{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 1, "text": "COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES\nMEETING MINUTES OF\nWednesday, February 10, 2016 6:30 p.m.\n1. ROLL CALL\nThe meeting was called to order at 6:32 p.m.\nPresent: Chair Kenny, Vice-Chair Brillinger, Commissioners Aghapekian, Wilkinson, Deutsch,\nLinton, Lewis\nAbsent: Commissioner Franco\n(Commissioner Ethel Warren resigned on January 28th, 2016)\nWe have a quorum.\n2.\nMINUTES\nThe minutes for the special meeting on December 9, 2015, and the light minutes from the January\n9, 2016 retreat were approved unanimously with a minor edit suggested by Arnold Brillinger, who\nasked that the Board and Commission assignments that resulted from the January retreat be added\nto the minutes. Staff Parker said she would add them to February's meeting minutes:\nBoard and Commission\nAssignments\nCommission on Disability Issues,\n2016\nBoard or Commission\nCommissioner Assigned\nScheduled meetings\nPlanning Board\nAnto Aghapekian\n2nd and 4th Mondays\nRec and Parks Commission\nSusan Deutsch\n2nd Thursdays\nRent Review Advisory\nCommittee\nBeth Kenny\n1st Mondays\nSocial Service Human Relations\nBoard\nLa Donna Franco\n4th Thursdays\nTransportation Commission\nTony Lewis and Arnold Brillinger\n4th Wednesdays\nAUSD Board of Education\nBeth Kenny\n2nd and 4th Tuesdays\nHousing Authority Board of\nCommissioners\nJenny Linton\n3rd Wednesdays\nWendy Wilkinson and Anto\nMastick Center Advisory Board\nAghapekian\n3rd Wednesdays\nLa Donna Franco and Susan\n2nd Wednesdays, every\nLibrary Board\nDeutsch\nother month\n1st and 3rd Tuesdays,\nCity Council\n(need to fill this role)\nplus special meetings", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 2, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 10, 2016\nPage 2\nChair Kenny moved to approve minutes.\nCommissioner Lewis seconded.\nAll Commissioners in favor. 7-0\n3.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\n3-A\nMember of the public Carol Gottstein asked that the members of the public who were present at\nthe January 9th Retreat (Carol Gottstein and Audrey Lord-Hausman) be added to the minutes. Staff\nParker said she would add those names to the minutes.\n3-B.\nMember of the public Anne Steiner expressed concerns regarding the Central Avenue Complete\nStreets Project, and gave input as a disabled driver. Said that the Shoreline Bikeway Project was a\nproblem. Urged that a disabled driver be appointed to Commission.\nCommissioner Aghapekian asked Ms. Steiner to be specific about her problems with the Shoreline\nBikeway project. Steiner reports that lanes and parking spaces have been narrowed. Scary to get\nout of car. Disabled spaces are not on beach side, and crossing the street is problematic. If these\nsame things are applied to Central Avenue project, this is a problem.\nCommissioner Lewis discussed presentation made by Gail Payne on Central Avenue Project. Asked\nMs. Steiner to apply to Commission to fill vacancy on the Commission.\nChair Kenny mentioned that she discussed the South Shore Bikeway parking issue with the project\nmanager, Gail Payne, and that these issues Ms. Steiner is concerned about are set to be addressed\nby a committee soon.\nCommissioner Deutsch mentioned that the Commission has looked into the Farmers Market\nparking issues before. The Farmers Market staff should be providing disabled parking. Intermittent\ndisabled parking issues - some managers reserve spots, some do not - at Farmers Market.\n4.\nNEW BUSINESS\n4-A.\nRecommend Approval of the Paratransit Program Plan (Rochelle Wheeler, Transportation\nPlanner)\n4A Paratransit Program\nExhibit 1 - Paratransit Program PowerPoint\n(Presentation of above documents by Ms. Wheeler follows)\nChair Kenny asks for clarification on scholarship program. Ms. Wheeler explains that there are not\na lot of applicants for the program.\nVice-Chair Brillinger asks about Paratransit Tickets. Wheeler: Revenue neutral - sold by Mastick.\nBrillinger would like to know more about shuttle program, and discuss frequency of shuttle service\nquestion. He explains how he is an active user of program. Discusses route details and ideas for", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 3, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 10, 2016\nPage 3\nefficiency and usefulness. Suggests event placement of shuttle - Fourth of July Parade, Art and\nWine Faire, etc. Perhaps discuss more that the shuttle is a free service.\nCommissioner Deutsch asked if the shuttle service goes to the Farmers Market, and shuttle-user\nVice-Chair Brillinger confirms, yes, on Tuesdays.