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SECTION 66540.32-66540.33



66540.32.  (a) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before
July 1, 2009, an emergency water transportation system management
plan for water transportation services in the bay area region in the
event that bridges, highways, and other facilities are rendered
wholly or significantly inoperable.
   (b) (1) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before July 1,
2009, a transition plan to facilitate the transfer of existing
public transportation ferry services within the bay area region to
the authority pursuant to this title. In the preparation of the
transition plan, priority shall be given to ensuring continuity in
the programs, services, and activities of existing public
transportation ferry services.
   (2) The plan required by this subdivision shall include all of the
following:
   (A) A description of existing ferry services in the bay area
region, as of January 1, 2008, that are to be transferred to the
authority pursuant to Section 66540.11 and a description of any
proposed changes to those services.
   (B) A description of any proposed expansion of ferry services in
the bay area region.
   (C) An inventory of the ferry and ferry-related capital assets or
leasehold interests, including, but not limited to, vessels,
terminals, maintenance facilities, and existing or planned parking
facilities or parking structures, and of the personnel, operating
costs, and revenues of public agencies operating public
transportation ferries and providing water transportation services as
of January 1, 2008, and those facilities that are to be transferred,
in whole or in part, to the authority pursuant to Section 66540.11.
   (D) A description of those capital assets, leasehold interests,
and personnel identified in subparagraph (C) that the authority
proposes to be transferred pursuant to Section 66540.11.
   (E) An operating plan that includes, at a minimum, an estimate of
the costs to continue the ferry services described in subparagraph
(A) for at least five years and a detailed description of current and
historically available revenues and proposed sources of revenue to
meet those anticipated costs. Further, the operating plan shall
identify options for closing any projected deficits or for addressing
increased cost inputs, such as fuel, for at least the five-year
period.
   (F) A description of the proposed services, duties, functions,
responsibilities, and liabilities of the authority and those of
agencies providing or proposed to provide water transportation
services for the authority.
   (G) To the extent the plan may include the transfer of assets or
services from a local agency to the authority pursuant to Section
66540.11, that transfer shall be subject to negotiation and agreement
by the local agency. The authority and the local agency shall
negotiate and agree on fair terms, including just compensation, prior
to any transfer authorized by this title.
   (H) An initial five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
detailing how the authority and its local agency partners plan to
support financing and completion of capital improvement projects,
including, but not limited to, those described in subparagraph (C),
that are required to support the operation of transferred ferry
services. Priority shall be given to emergency response projects and
those capital improvement projects for which a Notice of
Determination pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
has been filed and which further the expansion, efficiency, or
effectiveness of the ferry system.
   (I) A description of how existing and expanded water
transportation services will provide seamless connections to other
transit providers in the bay area region, including, but not limited
to, a description of how the authority will coordinate with all local
agencies to ensure optimal public transportation services, including
supplemental bus services that existed on January 1, 2008, that
support access to the ferry system for the immediate and surrounding
communities.
   (J) The date on which the ferry services are to be transferred to
the authority.
   (3) To the extent the plan required by this subdivision includes
proposed changes to water transportation services or related
facilities historically provided by the City of Vallejo or the City
of Alameda, the proposed changes shall be consistent with that city's
general plan, its redevelopment plans, and its development and
disposition agreements for projects related to the provision of water
transportation services. Those projects include, but are not limited
to, the construction of parking facilities and transit transfer
facilities within close proximity of a ferry terminal or the
relocation of a ferry terminal.
   (c) In developing the plans described in subdivisions (a) and (b),
the authority shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Emergency
Management Agency, the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and shall,
to the fullest extent possible, coordinate its planning with local
agencies, including those local agencies that operated, or contracted
for the operation of, public water transportation services as of the
effective date of this title. To avoid duplication of work, the
authority shall make maximum use of data and information available
from the planning programs of the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, the California Emergency Management Agency, the
Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission, the cities and counties in
the San Francisco Bay area, and other public and private planning
agencies. In addition, the authority shall consider both of the
following:
   (1) The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Implementation and
Operations Plan adopted by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit
Authority on July 10, 2003.
   (2) Any other plan concerning water transportation within the bay
area region developed or adopted by any general purpose local
government or special district that operates or sponsors water
transit, including, but not limited to, those water transportation
services provided under agreement with a private operator.
   (d) The authority shall prepare a specific transition plan for any
transfer not anticipated by the transition plan required under
subdivision (b).
   (e) Prior to adopting the plans required by this section, the
authority shall establish a process for taking public input on the
plans in consultation with existing operators of public ferry
services affected by the plans. The public input process shall
include at least one public hearing conducted at least 60 days prior
to the adoption of the plans in each city where an operational ferry
facility existed as of January 1, 2008.



