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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities,2011-07-25,1,"APPROVED
COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES
MEETING MINUTES OF
July 25, 2011
1.
ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 6:47 P.M.
Present: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Harp, Commissioners Fort, Lord-Hausman, Moore,
Nielsen, Tam and Warren.
Absent: Commissioners Kirola & Deutsch.
2.
MINUTES
2-A.
The minutes were approved with no changes.
3.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)
None.
4.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
5.
OLD BUSINESS
5-A.
Restructuring of the CDI (Chair Krongold):
Secretary Akil provided status on Boards & Commissions restructuring.
Vice-Chair Harp distributed draft letter regarding restructuring effort.
Commissioner Lord-Hausman recommended Vice-Chair Harp and Chair Krongold combine
letters to go out. Agendize for August 22 meeting.
5-B.
CDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold):
Banner (Webster/Lincoln - September 13-20; Park/Lincoln - Sept. 20-27):
No changes.
An Evening of Art (October 6, 2011):
Commissioner Warren provided information on AUSD Special Education
participation in the event and other information.",CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-07-25.pdf
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July 25, 2011
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Chair Krongold suggested City staff be present for the entire event to which
Secretary Akil responded staff only needs to lock up the library.
CDI Resource Fair (October 2011):
Chair Krongold read the minutes and other correspondence (i.e. shuttle service
provided by Mastick and the pick-up points) from the work group and requested
feedback and input on several items concerning the Fair. The CDI discussed all
issues.
Tree Planting (October 15, 2011):
Commissioner Moore acknowledged this is the fifth year for the Tree Planting
Ceremony. Commissioner Moore requested to change the date to October 1, 2011
at 10:00 AM.
Commissioner Lord-Hausman suggested sending invitations of all events to the
City Council, AUSD, City Manager and Acting City Attorney.
Chair Krongold stated that a press release would also go out.
Commissioner Moore suggested calling radio stations to promote the events of
October.
5-C.
City Council Meeting Report (Commissioner Fort):
Commissioner Fort stated there was a housing project along Blanding Avenue.
5-D.
Planning Board Meeting Report (Commissioner Lord-Hausman):
Nothing to report.
6.
STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Nothing to report.
7.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
7-A.
Commissioner Lord-Hausman was unable to attend the conference on Universal Design but
will attempt to retrieve the information.
7-B.
Chair Krongold distributed flyers regarding accessible Yoga Programs at Alameda Hospital.
7-C.
Chair Krongold noted the Piedmont Foundation could possibly fund accessible Yoga in
Alameda.",CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-07-25.pdf
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July 25, 2011
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8.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:07 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, August 22,
2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Tucudial Akil
Lucretia Akil
Board Secretary",CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-07-25.pdf
PensionBoard,2011-07-25,1,"CITY
OF
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
PENSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
HELD 4:30 P.M., JULY 25, 2011
ALAMEDA CITY HALL
2263 SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ALAMEDA
CONFERENCE ROOM 391
1.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Marie Gilmore at 4:34 p.m.
2.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Chair Marie Gilmore Trustees: Robert Follrath, William Soderlund,
Nancy Elzig and Karen Willis.
Staff: Fred Marsh, Controller, Finance and Lelia Faapouli, Administrative
Technician III, Human Resources
3.
MINUTES:
The minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 25, 2011 were moved for approval
by Member Follrath and seconded by Member Soderlund. Passed 5-0
4.
AGENDA ITEMS:
4-A. Pension Payroll and Financial Reports - Quarter Ending June 30, 2011
and City of Alameda Police & Fire Pension Funds Financial Reports For
the Period Ending June 30, 2011 from Fred Marsh, Controller.
Mr. Marsh noted an error on the date of the agenda for the July 25, 2011
meeting. The ""Pension Payroll and Financial Reports - Quarter Ending
June 31, 2011"" should be June 30, 2011. He also noted that the ""City of
Alameda Police & Fire Pension Funds Financial Reports For the Period
Ending June 30, 2011"" report had an error in the middle of the report. He
stated that the Preliminary Results of Operations for six months ending
December 31, 2010 should not be shown in this report. Mr. Marsh then
reviewed the entire report with the Board and stated that the 1079 and
1082 amounts will be adjusted at the year end.
Member Elzig moved to accept the report with the noted corrections,
which was seconded by Member Follrath. Passed 5-0.",PensionBoard/2011-07-25.pdf
PensionBoard,2011-07-25,2,"City of Alameda
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the
Pension Board - Monday, July 25, 2011
Page 2
6.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)
There were no oral communications.
7.
PENSION BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARD)
Member Follrath asked if the Pension Board was going to be advised on the new
Fire and Police pension plan changes. Member and Secretary to the Board
Willis explained that safety employees under the new Memorandum of
Understandings that were recently adopted will be contributing an additional 2%
toward their PERS pensions which is technically a part of the employer's
contribution to PERS. This means that safety employees will go from
contributing 9% to 11% of their earnings to their pension.