\nCommissioner Lewis wonders if we should get the word out better about the shuttle service. Would\nlike to see ridership go up. Discusses route stops.\nMastick Senior Center Manager Jackie Krause adds information regarding these stops. Discusses\nshuttle break downs, and how notification of riders of a breakdown issue is difficult. Ms. Wheeler\noffers ideas as to how to standardize notification. Driver calls dispatch number on shuttle sign.\nCommissioner Lewis wonders if the shuttle service schedule could be added to the NextBus AC\nTransit app. Ms. Wheeler thinks this is a good suggestion.\nCommission Aghapekian says that he hears all good things about the shuttle, but would like to see\nthe shuttle in service more days of the week. Ms. Wheeler says she will look into that given the\nbudget allowed. Discusses cab service available for urgent needs.\nCommissioner Lewis talks about how street events disrupt bus service, and wonders if shuttle\nservice could put into service during those times. Ms. Wheeler discusses the vehicle the City owns\ncould be used for these instances. Commissioner Lewis talks about the connection to the ferry\nservice. Ms. Krause says that this has been logistically difficult, but has discussed a bridge to AC\nTransit from the Main Street Ferry Terminal to Webster Street.\nMs. Krause talks about the advertising that does happen for the shuttle service, but agrees they\ncould do more. Most people don't care about the shuttle schedule until they need it, feels that most\nefforts to advertise are ignored. 2010/2011 Mr. Tip and Premium Taxi was widely used. Free\nservice. Tickets were stashed with no date stamps, like gold. Then they started charging for the\nservice, and date-stamping the tickets, which caused a drop in ridership. Talks about shifting\ndemographics in shuttle use.\nChair Kenny asks if increased Mastick population on shuttle days? Ms Krause believes Mastick\npopularity is more programmatic-based In fact parking is an issue at the Senior Center, and she\nwishes more people would use the shuttle.\nChair Kenny opens up to public comment.\nMember of the public Carol Gottstein mentions that the lettering colors on shuttle itself is difficult\nto read. Black letters would be better. Says street banners are rather useless as advertising if most\ndisabled people look down on the ground to navigate path. Used Mr. Tip program when it was\nfree. Thinks that the tickets should not be date stamped because then the money is lost after that\ndate.\nCommissioner asks if the tickets rollover to following year. Ms. Krause says no, they definitely\ntime out. Ms. Wheeler is hoping it can become more electronic, instead of paper tickets.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 4, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 10, 2016\nPage 4\nChair Kenny wonders about a regional transit Clipper Card type application, and Ms. Wheeler\nagrees this would be convenient.\nChair Kenny opens for deliberation.\nCommissioner Lewis wonders what exactly the commission is being asked to approve. Ms.\nWheeler says the approval is broad, approve the $532,000 budget, higher level issues of the\nprogram has not been questioned, but have staff make program improvements when implementing\nit. Commissioner Lewis asks if there is a deficit, or if all money is used. Ms. Wheeler says the\nprogram used to be half this size, and it was difficult to accommodate the program. Now there is\nmore money, but every cent can be used on the program and gives the City more choices regarding\nimplementation.\nCommissioner Kenny moved to approve.\nCommissioner Aghapekian seconded.\nAll Commissioners in favor. 7-0\n4-B.\nReview and Ratify Commission Bylaws (Kerry Parker, City Staff Liaison)\nCDI Bylaws - under review\nStaff Parker has corrected typographical errors in document. One comment that Commissioners\nhad issue with during retreat is highlighted purposefully, as some Commissioners feel the sentence\nshould be removed.\nChair Kenny asks if this is standard bylaw language. Ms. Parker says yes, it's fairly standard.\nUnderstands that with recent changes to Sunshine Ordinance there were questions the highlighted\nstatement undermines the authority of the Commission by including the statement. If Commission\nwould like to omit, revise, or redefine the statement, it can, but it would have to be approved by\nCity Council.\nChair Kenny says that in conversations and at retreat she worried other boards could lessen the\nauthority of the Commission on Disability Issues (CDI). She believes that thought may have been\nwrong. Can only change the Purpose in the Bylaws with approval of City Council.