{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED\nCOMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES\nMEETING MINUTES OF\nFebruary 28, 2011\n1.\nROLL CALL\nThe meeting was called to order at 6:34 P.M.\nPresent: Chair Krongold, Vice-Chair Tam, Commissioners Deutsch, Fort, Harp, Kirola,\nLord-Hausman, Moore and Warren.\nAbsent: None.\n2.\nMINUTES\n2-A. Approved with corrections.\n2-B. Approved with corrections.\n3.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\nNone.\n4.\nNEW BUSINESS\n4-A.\nElection of Chair and Vice-Chair (Secretary Akil):\nVote on election of officers.\nCommissioner Moore made a motion to nominate Commissioner Krongold as Chair of the\nCommission. The motion was seconded by Vice-chair Nielson, which carried a unanimous\nvoice vote - 9.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman made a motion to nominate Commissioner Harp as Vice-Chair\nof the Commission. The motion was seconded by Vice-chair Nielson, which carried a\nunanimous voice vote - 9.\n4-B.\nCity of Alameda Paratransit Shuttle Service Modifications (Gail Payne, PW):\nDiscussion regarding changes to Paratransit Service.\nGail Payne stated that the Shuttle Service was introduced last year in April for individuals 62\nyears of age and older. Ridership has leveled off due to weather. A six-month review of the\nservice was conducted per Council's direction. Morning routes are preferred. The service\nreceived high satisfaction marks.\nVice-chair Harp asked about the capacity of the bus to which Gail responded it's a small bus,\n12-seats, and it does not run at capacity.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 2, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 28, 2011\nPage 2 of 5\nChair Krongold asked about the age requirements at Mastick Senior Center being 50 years\nold to which Gail replied she is working on the issue.\nCommissioner Moore asked if you must be 55 and with a disability to which Gail responded\naffirmatively.\nCommissioner Warren asked if an escort is needed could one be provided to which Gail\nreplied affirmatively.\nCommissioner Tam asked if you register once do you have to register each year to which\nGail replied \"No.\"\nChair Krongold asked about advertising at a movie theater to which Gail replied they are\ncurrently advertising at movie theaters.\nChair Krongold asked if the data is from the U.S. Census re: the disabled to which Gail\nreplied that the information presented from the American Community Survey is all that is\navailable.\n4-C.\nCity of Alameda Paratransit Taxi Service Modifications (Gail Payne, PW):\nDiscussion regarding changes to Taxi Service.\nGail stated that there are currently two taxi services. There are no current restrictions on\ntravel so the modification requests limit on travel. There are major limits on the budget and\nthere is a greater demand on the budget. The major goal is to restrict the use to rides within\nAlameda County. The savings would be approximately $5,000 a year.\nCommissioner Fort asked if the 50% discount applied to persons with disabilities and 70\nyears or older to which Gail replied to everyone with or without a Driver's License and blind\nor disabled is entitled to the 50% reduction.\nCommissioner Tam asked if support is needed at the Council meeting to which Gail replied\nthat all support is welcome.\nCommissioner Kirola asked if there are two Shuttle Services for everyone, to which Gail\naffirmed.\nCommissioner Kirola asked if someone moves how would they notify the Transportation\nCompany, to which Gail replied one would have to register the new information and she does\nthe quality control.\nCommissioner Kirola asked the names of the two companies to which Gail stated: (1)\nWelcome Transportation and (2) Veterans.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 3, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 28, 2011\nPage 3 of 5\nVice Chair Harp asked if there could be Shuttle Service to connect BART to which Gail\nreplied the issue has been discussed and there is no indication that will occur, unless there is\nadditional funding.\n5.\nOLD BUSINESS\n5-A.\nCDI Vision Planning (Chair Krongold):\nContinued discussion of future events.\nEd Roberts Event:\nChair Krongold stated that the January 22 event went well. Both Vice-Chair Harp\nand Commissioner Lord-Hausman attended.\nBanner:\nSecretary Akil confirmed the banner dates for the 3rd and 4th week in September.\nFilm/Art Exhibit: October 6, 2010\nCommissioner Warren provided an update on the event, including reaching out to\nschools for the art exhibit. Chair Krongold asked Marcia Tsang about including\nart work from the Leisure Club, which is comprised of disabled adults from\nAlameda. Commissioner Deutsch asked if the art is limited to Alamedans,\nto which Commissioner Warren replied it will be open to people with\ndisabilities. Commissioner Lord-Hausman stated that it would be good\nfor the art exhibit to be represented by Alamedans.\nCDI Resource Fair\nChair Krongold confirmed a work group has been formed to meet the\nlast Wednesdays of the month in the library.