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<br />8A <br />age 1 <br /> <br />REPORT <br /> <br /> <br />October 26, 2009 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Public Outreach Plan for High Speed Rail in Redwood City. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Accept the overview report, offer comments, and approve the Public Outreach Plan <br />presented on behalf of California High Speed Rail Authority and Caltrain. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The memorandum of understanding between the California High Speed Rail Authority <br />(CHSRA) and Caltrain, includes an agreement to create Ua plan for community outreach <br />to the affected community, counties, and government and regulatory agencies, and <br />other operating entities in the corridor." CHSRA and Caltrain staff/consultants have <br />developed that Plan, which outlines the outreach efforts to take place in the Redwood <br />City community, regarding the development of the proposed high speed rail project. <br /> <br />This Plan includes input provided by Council at your meeting of May 18, 2009. <br />CHSRAlCaltrain staff are now requesting City Council acceptance of the proposed <br />outreach plan (each city in the San Jose to San Francisco segment of the high speed <br />rail corridor is being asked to accept a comparable plan for their community). In addition <br />to Council's earlier comments, the plan has undergone review by City staff, whose <br />comments have been incorporated. The outreach plan covers the anticipated three- <br />year period in which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared for the San <br />Jose to San Francisco segment of the high speed rail project. Initially it will center on <br />the issues of conceptual design of alternatives and the alternatives analysis. <br />Subsequently, public outreach will refocus on the two-year period in which the EIR is <br />drafted, reviewed and approved. <br /> <br />The elements of the Public Outreach Plan will be presented by CHSRA consultant Mike <br />Garvey, who is the San Mateo County coordinator of public outreach for the project. <br /> <br />AL TERNA TIVES <br />Council may elect to provide staff with alternative direction. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br />N01~ /I /\ cJ-A <br />U~lm ~mi~ V ~ f <br /> <br />Public Communications Manager <br /> <br />Peter Ingra~ <br />City Manager <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />1. Draft Public Outreach Plan <br /> <br />RELATED DOCUMENTS IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE <br />1. None <br />