\nCommissioner Deutsch thinks changing it would be more work than it's worth. That\nthe\nCommission does have authority without changing anything. Commissioner Linton thinks it should\nstay as it is, no changes. General agreement. Vice-chair Brillinger asks if he can still make typo\nadjustments. Gives an example, talks about page numbering.\nChair Kenny invites public comment:\nCarol Gottstein reminds Commission that they had in the past written a letter against a decision that\nCity Council had made, and was correct to do SO. Commissioner Deutsch responded she feels that\nCommission can still do this without the bylaws being changed.\nCommissioner Kenny moved to ratify, with suggested edits.\nCommissioner Aghapekian seconded.\nAll Commissioners in favor. 7-0", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 5, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 10, 2016\nPage 5\n4-C.\nRecognition of Flight, LLC for Commission on Disability Issues Logo (Chair Kenny)\nDesigners of CDI logo did the work with professionalism and thoughtfulness, 3 different logo\ndesigns, offered description of logo parts and visual meaning, and gave Commission recognition\nby offering their services. Chair Kenny offers certificate of appreciation.\nRepresentatives of Flight, Sam Kraesig and Michelle Farrell, accept certificate, thank Commission\nfor opportunity.\nVice-Chair Brillinger asks for write up of meaning of logo. Chair Kenny will send the presentation\nout to the new Commissioners.\n4-D.\nDiscuss Future Goals and Projects of CDI (Chair Kenny)\nChair Kenny leads discussion, and talks about the example of the Recreation and Parks Department\n(ARPD) revealing that there was Accessibility Report developed for all ARPD facilities, and that\nit has not been fully explored or accessibility changes implemented. This is a perfect goal for the\nCommission. Could create a small workgroup to discuss priorities for the Accessibility Report.\nChair Kenny mentions that Vice-Chair Brillinger's suggestions regarding the shuttle presence at\nevents and the parade is another good example.\nCommissioner Wilkinson mentions that accessible playgrounds are planned for small parks. More\nthat could be done for parking and accessibility at parks.\nChair Kenny says that the presentation from the Transportation Planner tonight was good, and Vice-\nChair Brillinger and Commissioner Lewis are slated to pay attention to the Transportation\nCommission. Chair Kenny says that Commission could put together a taskforce for this.\nDisability Employment Awareness Month in October - Commission has normally put up a street\nbanner, and there was a Proclamation from the Mayor. Perhaps there could be a job fair, a brown\nbag lunch meeting, something more?\nCommissioner Deutsch said she was part of developing a resource fair several years ago, and hardly\nanyone showed up. So sometimes this sort of thing is a lot of work without much result.\n5.\nOLD BUSINESS\n6.\nSTAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n6-A.\n(None, due to allowable time left in meeting, and announcements from Commissioner still\nneeded.)", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 6, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nFebruary 10, 2016\nPage 6\n8.\nANNOUNCEMENTS\n(From earlier in the meeting) There was an article in the Alameda Sun about the dedication of the\nbench for Nielson Tam, and a lot of people were there, Councilmembers Ezzy-Ashcraft and\nDaysog, former Commissioner Audrey Lord-Hausman made a presentation, and many others. It\nwas a lovely dedication.\nChair Kenny contacted the Rent Review Advisory Committee, where she will attend the meeting\nnext week. She was not able to attend the School Board meeting, but will be at the next meeting.\nAnyone on the Commission who would like a letter of introduction their associated board and\ncommission, she would be happy to provide one.\nCommissioner Aghapekian is very interested in attending the Planning Board, and he would like to\navoid the complaints that the Shore Line Drive project and the Central Avenue Complete Streets\nprojects have garnered from a couple of people.\nCommissioner Deutsch will be setting up some meetings with the Library Board, interested in\naccessibility issues.\nCommissioner Linton said she would be attending the Housing Authority Board meeting at the\nPoint next week.\nVice Chair Brillinger did go to the Transportation Commission meeting, two topics, the Paratransit\nProgram (like tonight's presentation), and the Cross Alameda Trail. Regarding the latter, he\ndiscusses the \"gap\" on Atlantic between Webster and Constitution.