BART Soliciting Candidates for Kennedy Seat on Board of Directors.

News Editors

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2003

BART is soliciting letters of interest and biographical information from people who are interested in filling the BART Board of Directors seat for District No. 7. Director Willie B. Kennedy, who has represented District No. 7 since her appointment in 1996, is resigning from the board effective Jan. 31, 2003.

Interviews, conducted by the BART Board of Directors, will be held in February. Letters of interest and biographical data should be delivered to the Office of the District Secretary, BART, 800 Madison Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, by 5 p.m., Feb. 12, 2003.

Applicants will be notified by mail of the time, date and place when they may address the Board and be interviewed for the seat. If the BART Board of Directors selects a candidate to fill the seat, that person must stand for election to the board in the general election of November 2004, the expiration date of the existing term.

District 7 lies in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties. Its boundaries generally include Albany, Richmond, East Richmond Heights, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Rollingwood, San Pablo and portions of Berkeley, El Sobrante, Oakland and San Francisco. Candidates must be citizens of the United States and at least 18 years old, and must vote in and be a resident of the geographical area of District 7. Eligibility can be verified by calling the District Secretary's Office at 510/464-6087.

Further information may be obtained from the Notices of Vacancy that are posted at BART stations in District 7, BART headquarters at 800 Madison St., Oakland, and the Administrative offices of Alameda, Contra Costa counties and the City and County of San Francisco, and on BART's Web site: http.www.bart.gov.