improve
development
sites
with
environmental
clearance
already
in
place,
will
be
most
attractive
to
developers.
Looking
for
building
sites,
an
example
of
a
programming
ir
is
the
ir
that
was
prepared
for
the
the
Navy
site
specific
plan,
which
laid
the
groundwork
for
development
at
the
crossing.
B
Thus,
individual
projects,
such
as
the
meridian
project,
did
not
require
any
additional
environmental
review,
because
the
project
was
already
covered
under
the
Navy
site-specific
plan,
a
ir
for
projects
that
did
not
have
environmental
clearance
even
a
mitigated.
Negative
declaration,
which
is
a
lesser
degree
of
environmental
review
than
an
environmental
impact
report,
has
a
cost
of
about
70
to
80
thousand
dollars,
so
it
could
mean
a
significant
savings
for
for
developer.
B
Why
choose?
Mig
staff
recommends
selection
of
MIG
to
prepare
the
ER
for
several
reasons.
First,
the
plan
and
environmental
review
are
really
part
of
one
large
project.
The
the
specific
plan
can't
be
adopted
without
the
environmental
review
without
accompanying
environmental
review
to
mid
is
highly
qualified.
The
project
manner
manager
would
be
John's.
Wagstaff
was
30
years
of
experience,
preparing
eir's,
including
many
eir's
for
specific
plans.
B
B
There's
another
issue
is:
is
a
fee
for
reimbursement
of
costs
to
prepare
this
specific
plan
and
the
e
ir
state
laws
specifically
allows
establishing
a
fee
on
developers
who
derive
benefit
from
the
plan
to
reimburse
the
city.
The
cost
would
be
spread
over
the
entire
transit
corridors
area
and
developers
would
benefit
from
tough
at
the
time
and
cost
savings
resulting
from
reduced
environmental
review
requirements.
B
This
would
have
involved
amending
the
master
fee
schedule
and
staff
will
provide
a
more
thorough
analysis
of
the
fee.
How
how
it
would
be
calculated
at
a
future
meeting
so
that
that's
really
for
your
information
at
this
time.
The
agency
action
tonight
would
approve
an
amendment
to
the
existing
MIG
contract
for
an
amount
not
to
exceed
one
hundred
and
seventy-five
thousand
dollars,
which
includes
a
contingency
amount
of
about
ten
thousand
dollars.