The changes made to the retiree health care benefit are that current safety
employees must be employed with the City at least five years to be eligible and
will be reimbursed at either the Kaiser or Blue Shield rates for up to the two party
rate. Safety employees hired after June 7, 2011, must work at least ten years to
be eligible and will be reimbursed at either the Kaiser or Blue Shield rate at the
single party rate only.
Member and Secretary to the Board Willis went on to explain that these are
structural changes that needed to be made in order for these benefits to be
sustainable in the future. She pointed out that these changes do not in any way
impact current retirees and do not impact either the 1079 or 1082 pension plans.
8.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the board, the meeting was
adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
Karen Willis, Human Resources Director
and Secretary to the Pension Board",PensionBoard/2011-07-25.pdf
PlanningBoard,2011-07-25,1,"APPROVED MEETING MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011
7:00 p.m.
1. CONVENE:
7:10 P.M.
2. FLAG SALUTE:
Vice President Autorino
3. ROLL CALL:
Present: President Ezzy Ashcraft, Vice-President Autorino, Board
members: Burton, Henneberry, Kohlstrand & Zuppan
Absent: None
4. MINUTES:
Minutes from the Regular meeting of March 14, 2011
Board Member Kohlstrand corrected typographical errors and requested that the
amendments to conditions of approval be detailed in the minutes. Approved as amended.
4-2 (Board members Burton and Henneberry abstained.)
Minutes from the Special meeting of March 28, 2011
Board Member Kohlstrand noted that the Economic Development Commission did not
participate in the Joint Meeting with the Planning Board. She noted that Vice Chair Autorino
was represented by board member Zuppan during his absence at the Webster Street
Subcommittee. Approved as amended. 4-2 (Board member Burton and Henneberry
abstained.)
Minutes from the meeting of April 25, 2011
Board Member Kohlstrand noted typographical errors and requested that the meeting
minutes be more detailed regarding community growth. Continued due to lack of quorum.
Minutes from the Regular meeting of July 11, 2011
President Ezzy-Ashcraft corrected typographical errors and omissions in the minutes.
Board member Burton corrected comments regarding the boatworks project. Board member
Kohlstrand identified omissions from the discussion on the conditions of approval. All noted
that also requested that the conditions of approval, as discussed, be reflected with more
detail in the minutes. Approved as amended. 5-1 (Board member Autorino abstained.)
5. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION:
None
6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:
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PlanningBoard,2011-07-25,2,"Written Report
6-A Future Agendas
Andrew Thomas, Planning Services Manager, provided an overview of upcoming projects.
6-B Zoning Administrator Report
The Zoning Administrator meeting of 7/19/2011 was canceled due to a lack of projects.
6-C Design Review Approvals 7/19/2011
No calls for review.
7. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Mr.
Fredericks, Alameda resident, stated his concern about the lack of regulation on
portable basketball hoops in the public right of way or landscaping strips. Mr. Obaid Khan,
Supervising Civil Engineer, Public Works, offered to work with him to identify opportunities to
address these basketball hoops.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR:
None
9. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:
9-A
Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) Proposed Bay Plan
Amendments to Address Sea Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay Area
Andrew Thomas, Planning Services Manager, introduced the speakers on this item.
Mr. Lowe, consultant with ESA, presented general planning concepts on a regional level and
the necessity of planning for sea level rise within the Bay Area.
Board member Kohlstrand asked how the interagency cooperation has been established for
sea level rise.
Mr. Lowe explained per the example of the Joint Powers Agency at Hayward Shoreline
Authority is what they focus on and how they cooperatively work on priority items and how
the permitting issues are worked out.
Ms Barbara Hawkins, City Engineer with the Public Works Department, described the 2008
storm drain Master Plan, that included a 18"" sea level rise analysis. This analysis focused
on how an 18"" sea level rise would impact the storm drain system in Alameda. She
presented maps showing that sea-level rise would not likely occur through flooding on the
shoreline, but that water would come up through the storm drains. Some limited capacity
exists to catch a sea level rise with the storm drain system. She noted that the number of
pump stations needs to be increased to assist in handling storm drainage, storm events, and
sea-level rise water events.
Board member Burton asked how the upgrades would be funded.
Ms Hawkins explained that adding required infrastructure to accommodate sea-level rise
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PLANNING BOARD 7/25/2011",PlanningBoard/2011-07-25.pdf
PlanningBoard,2011-07-25,3,"and aging infrastructure, will cost millions and she recommends that incremental upgrades
be conducted for which a budget can be developed. Recently, EPA has mandated that the
sewer systems require upgrades. Upgrades to the sewer system could be paid for by the
recently increased sewer fees.
Vice Chair Autorino asked whether Public Works had looked at aggressively utilizing grey
water and could it alleviate the sewer issues.
Ms. Hawkins said that new developments, such as Bayport, has grey water capability. There
are some State regulations dealing with grey water. She noted that the study did not review
the use of grey water.
President Ezzy-Ashcraft asked whether Ms. Hawkins agreed with the general statements of
the BCDC maps and strategies.
Ms. Hawkins stated that the BCDC review is at much higher level review, and lacks the
parcel-specific analysis that the City of Alameda has already conducted.
