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San Bruno City Council Meeting 10/27/09 4a. High Speed Rail
A
B
Thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
Dominic
stifling
and
I'm.
The
regional
manager
for
the
high-speed
rail
authority
here
responsible
for
the
section
between
San
Francisco
and
San
Jose,
and
what
I
thought
I'd
do
tonight
is
give
you
an
overview
of
the
project
and
talk
specifically
about
what,
where
we
are
in
the
environmental
process
in
regards
to
the
clearance
of
the
50
miles
of
the
California
high-speed
rail
system,
between
San,
Francisco
and
San
Jose,
which
is
part
of
a
larger
system
which
now
going
to
talk
about.
B
B
In
fact,
I
came
to
these
chambers
and
gave
a
presentation
with
rod
diridon
on
high-speed
rail,
and
it
was
right
before
the
November
election,
where
prop
1a
was
on,
which
was
the
ten
billion
dollar
bond
measure
and
that
passed,
and
that
is
really
given
us
that
what
we
call
the
down
payment
on
the
high-speed
rail
system
for
California
and
that
money
also
allowed
us
to
get
this
salon.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
okay
on
that.
That
really
gave
us
the
money
to
really
initiate
detailed
environmental
and
engineering
work
for
the
statewide
system.
B
With
that
we
launched
into
a
project
level
environmental
analysis
which
began
in
the
beginning
of
2009,
and
over
the
last
ten
months,
we've
been
going
through
a
process
of
scoping
meetings
and
taking
all
the
information
we
received
over
950
pieces
of
correspondence
about
this.
Just
are
50
miles
here
and
thousands
of
comments
and
are
now
in
the
process
of
putting
together
what
we're
calling
an
initial
list
of
alternatives
for
the
system
that
will
go
into
an
alternatives,
analysis
and
I'm,
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
B
B
B
We
really
think
it's
critical
that
we
get
input
not
only
from
technical
staff,
which
has
been
represented
by
your
staff
here,
but
also
the
policymakers
understand,
what's
happening
with
this
program
and
then
the
public
we've
held
three
public
meetings,
one
in
San,
Mateo
County
at
San,
Carlos,
one
in
San,
Francisco
and
then
one
down
in
sunnyvale
and
all
we're
very
well
attended.
And
a
lot
of
folks
came
out
with
questions
and
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
project
and
so
we're
taking
all
of
that
information
and
using
that
to
help
us
define
this
system.
B
This
is
an
overview
of
the
corridor
and
I.
Don't
expect
you
to
be
able
to
see
all
the
different
squiggly
lines
and
the
various
colors,
but
what
this
represents
in
an
overview
sense
is
all
the
different
design
options
that
we
have
for
the
caltrain
corridor,
in
that
some
of
it
will
be
in
a
tunnel.
Some
of
it
will
be
at
grade.
Some
of
it
will
be
elevated
and
we're
analyzing
those
different
options
up
and
down
the
system.
B
B
As
we
move
into
the
the
alternatives
analysis,
which
is
happening
this
winter,
there
are
oftentimes
questions.
Well,
how
are
you
going
to
differentiate
the
different
alternatives
or
they're
dissing
different
design
options
might
just
go
back,
you'll
see
here
perhaps
in
the
in
the
millbrae
area.
Specifically,
you
know
right
now.
B
We
have
two
options
on
the
table
as
to
whether
we
would
run
the
Train
act
grade,
sort
of
just
to
the
west
of
the
existing
tracks
for
caltrain
or
would
would
it
be
better
suited
to
put
those
high-speed
train
tracks
in
a
in
a
below
grade
or
tunnels
solution,
and
the
question
I
often
get
is
you
know?
How
are
you
going
to
compare
those
and
how
are
you
going
to
make
some
sort
of
level
of
analysis
that
might
go
on
to
the
detailed
evaluation?
B
These
are
the
type
of
options
that
we're
looking
at
throughout
the
corridor,
and
this
gives
you
an
idea
of
how
we're
going
to
at
least
do
an
initial
assessment
of
the
pluses
and
minuses
of
each
of
these
types
of
alternatives.
We'll
look
at
whether
the
land
use
is
supported
by
these
the
constructability.
As
you
know,
we
can't
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
we
have
to
keep
caltrain
operating
throughout
this
entire
process.
B
B
B
Initial
results
and
I'd
also
just
like
to
say
that
mike
garvey
here
to
my
left,
is
the
outreach
coordinator
for
San
Mateo
County
and
he's
been
working
very
diligently
with
the
city
here
to
develop
a
sort
of
a
customized
outreach
plan
and
he's
going
to
be
coming
back
in
the
next
couple
weeks
months
to
describe
that
to
you
and
look
for
your
endorsement
on
that.
So
with
that
I'll
stop
and
take
any
questions.
Any.