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TransportationCommission | 2007-10-17 | 1 | TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MINUTES - DRAFT SPECIAL MEETING October 17, 2007 Chair Knox White called the Transportation Commission to order at 7:30 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL - Roll was called and the following recorded. Members Present: John Knox White Michael Krueger Robert McFarland (arrived 7:45 p.m.) Robb Ratto Eric Schatmeier Nielsen Tam Members Absent: Srikant Subramaniam Staff Present: Lisa Goldman, Deputy City Manager Obaid Khan, Supervising Civil Engineer Barry Bergman, Transportation Coordinator 2. 2. City of Alameda Ferry Program: Discussion of Senate Bill 976. Outcomes: Review SB 976 and receive public comment. Lisa Goldman, Deputy City Manager, provided background information on SB 976 (Ferry legislation), which was signed by Governor Schwarzenegger on Friday, October 12, and was passed in the last days of the legislative session in September. It replaced the current San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority with a new agency known as the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA). She noted that it would be charged with operating a comprehensive regional water transit system, and would coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the Bay Area. She noted that they will coordinate the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service, the Harbor Bay Ferry Service and the Vallejo ferries under one agency. The Golden Gate Ferry would not be affected by this legislation. She noted that they would appoint a new five-member board for the WETA; the WTA currently has an 11-member board, including Mayor Johnson and the Mayor of Vallejo. The new board would include three appointees by the Governor, one from the Senate Rules Committee, and one from the Speaker of the Assembly. The new board would start meeting no later than April of next year, and would have until January of 2009 to develop a transition plan for running the ferry systems. They would have another six months to develop an emergency operations plan. Page 1 of 8 | TransportationCommission/2007-10-17.pdf |