WETA Transition Plan
Per SB 1093  , WETA is charged with creating and adopting a Transition Plan for Bay Area ferry service on or before July 1, 2009.
Download the Guiding Principals (PDF, 94KB)
Download the Transition Plan Schedule (PDF, 82KB)
Download the Proposed Work Scope (PDF, 110KB)
Visit the Transition Plan Meetings page for information on meetings and meeting minutes.
The WETA, created by the California State Legislature, is a regional agency with a multi-county jurisdiction. The WETA is responsible for developing a comprehensive plan (Transition Plan) to consolidate the Vallejo, Alameda and Harbor Bay Ferry Services systems with planned WETA services to operate under one entity, i.e., WETA.
The Transition Plan shall include:
An operating element which should describe existing services and planned service expansions including the personnel required to operate such systems as well as identify a course of action for consolidation of service operations. The operating element shall include identification of costs and activities associated with the operation and revenues available and needed to sustain such a system over a five-year period. A transit coordination element identifying how the existing and expanded water transportation services will provide connections to other transit providers in the Bay Area region shall also be included.
A capital element which shall define a five-year Capital Improvement Program identifying all assets required to maintain, sustain and expand the system as planned. This work will require development of an asset inventory, including identification of the condition of all assets, identification of replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion projects and costs and identification of an approach to funding implementation of these projects. In addition, the Capital element shall identify any assets to be transferred to WETA and any related compensation required.
Prior to final WETA Board adoption, public input shall be sought on the Transition Plan in accordance with outreach requirements outlined in SB 1093, a process established by WETA, and the affected ferry operators. This public outreach effort will take approximately 60 - 90 days and therefore the draft Transition Plan shall be completed no later than 01 February 2009.
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