\nApril 9th Film Event:\nCommissioner Moore discussed the upcoming films scheduled for\nAutism Awareness month. She requested a Proclamation for April 5th\nSecretary Akil will email a copy of last year's Disability Awareness\nMonth proclamation.\nTree Planting:\nCommissioner Moore proposed October 15th for the next tree planting\nto which the Commission agreed.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 4, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 28, 2011\nPage 4 of 5\n5-B.\nCity Council Meeting Report (Commissioner Fort):\nReport on issues of relevance from biweekly Council meeting.\nNo report.\nVice-chair Harp and Commissioner Lord-Hausman attended the January 18th Council\nmeeting in support of building the apartments at Lincoln Avenue.\n5-C.\nCurb Cut Improvements (Commissioner Lord-Hausman)\nAn update on improvements regarding Central and Webster; and Park Street near brick alley\nshopping area was given.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman stated the Public Works plans are under review with Cal Trans\nunder Park Street/Alameda Ave., followed by bids and an award end of April/early Mary.\nRegarding Central and Webster re-design (not curb cuts): Commissioner Lord-Hausman met\nwith WABA and will follow-up with Public Works.\n6.\nSTAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n6-A.\nSecretary Akil informed the Commission that the City website had some minor glitches to\nthe CDI page but staff is working on correcting the problems.\n6-B.\nSecretary Akil stated she would follow up with the Alameda Fire Department Administration\nOffice regarding the inoperable accessible button for the front door at the Fire Station on\nPark Street and Encinal Avenue.\n7.\nANNOUNCEMENTS\n7-A.\nChair Krongold announced the upcoming Alameda County Transition Faire, Saturday, March\n19th at 9:30 AM, and asked who is interested in participating? Commissioner Kirola,\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman and Commissioner Tam may be able to attend.\n7-B.\nCommissioner Moore distributed a flier she picked up at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley\nregarding free phones for people with disabilities.\n7-C. Commissioner Fort mentioned that BORP and the Lighthouse for the Blind, as well as a\nnumber of organizations, have their offices at the Ed Roberts Campus.\n7-D.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman stated that all CDI Commissioners will receive an invitation\nfrom the League of Women Voters for the April 4th \"Meet Your Public Officials.\" She\nencouraged all to attend at the Harbor Bay Community Center.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 5, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 28, 2011\nPage 5 of 5\n7-E.\nA citizen called to request documents be available readily in large font.\n7-F.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman requested that someone from AUSD, Special Education attend\na CDI meeting. Commissioner Tam suggested he will attempt to request Susan Mitchell meet\nwith the CDI in March or April.\n7-G.\nCommissioner Tam has a special board meeting on March 28th and will miss the March CDI\nMeeting.\n7-H. Vice-Chair Harp stated that the Center for Independent Living is having its Annual Board\nMeeting on Thursday, March 24 at 3:30 PM at Hayward City Hall and it is open to the\npublic.\n7-I.\nChair Krongold stated that the Alameda Hospital (Louise Nakada) will begin accessible yoga\nclasses. There will be four classes starting April 13th, 5-6 PM for 4 weeks at $5.00 per\nsession.\n7-J.\nChair Krongold mentioned that the author of a book about her service dog event was held at\nthe Frank Bette Center.\n7-K. Chair Krongold read a letter response from College of Alameda regarding the CDI letter of\nsupport for funding for DSPS.\n8.\nADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, March 28, 2011\nat 6:30 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nAurulta Asit\nLucretia Akil\nBoard Secretary", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MEETING MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011\n1. CONVENE:\n7:08 p.m.\n2. FLAG SALUTE: Board member Kohlstrand\n3. ROLL CALL:\nPresent:\nPresident Ezzy Ashcraft, Vice-President Autorino, Board\nMembers, Kohlstrand, Lynch, Wallis and Zuppan.\nAbsent:\nBoard member Ibsen.\n4. MINUTES:\nMinutes from the Regular meeting of November 8, 201 (Pending)\nMinutes from the Regular meeting of January 10, 2011\nApproved 5-0-1, Board member Wallis abstained.\n5. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION:\nNone.\n6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\nWritten Report\n6-A Future Agendas\nStaff presented an overview of upcoming planning project.\n6-B Zoning Administrator Report\nMeeting of 2-1-11-650 Haight Street-Tattoo Parlor-Approved\nMeeting of 2-15-11-Canceled\nOral Report\nNone.\n7.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS:\nNone.\n8. CONSENT CALENDAR:\nNone.\n9. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:\n9-A\n2010-2011 Election of Planning Board Officers. The Planning Board will elect a\nnew President and Vice President for the upcoming (remaining) year, as required by\nthe Planning Board By-Laws\nContinued until full Board present.\nAPPROVED MEETING MINUTES\n1 OF 6\nPLANNING BOARD 2/28/2011", "path": "PlanningBoard/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 2, "text": "9-B\nAlameda Point Community Planning Update. The Planning Board will review and\ncomment on recently completed and planned upcoming planning efforts for Alameda\nPoint. The Board will also consider a draft resolution of support for the Alameda\nReuse and Redevelopment Authority's Response to Lawrence Berkeley National\nLaboratory's Request for Qualifications for a Second Campus at Alameda Point\nAndrew Thomas, Planning Services Manager, presented an update of the Alameda Point\nCommunity Planning process. He reported that the City held three community workshops in\nthe fall of 2010 at which residents, business owners, and other interested stakeholders from\ndifferent neighborhoods considered prior plans and suggested new ideas for a plan for\nAlameda Point. The forums occurred on November 9, 2010 at the Grand Pavilion on Bay\nFarm Island, on November 18, 2010 at the Mastick Senior Center in central Alameda and\nDecember 8, 2010 at the Officers' Club at Alameda Point in West Alameda. All three forums\nwere well attended (approximate 70-100 participants at each forum) and discussions were\nanimated. In addition, over 165 workbooks were completed and submitted by forum\nparticipants. To supplement the community forums and provide a convenient additional\nopportunity for community participation, an online workbook was made available on the city\nwebsite. The online workbook was open for public use from November 25, 2010 until\nFebruary 1, 2011. Approximately 150 residents completed portions of the workbook on-line.\nOn February 8, 2010, staff held a forum for the businesses that are currently at Alameda\nPoint. The purpose of the workshop was to solicit strategies and good ideas to build\nAlameda Point into a regional destination and job center. Approximately 30 business\nrepresentatives attended the workshop. In addition, the City received approximately 11\nresponses to a questionnaire that staff sent to all businesses at Alameda Point. The\ntenants, many of which have been at Alameda Point for over 10 years commented that this\nis the first time they have been asked what they would like to happen with the development.\nDuring the months of January and February 2011, the City's Boards and Commissions\nengaged in the process. The Boards and Commissions with primary responsibility for\nplanning, transportation, economic development, parks and open space, and historic\npreservation participated in the process by each holding a public meeting to discuss the\nexercises within the workbook that were most relevant to their area of expertise. The\nEconomic Development Commission, Historic Advisory Board, Recreation and Parks\nCommission and Transportation Commission all devoted meeting time to the planning effort.\nMr. Thomas reported that the community forums and online workbook provided a wealth of\ninformation about community priorities, preferences, and opinions. To document and\norganize this important information, staff is preparing a Summary Report for the community.\nThe Summary Report will summarize in approximately 25 pages the information that staff\nreceived from the community at the various forums and meetings and the on-line workbook,\nand:\nIdentify those elements, concepts, and proposals from past plans that the community\ngenerally agree should be included in a plan for Alameda Point,\nIdentify those elements; concepts or proposals for which there is not agreement and that\nwill require further, focused community discussion, and\nAPPROVED MEETING MINUTES\n2 OF 6\nPLANNING BOARD 2/28/2011", "path": "PlanningBoard/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 3, "text": "Highlight new ideas provided by the community.\nThe Summary Report which will include a 100 + page on-line workbook appendix will be\nfinalized in March and presented to the ARRA in the first week of April.\nPresident Ezzy Ashcraft stated that at the tenant forum representatives from St. George\nSpirits mentioned that they may be looking to lease the Bachelor's Officer Quarters (BOQ)\nto be used as a dormitory for their college distilling courses.\nMr. Thomas stated that most of the current leases at Alameda Point are short term.\nBoard member Lynch stated that currently regional sports facilities are very profitable and\nAlameda Point would be an ideal location. He also believes that the City should be cautious\nnot to get into long term leases without structuring it in a way that if certain benchmarks are\nnot met the lease can be broken.\nBoard member Wallis agrees that you do not want to secure long term leases in under\nutilized areas but set up a district.\nBoard member Kohlstrand commented that recreational uses are a very large topic in\nAlameda.