{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED\nCOMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES\nMEETING MINUTES OF\nMonday, January 27, 2014 6:30 p.m.\n1.\nROLL CALL\nThe meeting was called to order at 6:29 p.m.\nPresent: Chair Lord-Hausman, Vice-Chair Deutsch, Commissioners Fort, Franco, Fruge,\nHarp, Tam, and Wilkinson\nAbsent: Commissioner Warren\n2.\nMINUTES\n2-A.\nApproval of Minutes for the October 28, 2013 meeting.\n3.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\n3-A. Bonnie Leber stated that her developmentally disabled daughter has been experiencing issues\nwith transportation services provided by the Regional Center of the East Bay. Ms. Leber\ncontacted the Regional Center and requested a copy of the contract with MV Transportation\nwith Regional Center and has had no response from the Regional Center or the transportation\ncompany and requested if the CDI could assist. The CDI recommended contacting local and\ncounty appointed officials for assistance, as well as DREDF. The Chair of the Oakland\nMayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities, Stephen Beard, suggested contacting\nSandi Soliday, Coordinator of the County's Developmental Disabilities Council.\n4.\nNEW BUSINESS\n4-B.\nMr. Thomas discussed the Reasonable Accommodation Ordinance regarding existing\nhousing, whereby anyone with a disability needing to make changes to their home could seek\na variance in order to make modifications to accommodate their disability. This proposal\ncould allow the Planning Director to sign off on such items without a full hearing before the\nPlanning Board, as would normally be required for a variance from building codes, so it\nwould make the process of providing home modifications less onerous for seniors and\npersons with disabilities.\nChair Lord-Hausman asked if this would apply to aging in place residents, to which Mr.\nThomas confirmed it does apply.\nVice-Chair Deutsch asked if it applied to inside and outside, to which Mr. Thomas said it\napplies to the exterior.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 2, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nJanuary 27, 2014\nPage 2\nCommissioner Harp expressed concern about the wording in a section of the draft ordinance\nthat seemed to require an applicant to supply personal medical information, to which Mr.\nThomas confirmed that the City does not need medical information and will modify the\nlanguage so it asks for details on the manner in which the accommodation would support an\nActivity of Daily Living or functional need.\n5.\nOLD BUSINESS\n5-B.\nChair Lord-Hausman asked for an update regarding the Universal Design Ordinance. Mr.\nThomas stated he's hoping to have it in front of the Planning Board in the Spring.\n4.\nNEW BUSINESS (Cont.)\n4-A.\nCommissioner Tam nominated Commissioner Harp for Chair. Vice-Chair Deutsch seconded\nthe nomination, which carried a unanimous vote - 7.\nChair Lord-Hausman nominated Commissioner Wilkinson for Vice-Chair. Commissioner\nFort seconded the nomination, which carried a unanimous vote - 7.\n4-C.\nMs. Payne presented the update and recommended changes to the Paratransit Program.\nMs. Payne stated that it would be beneficial to increase ridership for both the shuttle and\ntaxi programs so as to reduce the cost per rider or trip.\nCommissioner Harp asked if Mastick does any travel training to which Ms. Payne\nresponded that there is a volunteer at Mastick who does informal training and there was a\nprevious training done at Mastick. Commissioner Harp noted that some of the other\ncities in the county (e.g., Fremont) use funds to provide travel training for their programs,\nand also suggested following up with Anthem Blue Shield and Alameda Alliance, based\non additions to the Medicare/Medicaid ridership reimbursement component that will be\nincluded in the Coordinated Care Initiative later this year. Chair Lord-Hausman noted\nthat Alameda Alliance has been a co-sponsor for some of our outreach activities in the\npast.\n5.\nOLD BUSINESS (Cont.)\n5-A.\nChair Lord-Hausman recommends the new Chair, and Vice-Chair review these objectives\nand that all Commissioners prepare to discuss our annual goals at the next meeting.\n5-C.\nCommissioner Fort had no report.\n5-D. Chair Lord-Hausman stated that the Reasonable Accommodation Ordinance will be\npresented at the February 10, 2014 Planning Board Meeting.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 3, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nJanuary 27, 2014\nPage 3\n6.\nSTAFF COMMUNICATIONS\nSecretary Akil distributed the email list and requested that the CDI sign off on their Form\n700's.\n7.\nANNOUNCEMENTS\n7-A.\nChair Lord-Hausman stated that the City Hall parking lot has increased its number of\ndisabled parking spaces by 1.\n7-B.\nChair Lord-Hausman stated she had received a letter from a resident indicating Caf\u00e9 Jolie\nis encroaching onto the City sidewalk, to which Secretary Akil stated Code Enforcement\nhas been notified and it will address the issue.\n7-C.\nChair Lord-Hausman stated that the Jack Capon housing development has been\ncompleted and will request a walk-through for interested CDI members.\n7-D. Commissioner Harp stated that the AT Network web training on Section 504\naccommodations for students is February 6, 2014 and distributed a flier.\n7-E.\nCommissioner Harp discussed some education training for disabled through the CDSS.\n7-F.\nSecretary Akil requested the remaining meeting dates, to which the Commission agreed\nto meet next on March 24 or April 28th.\n8.\nADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.\nRespectfully Submitted,\nLucretia Akil,\nBoard Secretary", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 1, "text": "tooks\nMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING\nOF THE\nPENSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA\nHELD 4:30 P.M., JANUARY 27, 2014\nALAMEDA CITY HALL\n2263 SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ALAMEDA\nCONFERENCE ROOM 391\n1.\nThe meeting was called to order by Chair Marie Gilmore at 4:30 p.m.\n2.\nROLL CALL:\nPresent: Trustees Marie Gilmore, William Soderlund, Nancy Elzig, Jill Kovacs.\nAbsent: Robert Follrath\nStaff: Fred Marsh, Finance Director, Lelia Faapouli, Administrative Technician,\nHuman Resources.\n3.\nMINUTES:\nThe minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 28, 2013 was moved for approval\nby Member Soderlund and seconded by Member Elzig. Passed 4-0\n4.\nAGENDAITEMS:\n4-A. Pension Payroll and Financial Reports - Quarter Ending December 31,\n2013 and City of Alameda Police & Fire Pension Funds Financial Reports for the\nPeriod Ending December 31, 2013 was presented by Fred Marsh, Finance\nDirector. The reports were moved for approval by Member Soderlund and\nseconded by Member Elzig. Passed 4-0\n4-B. Memo regarding the death of 1079 Pensioners - Frances Gustin (Widow\nof Firefighter Alfred Gustin Jr.) deceased 12/8/13 and John T Reilly (Fire\nApparatus Operator) deceased 1/3/14 was accepted with regret by Member\nSoderlund and seconded by Member Elzig. Passed 4-0\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\nThere were no oral communications.", "path": "PensionBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 2, "text": "City of Alameda\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting of the\nPension Board - Monday, January 27, 2014\nPage 2\n6.\nPENSION BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARD)\nThere were no Pension Board communications.\n7.\nADJOURNMENT:\nThere being no further business to come before the board, the meeting was\nadjourned at 4:40 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\ntifth\nJill Kovacs\nInterim Human Resources Manager\nand Secretary to the Pension Board", "path": "PensionBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MEETING MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014\n1. CONVENE:\n7:02 p.m.\n2. FLAG SALUTE:\nBoard member Knox White led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL:\nPresident\nBurton,\nBoard\nmembers\nKnox\nWhite,\nAlvarez-Morroni, Zuppan, Tang and late arrival K\u00f6ster.\nAbsent: Vice President Henneberry.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION: Staff requested 9.A. be heard after 6.\nBoard member Zuppan motioned to approve the agenda change.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni seconded.\nMotion carried, 5-0\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR: None\n9. Staff Communications\n9.A. Building Department Update - Mr. Greg McFann, Building Official, provided\nand update to the Board on the customer service initiatives. He gave a brief presentation.\nEach member thanked Mr. McFann. President Burton commended staff for the excellent\nlevel of customer service and professionalism given the bare-bones level of staffing the\ndepartment.\nBoard member Zuppan requested that Mr. McFann return to the Planning Board on a\nregular basis.\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:\n7.A. Design Review Application PLN14-0009 for the Construction of a 3,640\nsquare foot Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Building on a 25,245 square foot Site\nlocated at 1809 Grand Street. The proposed project is categorically exempt pursuant to\nCEQA guidelines 15332 In-fill Development Projects\nMr. Andrew Thomas, City Planner, provided a briefing on a new EOC and fire station 3.\nThe design for this item was for the EOC only.\nMr. Chris Ford, Architect, provided a brief presentation on the design. He stated his team\nis present for questions, along with Fire Chief, Landscape Architect, and Public Works\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 1 of 7\nJanuary 27, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 2, "text": "Director.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked for a briefing on the color palettes. He asked about the\ndesign meeting the Essential Service standard.\nMr. Ford stated this the design is inline with state standards, and followed Title 24.\nBoard member Tang asked about updated features compared to other fire stations in\nAlameda.\nMr. Ford stated if continuing as the architect for the fire station they will add modern detail\nto the building.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morron asked about the seismic retrofit for the EOC.\nMr. Ford stated this particular site would be built to add 50% more retrofitting than the\nstandard.\nBoard member Zuppan asked about the design being able to accommodate 50 persons,\nbut there are only 11 parking spaces.\nMr. Ford stated the intent was up to 50 people in emergency situations.\nFire Chief D'Orozi commented that the parking design was for the day-to-day staff for the\nfire station, and in the case of activating the EOC, all bets are off for parking. He stated\nthe EOC will be encouraged for training.\nBoard member Zuppan asked about the 100' communications tower. She asked about\nthe trees being removed and minimizing bird injuries with hitting the reflections of windows.\nMr. Ford stated they think the tower height would be around 50', like the police\ndepartment, but until the design for the tower moves forward they won't know the actual\nsize, but this will be an independent tower and not on the roof. He took the comment on\ntree impact to be incorporated into the design.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked about the neighbors directly touching the property and their\ncomments.\nMr. Alex Nguyen, Assistant City Manager, stated the outreach was doubled to 600' around\nthe site. He and the Chief walked the neighborhood and handed out flyers. He asked if\nany owners were present at the meeting. He noted owners who attended the meeting\nand who spoke at this meeting had positive comments regarding having the building at this\nlocation.\nMr. Thomas requested Mr. Ford provide a briefing on the trees being removed and trees\nbeing planted at the location. Mr. Ford provided detail on trees.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 2 of 7\nJanuary 27, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 3, "text": "Board member Knox White commented on the way the building sits on the lot and how it\ninteracts with the neighborhood. He asked why the big driveway, and why at this location.\nMr. Ford talked about the flow-thru from Hibbard to Grand Ave., entry on Hibbard and exit\non Grand., and is a continuous route. The idea was a smaller building by stacking the\nbuilding, and dividing it into three zones.\nBoard member Knox White asked how often is the current EOC used.\nChief D'Orozi stated this EOC will be used much more then the current one, more than\nonce per month.\nPresident Burton opened the meeting to public comment.\nSpeaker Ms. Nadia Borisima, owns property against the site on Hibbard. She stated this\nis the first time seeing the design and hasn't seen any environmental reports. She stated\nthis is a very large facility and would cause substantial disturbance to residents. They\nalready have a truck route and now this big building. She purchased the house five-years\nago and if she had known this she wouldn't have bought her home. She is concerned by\nchemicals proposed to be used, the hawk population in the trees, construction and traffic\nnoise.\nPresident Burton closed the item to public comment.\nBoard member Zuppan commented on the EIR stating there was nothing in the trees.\nMr. Andrew Thomas, City Planner, stated when there was a site visit there were no nests\nin the trees, but any trees being removed need to be revisited by surveyor.\nMr. Bob Haun, Public Works Director, reported the city has a biologist on contract and the\nsite will be surveyed next week.\nPresident Burton reported this subject is item 8 on the condition of approval.\nBoard member Zuppan reiterated the bird hitting windows issue and this should be\naddressed. She is concerned with the sight of the building in the neighborhood and the\ntraffic / parking.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni thanked the speaker and suggested reviewing documents\non the city website.\nBoard member Tang asked if the Chief had attended any of the community meetings.\nHe asked about community outreach.\nMr. Nguyen stated mailing went out, and flyers at houses were dropped off.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 3 of 7\nJanuary 27, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 4, "text": "Mr. Thomas stated there was then another notice in the 300' radius to the site for this\nmeeting.\nMr. Ford provided the presentations for all the community meetings from the last year.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster stated this is a great project and well needed in the community, He\nis concerned about the landscape being minimal due to more parking. He commented on\nthe fencing / wall and costs.\nMr. Ford explained the design of the fencing and wall and the input from the community.\nPresident Burton asked about the wrought iron gates on Grand Ave., and why is this a\ngated facility.\nMr. Ford commented that station one has a gate that is opened all day and closed at night.\nChief D'Orozi stated the gate at station one will be replaced soon with a security gate\nbecause there is a steady stream of people parking illegally and break-ins have occurred.\nHe strongly recommends the security gates.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster commented on building hold a sense of civic pride and this feels\nvery residential and the roof isn't seen. He commented on seeing more detail on the\nbuilding and the reception area being very small. He commented on the windows for\nnatural light, but there is no natural ventilation or light in bath areas. The rear of the\nbuilding seems too plain, and the windows in the front seem odd.\nBoard member Knox White asked about the state fire code and the design of the driveway\nand parking and can a responding vehicle share a driveway with parking.\nMr. Ford commented it isn't a state code issue, its more about control. If there is any kind\nof earthquake the emergency vehicles have to come out of the building and keeping the\narea clear for that is optimal. The community input was for this type of design.\nBoard member Knox White asked about the cost of the new EOC, $2.5 million.\nMr. Nguyen stated yes.\nBoard member Knox White commented on the various designs, and spoke on the locked\ngates, parking, neighboring houses, and he stated this doesn't fit in the neighborhood.\nThere are at least six-seven parked fire vehicles at all times. It seems strange the EOC is\non the 2nd floor of the building. He is uncomfortable with the no entrance on the front of\nthe building. He knows that the building at 1809 voiced concerned that the lights with\nvehicles leaving being an issue.\nMr. Ford stated the neighbors had been talked to with where the lights would be in the\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 4 of 7\nJanuary 27, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 5, "text": "neighbor's windows.\nBoard member Knox White commented on why fire station one wasn't looked at for adding\nan EOC, they have the parking, the building is already there. As a municipal building this\nshould be looked at as a more welcoming building.\nMr. Thomas reviewed the details seeking approval for this item.\nBoard member Knox White stated concerns with the 'site plan' VS. design review.\nMr. Thomas explained the details of building on a vacant site. He confirmed the appeal\nprocess after an approval by the Board.\nPresident Burton commented on this site being too much paving and more landscape,\nwhether there could be a shared exit. He stated there should be a pedestrian walk from\nthe street, safely. He commented on the raised planters along side of the building, should\nbe the same material as the building. He stated the bike parking in the lobby seems\ninadequate and this isn't safe. The scale of the building, the tall windows and smaller\nwindows in the side could align with the band on the building would be a better design.\nThe panels on the back of the building could use a band also.\nChief D'Orozi addressed the Board on the egress of the building can be changed. He\ncommented on the parking needs for day-to-day employees.\nMr. Ford commented on the upper drive way could be narrower, and parking could be\nstacked in an emergency. He suggested a few changes that can be incorporated. He\nstated moving the entrance to Grand Ave. wouldn't work nicely.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked about the uses being flipped.\nPresident Burton reported structurally a big span on the ground floor doesn't work.\nMr. Ford stated there is value with having a sovereign floor above.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni stated the narrowing of the driveway isn't a good idea for\nneighbors. She thought it was a privacy issue, and even though it isn't part of what we are\napproving, she would like more done to make the site private to the neighbors. She\nagrees with the natural ventilation and lighting.\nBoard member Tang stated being surprised by only one speaker tonight after all the\noutreach done. Overall he is fine with the approval.\nBoard member Zuppan stated fiscally an approval tonight would be ideal. She would like\nconcerns voiced being addressed further, and agrees with the privacy concerns, and\nagreed with the ventilation and natural light design concerns. She would like landscaping\nand architectural design to come back.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 5 of 7\nJanuary 27, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 6, "text": "Board member K\u00f6ster asked about the process for approval.\nMr. Thomas commented on the site plan changes from the architect and Chief's comments\nat this meeting. He reported each scenario, of three, the Board could take tonight.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster would like to see the building design come back.\nBoard member Knox White is not comfortable with approval of the site plan.\nPresident Burton reviewed the major changes discussed, and asked about the process for\nanother review for the building.\nBoard member Zuppan motioned to approve the site plan with changes, with the building\ncoming back for approval.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster seconded.\nMotion carried, 5-0-1 (Knox White)\n8. MINUTES:\n8.A. Draft minutes of October 28, 2013\nBoard member K\u00f6ster motioned to approve the minutes with edits\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni seconded.\nMotion carried, 5-1-0 (Tang)\n8.B.\nDraft minutes of November 13, 2013\nBoard member Knox White motioned to approve the minutes with edits.\nBoard member Zuppan seconded.\nMotion carried, 5-1-0 (K\u00f6ster)\n8.C.\nDraft Minutes of December 16, 2013\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni motioned to approve the minutes.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster seconded.\nMotion carried, 4-2-0 (Zuppan, Knox White)\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\n9.A.\nBuilding Department Update - Moved in agenda\n9.B. Future Agendas - Mr. Thomas reviewed upcoming projects, and agenda\nitems.\nMr. Thomas briefed the Board on upcoming items, including reasonable accommodations\nand a rezoning study session.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 6 of 7\nJanuary 27, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-01-27", "page": 7, "text": "9.C.\nStaff Communications - Zoning Administrator and Design Review Recent\nActions and Decisions - Mr. Thomas stated there were three approvals\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS:\n11.A. Report from Alameda Point Town Center Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee - None\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n13. ADJOURNMENT: President Burton adjourned the meeting at 9:35 p.m.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 7 of 7\nJanuary 27, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-01-27.pdf"}