California High Speed Rail Authority Media Alert: Notice of Public Hearing.The public is invited to attend and comment at public hearings for the Bay Area to Central Valley section of California's proposed high-speed train (HST) system. Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with public testimony beginning at about 4:15 p.m. Hearing dates and locations: * August 23, 2007 -- San Francisco: San Francisco City Hall The City Hall of San Francisco California, opened in 1915, in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the brief "City Beautiful" movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the period 1880-1917. , Board Chambers, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place * August 24, 2007 -- San Jose: San Jose City Hall The current City Hall of San José California, opened in 2005 and is located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, San José, CA 95113. Architecture The architect was Richard Meier, designer of the Getty Center, Beverly Hills, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, , City Council Chambers, 200 East Santa Clara Street * August 27, 2007 -- Livermore: Livermore City Council Chambers, 3575 Pacific Avenue * August 28, 2007 -- Oakland: Oakland City Hall, City Council Chambers, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 2nd Floor * August 29, 2007 -- Gilroy: Gilroy City Hall, City Council Chambers, 7351 Rosanna Street * August 30, 2007 -- Merced: Merced County Administration Building, Board Chambers, 2222 M Street, 3rd Floor * September in Stockton -- Date to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. Background: In July 2007, the Authority, in conjunction with the Federal Railroad Administration The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote rail transportation and safety. The FRA is one of 10 agencies within the Department of Transportation concerned with intermodal transportation. (FRA Fra: see Angelico, Fra; Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino, Fra; Fra Filippo Lippi under Lippi. ), released its draft program-level environmental impact report/statement (EIR/EIS) describing alignment alternatives connecting the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay to the Central Valley -- namely within the broad corridor between and including the Altamont Pass and Pacheco Pass. The next step in this second program environmental review process is to select a preferred alignment as well as station locations for this section of the HST system. Public comment is an important part of the decision-making process. Comments received will be considered by the Authority and FRA as they weigh the impacts and make choices among the various alignment and station location options. The draft environmental analysis is being made available to the public in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is a California law (California Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq.) passed in 1970, shortly after the Federal Government passed the National Environmental Policy Act. and the National Environmental Policy Act for a 70-day comment period, which will end on September 28, 2007. Written comments can be mailed to the Authority or sent electronically via the Authority's website (www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov). |
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