Mr. Joe LaClair, Chief Planning Officer with BCDC, provided a brief summary on the Bay
Plan planning process and amendment process. The Bay Plan update includes 64 policy
and findings changes that reflect recent scientific research. The Plan covers only the area
around the Bay that are within 100' from the shoreline. He outlined the key highlights of the
plan amendments. He requested that the Board review the amendments and asked for
support of the Plan.
Vice-Chair Autorino asked for the three or four major changes that update the plan.
Mr. LaClair, pointed out that the most important change is the update of scientific
background information, for instance explaining climate change impacts. The second most
important feature is the call for a regional strategy to address the changes along the Bay
that integrate the adaptation and mitigation strategies to be most cost effective and efficient.
For instance, a pilot planning process is currently underway in Alameda County covering the
shoreline area. The new Plan also includes a policy thrust that allows Bay-fill that would
protect existing development. The Plan also requires a qualitative analysis evaluating the
development impacts and developing custom mitigation measures.
President Ezzy-Ashcraft asked how the plan balances the need to protect and restore the
wetlands and accommodating new scientific knowledge and providing existing property
owners' certainty on development potential.
Mr. LaClair, explained that the Plan's policy is not to regulate local zoning, but to facilitate
the discussion between the regional-local entities so that wetland restoration can continue.
Vice-Chair Autorino asked how the Plan would impact the developments already planned,
but not fully developed like the Harbor Bay Business Park.
Mr. LaClair explained that current projects would not be impacted by the Plan, since BCDC
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PLANNING BOARD 7/25/2011",PlanningBoard/2011-07-25.pdf
PlanningBoard,2011-07-25,4,"authority only has jurisdiction on public access within 100' of the shoreline. The policy
recommendations are advisory only.
Board member Zuppan asked for clarification on the formation of a regional group and
whether their jurisdiction would only cover the 100' currently under BCDC jurisdiction.
Mr. LaClair stated that the regional group would be a consensus-based group that would
develop strategies and not have jurisdiction per se.
Mr. Andreas Cluver, Union Representative and coalition partner in 'Protect our Bayside
Communities', spoke in support of the Plan. He suggested that public-private partnerships
may be used to pay for future development along the shoreline. He urges the City of
Alameda to conduct an assessment how the City of Hayward.
President Ezzy-Ashcraft opened the public comment period.
Mr. Reidy, Harbor Bay Business Park Association member discussed the cooperation
between BCDC and the business park regarding the Plan and the remaining development
potential of the Park. He spoke in favor of the Plan.
Ms. Susan Gallymore, Alameda resident, asked whether Alameda Point hazardous waste
contamination and the rise in sea-levels would potentially leach onto the remainder of the
island through the storm drains or into the Bay.
Mr. Thomas stated that those were valid concerns and were being considered during the
engineering and planning process of Alameda Point. No decisions have been made at this
time, but that the team is aware of these concerns.
President Ezzy-Ashcraft closed the comment period.
Board member Kohlstrand commended BCDC and associated organizations that have
cooperated in this effort. She noted that the adaptation strategies need to be regional in
order to minimize risk for the community. She asked how the recommendations of a 18""
or
55"" sea level rise would be implemented by the individual cities.
Andrew Thomas stated that the implementation plan would likely come in the form of the
Climate Element within the City of Alameda jurisdiction.
Board member Kohlstrand felt that the Plan had several inconsistencies that contradict each
other. She asked how those would be realigned for consistency. She also asked how risk
assessment would be conducted.
Mr.Will Travis, Executive Director of BCDC, explained the difference between the findings
and policies listed in the Plan. He also pointed out that 45 jurisdictions that front upon the
Bay and 4 regional organizations have formed a coalition to develop a comprehensive
strategy so that investment and economic growth will continue to locate in this area.
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PLANNING BOARD 7/25/2011",PlanningBoard/2011-07-25.pdf
PlanningBoard,2011-07-25,5,"President Ezzy-Ashcraft asked how local control will be maintained and she asked him
to
address the perceived concern that BCDC is expanding its jurisdiction.
Mr. Travis explained that BCDC is not expanding its jurisdiction beyond the 100' shoreline
boundary already established. Explicit policy language states the Plan's policies would not
be applied to areas beyond the 100' jurisdiction area from the shoreline. Furthermore, the
different policies are advisory, not intended to be used in a regulatory context. The main
policy thrust is to ensure public access along the shoreline.
President Ezzy-Ashcraft asked the Board was interested in developing a resolution or
recommendation that would support the proposed Plan amendments.
The Board discussed this and agreed to vote on a motion to support the amendments.
Board member Burton commended City staff for proactively assessing the future sea level
rises. He stated that the Planning Board should utilize the Stormdrain Master Plan to assess
the future projects for their impacts from sea level rise.
Board member Zuppan commended BCDC in working collaboratively with the community to
develop support for the Plan.
Vice-Chair Autorino supports the fact that BCDC has made a strong argument for the
economic impacts of the Plan.
Board member Burton made a motion, seconded by Vice-Chair Autorino, to support
BCDC's Bay Plan Amendments. Motion passes 5-0.
10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
None
11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS:
Board member Burton gave a report on the meeting with the Public Art
Consultant.
12. ADJOURNMENT:
10:05 p.m.
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