When: Where: About the Breakfast of Champions

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When: Where: About the Breakfast of Champions
May: BART Silicon Valley: Learning from the First Phase to Implement the
Executive Committee
Featuring: Carolyn Gonot, Valley Transportation Agency (VTA)
Chair
Second Phase
BART Silicon Valley Extension will provide service to the Bay Area’s and
northern California’s largest city, San Jose, the “Capital of Silicon Valley.”
Thirty years ago, the VTA began studying the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit
(SVRT) corridor, The BART Silicon Valley Extension represents the final
link needed to complete the 20-mile gap in the regional rail system around
San Francisco Bay and tie together the region’s three major metropolitan
centers: San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland.
Overwhelmingly supported by the voters of Santa Clara County, Measure
A Transit Improvement Program , is a ½-cent local-transit sales tax that
would provide funding for 14 transit projects, including the concept to extend BART to the cities of Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara.
The first phase of 10-mile BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension is currently under construction
and anticipated to open for revenue service in fall 2017. Phase II of BART Silicon Valley is II of BART
Silicon Valley is the remaining 6-miles into downtown San Jose and over to Santa Clara near Caltrain.
Update of the environmental analysis is currently underway. This second phase includes four stations and
a new maintenance facility and is estimated to cost approximately $4.7 billion. VTA is currently determining the final layout and stations configurations as well as procurement and management strategies.
VTA will use “lessons learned” from implementing the first ten-miles is making these key decisions.
When:
Where:
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
Registration & Networking: 7:30 to 8:00 am
Program Begins: 8:00 am
Speaker: 8:30 am
Adjourn: 9:15 am
Francesco’s Restaurant
8520 Pardee Drive
Hegenberger & Pardee, Oakland
p: 510.569.0653
Cost: $40 with advance RSVP by May 26th at 11am, $50 at the door (if space is available)
About the Breakfast of Champions (BOC):
BOC provides a forum for business development and career growth in the environmental, planning, design, construction, construction management, and related professions in the East Bay. BOC, as a volunteer and not-for-profit organization, will present or discuss future projects and market trends that foster
networking and team building.
How to Register:
Please register online at www.oaklandboc.com
For questions please contact:
Gigi MacTaggart, G Mar E Consulting
P.O. Box 1751, Loomis, CA 95650
p: 530.830.2860
c: 760.409.6971
[email protected]
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation must be 48 hours prior to the
event. Reservations represent a financial commitment without cancellation notice.
Meeting Sponsor:
In order to fund our annual educational grants, we will be offering Meeting Sponsorships to two attendees per meeting. The Meeting Sponsorship costs is $250 and entitles the firm, a logo placement in our
BOC flyer, a 2-3 minute introduction of their firm to the group, a reserved seat at the speakers table and
the opportunity to share marketing information at a designated location.
Leslie Golden, RLA, LEED AP
Golden Associates
Landscape Architects
510.465.4030
[email protected]
Programs
Raewyn Butcher
Ghirardelli Associates
510.451.4180
[email protected]
Cheryl Childs
Inspection Services, Inc.
510.809.2609
[email protected]
Treasurer
Derek Watry
Wilson Ihrig & Associates
510.658.6719
[email protected]
Secretary-Public
Relations
Bonnie Kellogg
KELLCO
Environmental Services
510.786.9751
[email protected]
Greeter
Valerie Conant
Golden Associates
Landscape Architects
510.465.4030
[email protected]
Advisors
Connie Ng-Wong
Port of Oakland
510.627.1390
[email protected]
Beth Dollens Power
Systra
510.900.2100
[email protected]