Fellow Citizen Marin Members and concerned Neighbors:
We need your help. Plan Bay II is upon us that will
further erode our communities and local control. It is essential that we
have as many comments as possible from Marin as possible to send a clear
signal, that Marin will object to ABAGs attempt to urbanize Marin.
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Plan Bay Area 2017 is on the horizon and that MTC-ABAG are
conducting meetings on the Public Participation Plan that will determine the
types of meetings that will give input to the next round of the Plan.
COMMENTS DUE
OCTOBER 31
For introduction and to post general
comments HERE
Answer Formatted Survey Questions HERE
(There are 5
multiple choice questions and 1 open ended question)
To review formatted question input
go HERE
You can view a summary of the
answers to date HERE
We had many private citizens attend the MTC meeting on Oct 8
where they were asking for our input. We got a lot of good video that can
be viewed at www.youtube.com/sfbaycapr
. The kinds of comments we need to drive home are:
1. There
must be an opt-out option if a city does not want to participate.
2. NGOs
should be identified as organizations who are getting money from MTC-ABAG to
support PBA point of view
3. The
Plan does not take in to account any improvements in technology that would make
the objectives of the plan moot.
4. There
must be an open debate about all the issues. The flaws of the plan were
not openly discussed. There was only one debate (in Marin) where
opposition positions were aired.
5. The
process of forcing people to sit at tables and limiting their choices which do
not include “none of the above” makes the process flawed
6. Plan
carries water for the top 1%, the crony capitalists and NGOs that stand to gain
from the money spent on the Plan
7. Questions
developed by Richard Hall from Marin
a. How will neighborhoods this time
around get local representation instead of discovering by surprise that they've
been nominated for high density growth?
b. How can neighborhoods that don't
want high density growth, that may happen to be near transit, opt out?
c. How will local residents this time
around have the more significant representation that they merit on local land
use decisions over and above the voices of minority groups that seek to impose
alternate visions on their neighborhoods (but who may live many miles away and
be small in number?)
d. What will the process be this time
around when a comment is made on the plan by a resident?
Public
Participation Plan (PPP for Plan Bay Area 2017) MTC Meeting (10-8-14)
Thanks to
the intrepid souls who showed up at the MTC sponsored PPP meeting on Oct 8,
2014. Of the 20+ people making comments only 3 expressed support.
Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and Marin Counties were represented in the
group. MTC tried to start the meeting with a standard Delphi technique of
having people sit at tables and controlling the conversation. Most
refused to sit at the tables and play their game so we were able to force them
to change their agenda and take public comments first. This is one
of the many great comments made by citizens
Here are the links to the specific videos:
