Has ABAG become Irrelevant?Has ABAG Become Irrelevant?
Regional association keeps displaying signs of a disconnect with the people it is supposed to represent.
I recently attended a Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers (MCCMC) meeting to listen to a presentation given by Ken Kirkey, the director of planning to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Kirkey gave an update on the One Bay Area plan and the latest Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
He was supposed to answer questions that councilmembers had submitted prior to the meeting but neglected to answer many of them. Residents were also given the opportunity to ask questions. In response, Kirkey oftentimes gave rote answers that had little to do with the actual questions, stated that the question(s) were outside ABAG’s purview, or simply stated that regardless of why a community would have difficulties complying with the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) numbers, they would have to plan for those numbers anyway.
The presentation was another display of ABAG’s disconnect with the counties, cities and people it is supposed to represent.
for more: Has ABAG become Irrelevant?
He was supposed to answer questions that councilmembers had submitted prior to the meeting but neglected to answer many of them. Residents were also given the opportunity to ask questions. In response, Kirkey oftentimes gave rote answers that had little to do with the actual questions, stated that the question(s) were outside ABAG’s purview, or simply stated that regardless of why a community would have difficulties complying with the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) numbers, they would have to plan for those numbers anyway.
The presentation was another display of ABAG’s disconnect with the counties, cities and people it is supposed to represent.
for more: Has ABAG become Irrelevant?
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