NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF MEANS-BASED FARES FOR REGULAR SERVICE ON TRANSIT BUS AND GOLDEN GATE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the , Highway and Transportation District (District) will hold a Public Hearing to receive public comment, as follows:

Thursday, August 22, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. Board Room, Administration Building Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza , CA

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) approved implementation of a pilot Regional Means-Based Fare Program as a way to provide greater mobility options for low-income persons on participating transit systems in the Bay Area. People with income below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, which is approximately $70,000 per year for a family of four in the Bay Area, would be eligible. The pilot program would be for 12 to 18 months, and would be dependent on how quickly the available MTC funds, which would partially offset the cost of the pilot program, would be expended.

MTC selected a number of agencies to participate in the pilot program including the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (District), BART, , and SFMTA. Two categories of fares would not be included in this program: a) local fares within Marin County; and b) East Bay local and East Bay to San Francisco fares. The District is proposing a 50% discount off of the adult cash fare, which aligns with the 50% discount that is currently offered to the District’s fares for seniors, persons with disabilities and youths.

The District’s costs are anticipated to be in the amount of $500,000 to $1,000,000, and may be partially offset by MTC in the amount of $300,000 to $500,000.

For additional information regarding the proposed mean-based fare changes, see the Staff Reports and agendas on the District’s website at www.goldengate.org/board/2019/mtgs-public-h.php. In addition, you may contact the Secretary of the District by email at [email protected], by phone at (415) 923-2223, by fax at 415-923-2013, by mail at the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, P.O. Box 9000, Presidio Station, San Francisco, CA, 94129-0601, or by using TDD California Relay Service at 711.

Public comments will be received at the public hearing, or may be presented in writing to the Secretary of the District at the above address. Comments may also be sent by email to [email protected]. Written comments should be received no later than Thursday, August 22, 2019, at 4:30 p.m.

For transit information on how to get to the public hearing, either log on to www.511.org or call 511 (711 TDD). The public hearing location is accessible to everyone. To request special assistance due to a disability at this public hearing, please call the District Secretary’s Office at (415) 923-2223 three days before the hearing date.

/s/ Amorette M. Ko-Wong, Secretary of the District Dated: July 30, 2019