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For Immediate Release

TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY GROUP SEEKS MINORITY REPRESENTATIVES FROM SONOMA AND NAPA COUNTIES

CONTACT:

Karen Frick
510/464-7704

Catalina Alvarado
510.817.5783

OAKLAND, Calif., April 14, 1998 . . . The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is looking for individuals from the African American, Asian and Hispanic/Latino communities of Sonoma and Napa counties to fill four vacancies on MTC's Minority Citizens Advisory Committee. There also is a vacancy on the committee for a Native American.

The purpose of the Minority Citizens Advisory Committee (MCAC) is to involve minority communities in the transportation planning process for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, and to ensure that the views and needs of minority communities are adequately reflected in MTC policies. MTC is the regional transportation planningand financing agency in the Bay Area.

MCAC includes representatives from the region's African-American, Asian, Latino and Native American communities.

Experience in working with the community or community-related issues is desirable. No specific educational requirements are required. While positions are voluntary, committee members receive a stipend and travel expenses for their attendance at the monthly meetings, held at MTC's offices in Oakland on the third Tuesday of the month, at 3:30 p.m. Each member serves a two-year term.

Applications will be reviewed and committee members selected by MTC's governing board of commissioners. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a letter of intent or resume by May 15, 1998, or until positions are filled, to Karen Frick, MTC staff liaison to the committee, at MTC, 101- 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607. For more information, contact Ms. Frick at 510/464-7704.

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MTC is the transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.