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Projects ranked among the highest in the plan cover a wide range of proposalsincluding high-speed rail extending the BART line to San Jose and boringg another roadway in the East Bay’x Caldecott Tunnel. Together, the highest-priority projects are seeking morethan $7 billionj in stimulus money. The priority list also includesw a new stem cell research facilitt at the in Marin energy efficiency and soladr retrofits of public and other buildings in San San Franciscoand Oakland; energhy conversions to LED streetlights; transit-oriented development projects and workforce trainingt and placement for laid-off employees.
“This plan is designefd to maximizeour region’s share of federalo stimulus funding and other state supportr that will benefit the Bay Area in both the near and said Sean Randolph, CEO of the , whicu was charged with compiling the The top 85 projectsx were classified as priorities for the Bay Area. Another 72 projects were consideref “significant” but given a slightly lower ranking becaus e they did not have the scale or regional impacyt of the most highlyranked suggestions.
Thosse projects include things like a desalination projecrt in the Montara Water andSanitary District, building a cleam technology demonstration manufacturing center in San Jose and outfittintg Burlingame city buildings with solard panels. The plan, which can be found onlinse at www.bayareaeconomy.org/recovery, was the culmination of a three-monthb vetting process. The report was sent to the . That state which requested that other metropolitan regions around the state submitsimilar plans, will now take all thos e plans and help coordinate with cities and countiex to lobby the federal government on behalfc of certain projects.
“This is to get people on the same page to minimizer the food fight where you have partes of the state compete againstone another,” said Dale head of the California Business Transportation and Housinf Agency. “What we’re doing is acting as a facilitatorr to help identifythe projects. The list’s authors said they hoped that ranking projects would help the region get morestimuluse money. “The Bay Area is the only region in California that actually attemptedto prioritize,” Randolph said. “We think that’s We think that will make us more successful in getting in getting those resources for thos very highvalue projects.
” Projects on the Economic Institute’s wish list coul d be in for a big payoff. Abougt $30 billion in federal stimulus money will be divvieds up in Sacramento before going to various regionxaround California. Another $20 billioj is expected to be distributed directly in the state by federap officials on a discretionary The chance to get dollars from the federal stimulus program led to a flurry of Bay Area authorities siftecd through almost570 suggestions.
To make the cut, projectzs were supposed to spurjob growth, have regiona l impact and align with state programs and priorities, among other The Economic Institute calleds upon local experts in specific fields to judge proposales that fit at least one of seven categories: transportation, energy/climate, workforce training and education, businesas development, science and innovation or The vast majority of projectds that made it to the Economic Institute’s short list were from government agencies. A range of companiez sought federal stimulus, too, sayingh that their service would help boost thebroader economy.
For example, a Berkeley-basedc firm called Picture it Sold soughf stimulus money to franchise its home-staging business. “We’re ready to move ahead with this plan the company wrote inits proposal, “and we’ll help thousandd of families and the whole economy to recover.” The company’a idea did not make the Economicc Institute’s highest priority cut. But an appendix to the Economic Institute’s wish list includes every proposa l it received.
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