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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor S.B. 873
and the property owners and business owners surrounding the Baltimore
Corridor Transit Study - Red Line area; requiring the Administration to
evaluate alternatives, alignments, and transit modes in terms of addressing the
transit needs within a certain area; requiring the Administration to establish a
certain advisory committee; providing for the membership of the advisory
committee; requiring the Administration to submit a certain report to the
General Assembly by a certain date; requiring the Administration to consider
methods for providing preference in hiring for certain construction jobs to
certain individuals; establishing a Citizens' Advisory Council for the Baltimore
Corridor Transit Study - Red Line; providing for the membership of the
Advisory Council; requiring the Maryland Transit Administrator to designate
the co-chairs of the Advisory Council; establishing the term of the members of
the Advisory Council; requiring meetings of the Advisory Council to be
publicized and open to the public; prohibiting a member of the Advisory Council
from receiving compensation; requiring the Advisory Council to advise the
Administrator on certain major policy matters surrounding the Baltimore
Corridor Transit Study - Red Line; requiring the Advisory Council to limit its
review to certain matters; requiring the Advisory Council to report to the
Governor and the General Assembly on its activities on or before a certain date
each year; requiring the Administration to provide staff for the Advisory
Council, solicit the advice of the Advisory Council at certain times, and prepare
a certain report at certain times; and generally relating to the Baltimore
Corridor Transit Study - Red Line.
Preamble
WHEREAS, The Maryland Transit Administration has undertaken the
Baltimore Corridor Transit Study - Red Line for a proposed 10-mile rapid transit line
for the Baltimore metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, The Red Line transit corridor encompasses a large number of
residents, small and large businesses, schools, churches, and other community
institutions, all of which are deeply concerned about the future of their communities;
and
WHEREAS, Effective, high quality public transportation is important to these
communities; and
WHEREAS, Public transit must be frequently available, reliable, and safe, and
must provide an efficient and economical means to connect community members to
major destinations throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, First and foremost, the Red Line should improve the public
transportation system in the Baltimore metropolitan region and in the communities
surrounding the Red Line transit corridor, and be planned in a manner to serve those
communities and foster economic development; and
WHEREAS, It is the intent of the General Assembly that, during the course of
planning and constructing the Red Line project, the Administration adhere to the best
practices of transit planning and implementation; and
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