Media Advisory

For Immediate Release

Regional Forum to Detail Tough Choices Needed to Chart New Future for Bay Area

Transportation, Land Use, Climate Protection

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 23, 2007 . . . Bay Area on the Move, a summit of local leaders that combines the Association of Bay Area Governments’ General Assembly with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s development of a new long-range regional transportation plan, will preview major decisions expected to guide transportation, land use and climate protection policy in the years ahead.

When: Friday, October 26, 2007
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lunch will be provided

Where: Oakland Marriott City Center
1001 Broadway (corner 10 th Street)

Oakland

BART: 12 th Street/Oakland City Center

Who: Gavin Newsom, Mayor, City and County of San Francisco

Steve Heminger, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Henry Gardner, Executive Director, Association of Bay Area Governments

Dave Cortese, San Jose City Councilmember and ABAG Board President

Bill Dodd, Napa County Supervisor and MTC Chair

Stuart Cohen, Executive Director, Transportation and Land Use Coalition

Carl Guardino, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Dr. Manuel Pastor, Director, Program for Environmental and Regional Equity,
University of Southern California Center for Sustainable Cities

Local elected officials and many others

What: Presentation on “Challenges and Choices” facing the Bay Area; panel discussion about crafting a regional vision for linking transportation, land use and climate protection; lunchtime keynote address by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; and more. Please see attached program schedule for more information.

RSVP: Please contact John Goodwin at 510.817.5862 or jgoodwin@mtc.ca.gov

Bay Area on the Move

ABAG Fall General Assembly/MTC Transportation 2035 Summit

Friday, October 26, 2007, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Oakland Marriott City Center West Hall

8:30 a.m.	Registration
9 a.m.	Opening Remarks Dave Cortese, ABAG President and San Jose Vice Mayor Bill Dodd, MTC Chair and Napa County Supervisor
	Opening Speaker Dr. Manuel Pastor, Director, Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, Center for Sustainable Cities, University of Southern California
9:30 a.m.	Challenges and Choices An Overview Henry Gardner and Steve Heminger, Executive Directors of ABAG and MTC, respectively
10:15 a.m.	Making the Connection Panel Discussion Co-moderators: Dave Cortese, ABAG President, San Jose Vice Mayor and Bill Dodd, MTC Chair, Napa County Supervisor Susan Adams, Marin County Supervisor Jane Brunner, Oakland Councilmember Stuart Cohen, Transportation and Land Use Coalition Carl Guardino, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
11:20 a.m.	Meeting the Challenges Group Discussions (East Hall, Jewett Ballroom and Oakland Conference Room) Summit participants will break into groups to continue the dialogue on issues raised in the morning sessions. Participants also will have the opportunity to identify other issues to be addressed in the Transportation 2035 Plan.
12:30 p.m.	Lunch West Hall
1:00 p.m.	Luncheon Speaker Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor
1:45 p.m.	New Regional Initiatives Mark Ross, Martinez City Councilmember and Chair of the Joint Policy Committee, will announce new regional initiatives on FOCUS and climate protection. Wrap Up: Next Steps What We Heard: Henry Gardner, ABAG Executive Director and Steve Heminger, MTC Executive Director Next Steps/Closing: Dave Cortese, ABAG President and San Jose Vice Mayor; and Bill Dodd, MTC Chair and Napa County Supervisor
2:00 p.m.	Adjourn

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