66540.325.  When feeder transportation services are proposed to be
established to or from the facilities operated by the authority, the
authority shall coordinate with the public transit agency or agencies
in whose service territory the feeder service will operate.



66540.33.  The authority shall refer for recommendation the plans of
routes, rights of way, terminals, yards, and related facilities and
improvements to the city councils and boards of supervisors within
the jurisdiction of which those facilities and improvements lie and
to other state, regional, and local agencies and commissions as may
be deemed appropriate by the authority. The authority shall give due
consideration to all recommendations submitted.


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Statutes > California > Gov > 66540.32-66540.33

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 66540.32-66540.33



66540.32.  (a) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before
July 1, 2009, an emergency water transportation system management
plan for water transportation services in the bay area region in the
event that bridges, highways, and other facilities are rendered
wholly or significantly inoperable.
   (b) (1) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before July 1,
2009, a transition plan to facilitate the transfer of existing
public transportation ferry services within the bay area region to
the authority pursuant to this title. In the preparation of the
transition plan, priority shall be given to ensuring continuity in
the programs, services, and activities of existing public
transportation ferry services.
   (2) The plan required by this subdivision shall include all of the
following:
   (A) A description of existing ferry services in the bay area
region, as of January 1, 2008, that are to be transferred to the
authority pursuant to Section 66540.11 and a description of any
proposed changes to those services.
   (B) A description of any proposed expansion of ferry services in
the bay area region.
   (C) An inventory of the ferry and ferry-related capital assets or
leasehold interests, including, but not limited to, vessels,
terminals, maintenance facilities, and existing or planned parking
facilities or parking structures, and of the personnel, operating
costs, and revenues of public agencies operating public
transportation ferries and providing water transportation services as
of January 1, 2008, and those facilities that are to be transferred,
in whole or in part, to the authority pursuant to Section 66540.11.
   (D) A description of those capital assets, leasehold interests,
and personnel identified in subparagraph (C) that the authority
proposes to be transferred pursuant to Section 66540.11.
   (E) An operating plan that includes, at a minimum, an estimate of
the costs to continue the ferry services described in subparagraph
(A) for at least five years and a detailed description of current and
historically available revenues and proposed sources of revenue to
meet those anticipated costs. Further, the operating plan shall
identify options for closing any projected deficits or for addressing
increased cost inputs, such as fuel, for at least the five-year
period.
   (F) A description of the proposed services, duties, functions,
responsibilities, and liabilities of the authority and those of
agencies providing or proposed to provide water transportation
services for the authority.
   (G) To the extent the plan may include the transfer of assets or
services from a local agency to the authority pursuant to Section
66540.11, that transfer shall be subject to negotiation and agreement
by the local agency. The authority and the local agency shall
negotiate and agree on fair terms, including just compensation, prior
to any transfer authorized by this title.
   (H) An initial five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
detailing how the authority and its local agency partners plan to
support financing and completion of capital improvement projects,
including, but not limited to, those described in subparagraph (C),
that are required to support the operation of transferred ferry
services. Priority shall be given to emergency response projects and
those capital improvement projects for which a Notice of
Determination pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
has been filed and which further the expansion, efficiency, or
effectiveness of the ferry system.
   (I) A description of how existing and expanded water
transportation services will provide seamless connections to other
transit providers in the bay area region, including, but not limited
to, a description of how the authority will coordinate with all local
agencies to ensure optimal public transportation services, including
supplemental bus services that existed on January 1, 2008, that
support access to the ferry system for the immediate and surrounding
communities.
   (J) The date on which the ferry services are to be transferred to
the authority.
   (3) To the extent the plan required by this subdivision includes
proposed changes to water transportation services or related
facilities historically provided by the City of Vallejo or the City
of Alameda, the proposed changes shall be consistent with that city's
general plan, its redevelopment plans, and its development and
disposition agreements for projects related to the provision of water
transportation services. Those projects include, but are not limited
to, the construction of parking facilities and transit transfer
facilities within close proximity of a ferry terminal or the
relocation of a ferry terminal.
   (c) In developing the plans described in subdivisions (a) and (b),
the authority shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Emergency
Management Agency, the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and shall,
to the fullest extent possible, coordinate its planning with local
agencies, including those local agencies that operated, or contracted
for the operation of, public water transportation services as of the
effective date of this title. To avoid duplication of work, the
authority shall make maximum use of data and information available
from the planning programs of the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, the California Emergency Management Agency, the
Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission, the cities and counties in
the San Francisco Bay area, and other public and private planning
agencies. In addition, the authority shall consider both of the
following:
   (1) The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Implementation and
Operations Plan adopted by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit
Authority on July 10, 2003.
   (2) Any other plan concerning water transportation within the bay
area region developed or adopted by any general purpose local
government or special district that operates or sponsors water
transit, including, but not limited to, those water transportation
services provided under agreement with a private operator.
   (d) The authority shall prepare a specific transition plan for any
transfer not anticipated by the transition plan required under
subdivision (b).
   (e) Prior to adopting the plans required by this section, the
authority shall establish a process for taking public input on the
plans in consultation with existing operators of public ferry
services affected by the plans. The public input process shall
include at least one public hearing conducted at least 60 days prior
to the adoption of the plans in each city where an operational ferry
facility existed as of January 1, 2008.



66540.325.  When feeder transportation services are proposed to be
established to or from the facilities operated by the authority, the
authority shall coordinate with the public transit agency or agencies
in whose service territory the feeder service will operate.



66540.33.  The authority shall refer for recommendation the plans of
routes, rights of way, terminals, yards, and related facilities and
improvements to the city councils and boards of supervisors within
the jurisdiction of which those facilities and improvements lie and
to other state, regional, and local agencies and commissions as may
be deemed appropriate by the authority. The authority shall give due
consideration to all recommendations submitted.



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Statutes > California > Gov > 66540.32-66540.33

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 66540.32-66540.33



66540.32.  (a) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before
July 1, 2009, an emergency water transportation system management
plan for water transportation services in the bay area region in the
event that bridges, highways, and other facilities are rendered
wholly or significantly inoperable.
   (b) (1) The authority shall create and adopt, on or before July 1,
2009, a transition plan to facilitate the transfer of existing
public transportation ferry services within the bay area region to
the authority pursuant to this title. In the preparation of the
transition plan, priority shall be given to ensuring continuity in
the programs, services, and activities of existing public
transportation ferry services.
   (2) The plan required by this subdivision shall include all of the
following:
   (A) A description of existing ferry services in the bay area
region, as of January 1, 2008, that are to be transferred to the
authority pursuant to Section 66540.11 and a description of any
proposed changes to those services.
   (B) A description of any proposed expansion of ferry services in
the bay area region.
   (C) An inventory of the ferry and ferry-related capital assets or
leasehold interests, including, but not limited to, vessels,
terminals, maintenance facilities, and existing or planned parking
facilities or parking structures, and of the personnel, operating
costs, and revenues of public agencies operating public
transportation ferries and providing water transportation services as
of January 1, 2008, and those facilities that are to be transferred,
in whole or in part, to the authority pursuant to Section 66540.11.
   (D) A description of those capital assets, leasehold interests,
and personnel identified in subparagraph (C) that the authority
proposes to be transferred pursuant to Section 66540.11.
   (E) An operating plan that includes, at a minimum, an estimate of
the costs to continue the ferry services described in subparagraph
(A) for at least five years and a detailed description of current and
historically available revenues and proposed sources of revenue to
meet those anticipated costs. Further, the operating plan shall
identify options for closing any projected deficits or for addressing
increased cost inputs, such as fuel, for at least the five-year
period.
   (F) A description of the proposed services, duties, functions,
responsibilities, and liabilities of the authority and those of
agencies providing or proposed to provide water transportation
services for the authority.
   (G) To the extent the plan may include the transfer of assets or
services from a local agency to the authority pursuant to Section
66540.11, that transfer shall be subject to negotiation and agreement
by the local agency. The authority and the local agency shall
negotiate and agree on fair terms, including just compensation, prior
to any transfer authorized by this title.
   (H) An initial five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
detailing how the authority and its local agency partners plan to
support financing and completion of capital improvement projects,
including, but not limited to, those described in subparagraph (C),
that are required to support the operation of transferred ferry
services. Priority shall be given to emergency response projects and
those capital improvement projects for which a Notice of
Determination pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
has been filed and which further the expansion, efficiency, or
effectiveness of the ferry system.
   (I) A description of how existing and expanded water
transportation services will provide seamless connections to other
transit providers in the bay area region, including, but not limited
to, a description of how the authority will coordinate with all local
agencies to ensure optimal public transportation services, including
supplemental bus services that existed on January 1, 2008, that
support access to the ferry system for the immediate and surrounding
communities.
   (J) The date on which the ferry services are to be transferred to
the authority.
   (3) To the extent the plan required by this subdivision includes
proposed changes to water transportation services or related
facilities historically provided by the City of Vallejo or the City
of Alameda, the proposed changes shall be consistent with that city's
general plan, its redevelopment plans, and its development and
disposition agreements for projects related to the provision of water
transportation services. Those projects include, but are not limited
to, the construction of parking facilities and transit transfer
facilities within close proximity of a ferry terminal or the
relocation of a ferry terminal.
   (c) In developing the plans described in subdivisions (a) and (b),
the authority shall cooperate to the fullest extent possible with
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the California Emergency
Management Agency, the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and shall,
to the fullest extent possible, coordinate its planning with local
agencies, including those local agencies that operated, or contracted
for the operation of, public water transportation services as of the
effective date of this title. To avoid duplication of work, the
authority shall make maximum use of data and information available
from the planning programs of the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, the California Emergency Management Agency, the
Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission, the cities and counties in
the San Francisco Bay area, and other public and private planning
agencies. In addition, the authority shall consider both of the
following:
   (1) The San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Implementation and
Operations Plan adopted by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit
Authority on July 10, 2003.
   (2) Any other plan concerning water transportation within the bay
area region developed or adopted by any general purpose local
government or special district that operates or sponsors water
transit, including, but not limited to, those water transportation
services provided under agreement with a private operator.
   (d) The authority shall prepare a specific transition plan for any
transfer not anticipated by the transition plan required under
subdivision (b).
   (e) Prior to adopting the plans required by this section, the
authority shall establish a process for taking public input on the
plans in consultation with existing operators of public ferry
services affected by the plans. The public input process shall
include at least one public hearing conducted at least 60 days prior
to the adoption of the plans in each city where an operational ferry
facility existed as of January 1, 2008.



66540.325.  When feeder transportation services are proposed to be
established to or from the facilities operated by the authority, the
authority shall coordinate with the public transit agency or agencies
in whose service territory the feeder service will operate.



66540.33.  The authority shall refer for recommendation the plans of
routes, rights of way, terminals, yards, and related facilities and
improvements to the city councils and boards of supervisors within
the jurisdiction of which those facilities and improvements lie and
to other state, regional, and local agencies and commissions as may
be deemed appropriate by the authority. The authority shall give due
consideration to all recommendations submitted.