START Board set to ratify Scenario 2 route plan vote, 6-1

The START Board’s June 25 agenda is built around the basics, but the consent packet includes a procedural milestone that locks in a major service decision: approval of minutes documenting a 6-1 vote adopting Scenario 2 of the Recommended Network Route Plan and directing staff to proceed with implementation planning for deployment by the beginning of fiscal year 2028 START Board Meeting Agenda Packet.

Readers should watch for whether any board member asks to amend those minutes, because the May meeting record shows the plan was adopted only after an initial motion for Scenario 1 failed. The minutes name Secretary Steve Grossman as the lone “no” vote on Scenario 2, with the rest of the board in favor. If the minutes are approved as written, staff’s next step is to carry the plan into operational planning and the public process that comes with a network redesign, including outreach and required Title VI review, ahead of a targeted FY28 launch.