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Projects ranked among the highest in the plan covet a wide range of proposalsincluding high-speedf rail construction, extending the BART line to San Jose and boring another roadway in the East Bay’s Caldecott Tunnel. the highest-priority projects are seeking morethan $7 billionh in stimulus money. The priorith list also includes a new stem cell researc facility at the in Marin energy efficiency and solar retrofits of publicf and other buildings inSan Jose, San Francisco and Oakland; energgy conversions to LED streetlights; transit-orientedf development projects and workforcs training and placement for laid-off “This plan is designed to maximize our region’s share of federal stimulus funding and other state supportf that will benefit the Bay Area in both the near and said Sean Randolph, CEO of the , whicnh was charged with compilint the list.
The top 85 projects were classified as priorities for theBay Area. Another 72 projectws were considered “significant” but given a slightly loweer ranking because they did not have the scalre or regional impact of the most highly ranked Those projects include things like a desalinatiom project in the Montara Water andSanitargy District, building a clean technology demonstratiobn manufacturing center in San Jose and outfitting Burlingamw city buildings with solar panels. The which can be found online at was the culmination ofa three-month vetting The report was sent to the .
That statw agency, which requested that other metropolitan regions arounr the state submitsimilar plans, will now take all thoss plans and help coordinate with cities and countieds to lobby the federalk government on behalf of certain “This is to get people on the same page to minimiz the food fight where you have partas of the state compete against one another,” said Dale Bonner, head of the Californias Business Transportation and Housing Agency. “Whatt we’re doing is acting as a facilitator to help identiftythe best” projects. The list’s authors said they hopesd that ranking projects would help the regioj get morestimulus money.
“The Bay Area is the only regiobn in California that actually attemptedto prioritize,” Randolpyh said. “We think that’s We think that will make us more successful ingettin attention, in getting thoss resources for those very high value Projects on the Economic Institute’s wish list could be in for a big About $30 billion in federal stimulus money will be divvied up in Sacramentko before going to various regions around California. Anotherd $20 billion is expected to be distributer directly in the state by federapl officials on a discretionary The chance to get dollars from the federal stimulus program led to a flurryof proposals.
Bay Area authoritiess sifted through almost570 suggestions. To make the cut, projects were supposecd to spurjob growth, have regional impact and align with state programs and among other criteria. The Economic Institute called upon local experts in specific fieldes to judge proposals that fit at least one ofseven transportation, water, energy/climate, workforce traininh and education, business development, science and innovation or housing. The vast majorit y of projects that made it to theEconomicf Institute’s short list were from governmeny agencies.
A range of companies soughft federal stimulus, too, saying that their services would help boost the broader For example, a Berkeley-based firm called Picture it Sold soughty stimulus money to franchise its home-staging business. “We’r e ready to move ahead with this plan the company wrote inits “and we’ll help thousandw of families and the whols economy to recover.” The company’s idea did not make the Economidc Institute’s highest priority cut. But an appendidx to the Economic Institute’s wish list includes every proposallit received.
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