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Council accepts $270,000 MTC TOC grant; members express concern about density language
Summary
The council accepted a $270,000 Metropolitan Transportation Commission grant to support transit-oriented community policy work but several members voiced concern about minimum density language and how it could affect single-family areas within a half-mile of BART.
The El Cerrito City Council on May 20 accepted a $270,000 grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to support work to implement MTC—s Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) policy and to help the city pursue zoning changes and capital projects near its two BART stations.
Staff and the city—s planning consultant said the grant funds would pay for consultant work to align local zoning with MTC—s TOC requirements and to prepare the city for eligibility for larger capital…
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