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pL£�S�4NTONo CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT 11 June 7, 2011 Community Development Department TITLE: REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENT'S AND THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S INITIAL VISION SCENARIO FOR THE BAY AREA SUMMARY This report describes the Initial Vision Scenario (IVS) for the Bay Area prepared by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in response to Senate Bill 375, the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS). The IVS is a first -cut proposal that identifies these regional agencies' vision of where and how much growth is anticipated to occur by 2035 in the Bay Area. The IVS also identifies land areas for conservation. In the IVS, 17,382 new jobs and 9,785 new dwelling units are anticipated in Pleasanton between 2010 and 2035. The City Council may wish to provide feedback to ABAG and MTC at this time. Over the next several months, ABAG and MTC will be developing alternative vision scenarios and then a preferred scenario for the SCS. There will be future opportunities for local governments and the public to comment on the scenarios. A few cities in Alameda County, such as Newark and Hayward, and the Alameda County Transportation Commission, whose staff has been working with staff from member jurisdictions on a Countywide Transportation Plan, have commented to ABAG and MTC. The comments have been similar: the regional growth projections are unrealistic; funding for the assumed infrastructure improvements needed to support the anticipated growth isn't available; and more information is needed in general, such as a better map(s) with more detail. RECOMMENDATION Review and comment on the IVS and direct staff to provide its feedback, if any, to ABAG and MTC. If the Council wishes to comment on the IVS, ABAG suggested it may wish to comment on the following questions /topics: 1. What additional funding would help support housing growth? 2. If the IVS growth estimate is too high, should some of the growth be shifted to another part of the city or elsewhere in the region? FINANCIAL STATEMENT The regional Initial Vision Scenario will have no impacts on City of Pleasanton finances. Long term growth of jobs and residential development envisioned in the scenario will have implications for both revenues and expenditure for services which can be evaluated when such projects are proposed.