\n9.\nADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m.\nRespectfully Submitted,\nKerry Parker\nCity Staff Liaison\nCommission on Disability Issues", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 1, "text": "CITY COUNCIL/AUSD SCHOOL BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE\nSPECIAL MEETING\nFebruary 10, 2016\nCity Hall\n2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Room 360, 3rd Floor\nAlameda, CA 94501\nUNADOPTED MINUTES\nSPECIAL SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING: The special meeting of the Alameda\nCity/School joint sub-committee was held on the date and place mentioned above.\nCALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Trish Spencer at 10:37am.\nATTENDANCE:\nTrish Spencer - Mayor, City of Alameda\nMarilyn Ezzy Ashcraft - Vice Mayor, City of Alameda\nLiz Warmerdam - Interim City Manager, City of Alameda\nSolana Henneberry - Board Member, Alameda USD Board of Education\nGray Harris - Board Member, Alameda USD Board of Education\nSean McPhetridge - Superintendent, Alameda USD\nAmy Wooldridge - Recreation and Parks Director, City of Alameda\nBob Haun - Public Works Director, City of Alameda\nShariq Khan -CBO, Alameda USD\nRobbie Lyng - Director, Alameda USD\nGlen Steiger - General Manager, City of Alameda/AMP\nGail Payne - Transportation Coordinator, City of Alameda\nDebbie Potter - Community Development Manager, City of Alameda\nA. CALL TO ORDER:\n1. CALL TO ORDER / GENERAL INTRODUCTION: City Council Members, Board\nMembers and their respective staff introduced themselves.\n2. Purpose of Subcommittee and Meeting Schedule:\nMayor Spencer stated the purpose of the meeting: to have a breakout discussion\nbetween the City of Alameda and AUSD School Board and bring these discussions\nback to each respective board. The Subcommittee agreed to have staff come together\nand arrange a schedule for upcoming meetings.\nB. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: minutes from the September 16, 2015 City/School\nSubcommittee Meeting:\n1. The City Council and Board members approved the minutes from the September 16, 2015\nCity/School Subcommittee Meeting.", "path": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 2, "text": "C. REVIEW AND DISCUSS:\n1. Traffic concerns around Otis School (Otis/Mound intersection and Court/Calhoun drop\noff) and signage at Earhart Elementary drop off\nThe Subcommittee discussed the traffic impacts at Otis School. Mayor Spencer\nexpressed her concerns of parent parking and gridlock including the loading zone areas.\nPresident Henneberry recommended to observe the morning drop-off at 8am. There are\nthree regular parking stalls and one handicapped parking stall. Mayor Spencer expressed\nconcerns for more disabled parking stalls. The Subcommittee discussed extending the\nwhite zone areas. Bob Haun stated that he will perform traffic counts and analysis for\nOtis/Mound intersection and Court/Calhoun corners. Signage will be up in 30 days for\nEarhart Elementary school.\n2. City Presentation on Development Plans\nThe Subcommittee discussed upcoming development plans and the necessity of the City\nand the District to work together regarding negotiations with the developer to ensure the\ncapacity of new students are being met as a result of new development projects. Shariq\nKhan discussed a developer fee analysis performed yearly.\n1) Alameda Landing: 300 housing units, phases 1 & 2 completed, phase 3\ncomplete in 2016, Stargell Commons (32 units of affordable rental housing)\nunder construction, 300,000 sq. ft. commercial, 400,000 sq. ft. office, 8-Acre\nWaterfront Park. Project to be completed in 2016.\n2) Marina Shores: 89 townhome units (including 16 affordable units), 50 SF, 39\nMF townhomes. Project was completed in 2016, and homes are just beginning to\nbe sold.\n3) 2100 Clement: 2.78 acres, 52 units (seven affordable), construction 2016-17.\nSuperintendent McPhetridge requested Food Services Warehouse located at 2130\nClement Avenue (Mulberry/Clement) to be clearly zoned as a mixed-use zone.\nDebbie Potter will review and analyze the zoning codes and the general plan for\nFood Services Warehouse located at 2130 Clement Avenue. Bob Haun stated that\nthe City may potentially give back the Mulberry easement to the District. Robbie\nLyng stated to be very careful about football field egress.\n4) 2437 Eagle Avenue: Alameda Housing Authority, 22 affordable rental housing\nunits, entitlements received, funding application March 2016, construction 2017.\nSuperintendent McPhetridge met with Alameda Housing Authority about the\npotential for an early childhood education center located inside 2437 Eagle\nAvenue. Debbie Potter will inform the Community Development department of\nthe idea and will pass it to them about the early childhood education center.\n5) Del Monte Warehouse: dedicated to senior housing, 11.05 acres, 3 building\npads, 380 units, 55 affordable, 32 units for senior rental housing, 23 moderate-\nincome units, secured planning approvals, construction 2017-18. Building plan\ncurrently being checked.", "path": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 3, "text": "6) Boatworks: 9.4 acres, 2 acres open space, 7.4 acres residential, 182 units\napproved, other entitlements in progress (e.g., final map, design review, etc.),\nconstruction 2018-20.\n7) Site A: 68 Acres, 800 housing units, including 200 affordable units, 400,000\nsf commercial, 20 acres of parks, subsequent approvals underway, construction\n2017-27.\n8) Alameda Marina 1800-2033 Clement: 22 acres (non-tidelands), mixed use w/\nMF overlay (30 du/acre), master plan underway, no planning application received\nto date. Environmental Review (ERI) required.\n9) Encinal Terminals: 19 acres mixed use/MF overlay (including Tidelands\nproperty), master plan underway, no planning application received to date.\n10) North Housing - US Navy Property, 13 acres - Housing Authority (90 units\nfor formerly homeless), 2 acres - Habitat for Humanity (30 units self-help\nhousing), 19 acres to be sold at public auction by Navy, 435 housing unit cap,\nland conveyance 2016-17.\n3. Central Avenue Complete Streets Project Update\nThe Subcommittee discussed Wood Middle School receiving a dedicated bus route from\nAC Transit. Staff will bring the project to the City Council meeting for approval on\nFebruary 24, 2016. The Subcommittee expressed appreciation to Superintendent\nMcPhetridge for attending the Transportation Committee meeting. Robbie Lyng\nrequested to review the restriping plan for the grass in front of Encinal High School.\nMayor Spencer requested City staff to double-check the all the parking stalls at EHS.\n4.\nPublic, Educational and Government (PEG) Funds - Joint Use - Opportunity for a Cable\nStudio\nThe City will send PEG funding analysis to the District. AUSD expressed interest in\npartnering with independent programmers Terry Telles and Nanette Deetz. Amy\nWooldridge expressed interest in keeping the PEG funds local. PEG funding is only\nspent on capital and equipment costs, not operating costs.\nPublic Speakers:\nNanette Deetz - addressed the Subcommittee in support of the Public, Educational and\nGovernment (PEG) funds being utilized for a cable studio. She expressed partnership\ninterest as an independent producer and supporter of educational programing.\nTerry Telles - addressed the Subcommittee in support of the Public, Educational and\nGovernment (PEG) funds being utilized for a cable studio. He expressed partnership\ninterest as an independent producer and supporter of educational programing.", "path": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard/2016-02-10.pdf"}
{"body": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard", "date": "2016-02-10", "page": 4, "text": "5. Bachelor Officers' Quarters (BOQ) - Alameda Unified School District (AUSD)\nEmployee Housing\nThe Subcommittee discussed the funding streams for AUSD employee housing located at\nthe Bachelor Officers' Quarters (BOQ). AUSD discussed the intent to attract and retain\nteachers through accessibility of employee housing.\n6. Revenue Measure Update\nThe Subcommittee discussed the City Council reviewing poll results first in an upcoming\nmeeting slated for March 2016. Amy Wooldridge supports the recommendation of a\nmodification of any existing City tax. Member Harris supports a partnership of bringing\nboth taxes together. Superintendent McPhetridge expressed interest in AUSD's tax\nadvisors meeting with the City's tax advisors. Mayor Spencer stated she is unsure of\nhow her support will go. Vice Mayor Ashcraft expressed interest in AUSD and the City\nattorneys to be on notice and provide legal expertise on the potential partnership. The\nSubcommittee agreed that both tax advisors will meet.\nD. NEW BUSINESS:\nThe City Council and the Board discussed possible dates for a special meeting on\nthe following topics:\nWood Middle School Playground\nCoordination of Parcel Tax Ballot Measures in 2016\nSynthetic Turf\nAlameda Point Track\nEstuary Park\nAdjournment\nMayor Spencer adjourned the meeting at 12:10 p.m.\nTHIS MEETING WAS NOT VIDEO RECORDED AND NO AUDIO IS AVAILABLE", "path": "SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard/2016-02-10.pdf"}