\nPresident Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she would not want to create an environment where only\nchildren with resources to pay for the private recreational facilities can enjoy them.\nVice President Autorino commented that he is please with the way update was presented\nreporting what people want and don't want. He believes that there will need to be trade-offs\nwith the project such as \"the cost of a soccer field equals the development of four additional\nhouses\".\nPresident Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she would like to see a conceptual graphic showing\nwhat thousands of houses and other mixed uses would look at Alameda point. She also\nstated that she recognized a lot of the same participants at the Community Forums and\nsuggested that possibly some of the subject matter forums could be held on the weekend to\nenable a different demographic to attend.\nBoard member Kohlstrand also stated that she is please with the update. She agrees that\nthere need to be trade-offs. She feels that no one wants the development to be all housing\nand it needs to be mixed use and there needs to be a certain level of infrastructure in place.\nThe infrastructure, housing, traffic and other land uses all have to work together and is not\nsure that separating it out is the best idea.\nMr. Thomas reported that in April the summary will be released to the public. He believes\nthe question is how the City deals with all of the differences in opinion. The City has done\nyears of work looking at the infrastructure and costing it out. The City needs to start by\nintroducing the pro forma to the public and show the costs of the project. Certain repairs are\nnon-negotiable such as the getting Alameda Point out of the flood plain, and replacing the\nAPPROVED MEETING MINUTES\n3 OF 6\nPLANNING BOARD 2/28/2011", "path": "PlanningBoard/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 4, "text": "entire infrastructure. The City knows these costs and can list them, also the cost for sports\nfacilities, and amenities. The revenue and expenditures for the project need to balance and\nthe largest amount of revenue comes from residential land sales.\nBoard member Wallis warned that it could be difficult to explain the current\nrevenue/expenditures and the projected long term revenue/expenditures. He suggested\nconsolidating the information into scenarios. He mentioned that he was surprise to learn\nthat approximately 32,000 people worked at Alameda NAS during its boom and wonders\nhow different the traffic would be with a new development on the site compared to when the\nNavy was there.\nVice President Autorino suggested that you begin with a base that defines items as\ndiscretionary and nondiscretionary such as here are things that you have to do regardless of\nthe cost. Need to educate the public of the magnitude of the cost and not over analyze it\njust get those items that need to be done off the table and concentrate on the issues that\nare controversial.\nMr. Thomas agreed stating that you start with a base-line pro forma with a built in number of\nhousing units to get the project to balance. It may just be a project that works without all of\nthe amenities that the community has said over the years they want and it may be that the\ncost for those amenities is additional housing. The community needs to understand the\ntrade-offs to agree on a Master Plan for Alameda Point.\nBoard member Zuppan feels that it is important to make the information easy to understand\nfor the public. She suggested there be 2-4 scenarios stating that any more than that makes\nit too confusing for everyone. You need to figure out what really matters and get a\nconsensus on those choices and focus on those. The project needs to look at the impact\nthe project will have in the area over the next 20-25 years and probably over that amount of\ntime what the community wants will have changed.\nBoard member Lynch stated that the Treasure Island project in San Francisco would be a\ngood example of the process needed and taken to bring a project to entitlement as it is\nalmost completed. The project can act as a tangible object that residents can look to for\ninformation.\nMr. Thomas stated that City staff has been watching the progress of the Treasure Island\nand Hunter's Point projects.\nBoard member Kohlstrand stated that mixed use needs to include housing and by putting\nthe uses closer together it reduces the cost of the infrastructure and lessens the need for\ncars thus reducing the green house gases. She feels that this issue needs to be kept in the\ndiscussion and is key to the design of the project.\nMr. Thomas stated that financial sustainability, city-wide transportation sustainability,\nenvironmental sustainability and community sustainability (jobs, affordable housing) are\nuniversally supported in the community. He stated that it would be helpful to grade each\nscenario on how they rank on the sustainability issues.\nAPPROVED MEETING MINUTES\n4 OF 6\nPLANNING BOARD 2/28/2011", "path": "PlanningBoard/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 5, "text": "Board member Lynch asked what transportation sustainability refers to.\nMr. Thomas stated that he believes it means that the overall transportation system in the\nCity is maintained and possibly improved.\nBoard member Wallis stated that the City needs to look at the current transportation network\nand is it at an acceptable level. Also there is a need to set sustainability goals for each\ncategory.\nMr. Thomas stated that the City needs to look at what sustainability in Alameda represents\nand set goals towards it that are feasible.\nBoard member Kohlstrand stated the need to look at the sub aspects of Transportation\nSustainability and Environmental Sustainability such as how the buildings are developed or\nhow to manage the transportation system and you can't separate it from the Transportation\nland Use which is the fundamental issue. She reiterated the need for mixed use\ndevelopment citing the congestion problems with Bay Farm Island/Harbor Bay Isle stating\nthat when you separate the uses people will need their cars. Despite the abundance of\nwalking and bike paths certain elements of the design make automobiles the primary use.\nPresident Ezzy Ashcraft asked if the Board believes it would be best to combine the\nFinancial Sustainability Workshop, Citywide Transportation Sustainability Workshop and the\nEnvironmental Sustainability Workshop or should they be separate. She worries that\nseparating them might fragment members of the Community from one or more of the topics.\nShe also stated that the information needs to be presented in a way that people understand.\nBoard member Zuppan suggested that the City look at doing an interactive Web seminar\nwhere participants can chat with each other, send post or questions to be answered during\nthe seminar and also poll the participants regarding different issues.\nMr. Thomas stated that the idea is to hold the workshops separately due to the volume of\ninformation and that the workshops are not to make final decisions but to gain information to\nbe able to come back with easy to visualize alternatives. Mr. Thomas also stated that he\nthinks having a Youth Workshop would be a good idea to find out what the future generation\nof Alameda would like to see out at Alameda Point.\nThe Board members agreed that it would be interesting to get input from the younger\ngeneration.\nMr. Thomas reported that the City of Alameda is responding to a Request for Proposals\n(RFP) for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to be the site of their second\ncampus. The response to the RFP is due on March 4, 2011 and the City is putting together\na\nvery comprehensive document. The land being proposed for the LBNL is 50 acres in the\nsouthern area of Alameda Point near the Maritime Administration (MARAD) Fleet. He\nstated it would be a great opportunity to bring jobs to Alameda Point with the LBNL\nAPPROVED MEETING MINUTES\n5 OF 6\nPLANNING BOARD 2/28/2011", "path": "PlanningBoard/2011-02-28.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2011-02-28", "page": 6, "text": "proposing 4,500 square feet of lab space employing 800 people in the first phase. The\nproposal requested documentation of Community backing for the project so the City is\nputting together resolutions in support of the project from different Boards and\nCommissions.\nBoard member Kohlstrand asked if it is going to be an open campus or a closed one.\nMr. Thomas stated that it will be an open campus.\nVice President Autorino asked what the possible problems with the proposal are.\nMr. Thomas stated that the City is hoping to get short listed at which time other possible\nstumbling blocks could be addressed. The proposal asked that the new site be within 25\nmiles distance from the gate of their main campus which could be an issue as the proposed\nsite is very close to that limit. Another concern is acquiring the land from the Navy and the\nlack of infrastructure and amenities currently at and around the site.\nCarol Gottstein, resident, encouraged the Planning Board members to carefully read the\nRFP that LBNL put out.\nPresident Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she sees the addition of the LBNL campus as a game\nchanger for the entire Alameda Point project. She encouraged the Planning Board to give a\nunanimous approval of the Resolution.\nBoard member Kohlstrand moved adoption of the resolution supporting the City's response\nto the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory's Request for Proposal. Board member Lynch\nseconded the motion. Approved 6-0.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:\nNone.\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS:\nPresident Ezzy Ashcraft introduced Patrick Wallis, the newest member appointed to the\nPlanning Board. Board member Wallis is a Facilities & Real Estate Portfolio Manager with\nthe Coast Guard.\n12. ADJOURNMENT:\n9:16 p.m.\nAPPROVED MEETING MINUTES\n6 OF 6\nPLANNING BOARD 2/28/2011", "path": "PlanningBoard/2011-02-28.pdf"}