beneficial initiative, but because we currently are under a level of service methodology for evaluating environmental impact, an initiative like the tep is subject to a full and requiring of a full environmental impact report. those kind of things would go up away under this major land development project that has transportation issues as a primary environmental impact. we certainly in this agency would see clear and direct benefit in time and cost and implementing big transportation projects. director brinkman: ok, thank you. that is good. questions from the directors? director heinicke: can we put you back on the spot? not that i have been doing this as long as some have, but there s always complains about the ceqa process. there s always calls to reform it at the state level. those go not very far, so i commend you on what seems to be a sort of creative way to restructure here at the more local level to meet our goals and still satisfy the state act. the first question i h
beneficial initiative, but because we currently are under a level of service methodology for evaluating environmental impact, an initiative like the tep is subject to a full and requiring of a full environmental impact report. those kind of things would go up away under this major land development project that has transportation issues as a primary environmental impact. we certainly in this agency would see clear and direct benefit in time and cost and implementing big transportation projects. director brinkman: ok, thank you. that is good. questions from the directors? director heinicke: can we put you back on the spot? not that i have been doing this as long as some have, but there s always complains about the ceqa process. there s always calls to reform it at the state level. those go not very far, so i commend you on what seems to be a sort of creative way to restructure here at the more local level to meet our goals and still satisfy the state act. the first question i h
project that is really about speeding up transit, a very clearly environmentally beneficial initiative, but because we currently are under a level of service methodology for evaluating environmental impact, an initiative like the tep is subject to a full and requiring of a full environmental impact report. those kind of things would go up away under this major land development project that has transportation issues as a primary environmental impact. we certainly in this agency would see clear and direct benefit in time and cost and implementing big transportation projects. director brinkman: ok, thank you. that is good. questions from the directors? director heinicke: can we put you back on the spot? not that i have been doing this as long as some have, but there s always complains about the ceqa process. there s always calls to reform it at the state level. those go not very far, so i commend you on what seems to be a sort of creative way to restructure here at the more loca
timeline, we, as i mentioned, have been conducting stickler outreach stakeholder outreach. we expect to have an ordinance introduced if not this month than in march then in march. that would be the kick off point for the environmental review process, which we are fast tracking for an 18-month time frame. once that is completed, we will identify whether as a result of our analysis any changes are required to the program. if there are changes, we would modify the ordinance accordingly and take that through the normal hearing process. and i m available for any questions. director brinkman: thank you. while we have read the podium, this is an information item for us, not an action item, so can we take questions from the board first and then hear public comment? would that be all right with everybody? director, this is one of those things that is hard for people who are even policy people to really grasp. could you, as a way of highlighting how important this is for us as an a