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8.A. - Page 3 of 28 Key components of the MOU include: • Goals for transportation, land use and funding, including increasing transit ridership, improving local mobility, and creating a transit -oriented destination, • Descriptions of the identified activities, which include the completion of technical studies for train and bus service improvements, creation of the Transit District Plan and completion of the Whipple Avenue Grade Separation Study, • Corresponding roles and responsibilities, including a staff group, deputy (management) group, and executive group with identified individuals, • A matrix specifying parties responsible for each identified activity, and whether consultation or concurrence is required, and • A general timeline of work. Due to the emergence of COVID-19 and its impacts on agency budgets, staff resources, and on community engagement, the schedule is reflective of general timelines for individual tasks and how the tasks relate to one another. It is unlikely that specific dates will be maintained. Additionally, there is now uncertainty about the future of the Dumbarton Rail initiative and it is unclear whether work will continue on this effort. As work progresses on the studies to support creation of the transit district, and the schedule is better defined, staff will update the City Council. This MOU does not commit any new City funding. Under the MOU the City will lead the land use planning work, direct the community engagement work, and guide planning for transportation activities outside of public transit services, such as street, bicycle and pedestrian connections, planning for private shuttles, design and integration of the station with the downtown, and traffic operations in the project area. The JPB and District will lead their respective technical studies to support transit expansion, which includes defining their right-of-way needs, station locations, service scenarios, and high-level design for both train and bus service. While not parties to the agreement, the MOU identifies important stakeholders such as Lowe Enterprises (Sequoia Station) and the Cross Bay Transit Partners, LLC who are leading the Dumbarton Rail Corridor planning. Next Steps There remains a great deal of uncertainty regarding how this work will progress due to the impacts of COVID-19, City and transit agencyfinancial impacts and associated limitations on in-person meetings. Staff has been, and will continue to, strategizing with our partners and consultants to create new and innovative virtual methods to engage the community. Preliminary potential outreach approaches include: • Summer 2020 - Set up standalone webpages for Transit District Plan and Whipple Grade Separation Study with links to related projects. • Summer 2020 - Send emails, post on social media channels, mail a newsletter to interested parties and property owners within a certain distance of the rail corridor, and consider hosting a telephone or video town hall. These efforts will direct people to the City's website to provide an email address and/or mobile phone number as an interested party. • Summer 2020 — Start bilingual video series or hold a virtual open house with background information on grade separations and/or the transit district. • Fall 2020 - Continue with bilingual videos, virtual open houses or limited in-person meetings focusing on land use, station design, and any new information from Dumbarton Rail. Page 3 of 5 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 166