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Orinda hears MTC Transit-Oriented Communities overview; council asks staff to pursue selective compliance and regional advocacy
Summary
Planning staff presented MTC’s Transit-Oriented Communities guidance and requested initial direction on which TOC measures Orinda should pursue to protect OBAG and other regional funding options.
Orinda planning staff briefed the City Council on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) policy and its potential effects on future regional grant eligibility.
Lede: On Jan. 21 the council heard an overview of MTC’s TOC guidance and discussed whether Orinda should pursue “substantial compliance” to preserve competitiveness for One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) and other regional funding.
Nut graf: The TOC guidance focuses on station-area density, affordable-housing tools, parking management, and multimodal access; adherence is voluntary but staff said that substantial compliance could be a meaningful factor in MTC grant decisions. Staff asked for initial council direction on the mix of policies Orinda should consider.
What staff presented
Associate Planner Darren Hughes summarized the TOC toolkit and the four policy components: (1) residential and commercial density ranges; (2) production/preservation/protection housing policies such as inclusionary requirements…
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