{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION\nMINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING\nWednesday, November 16, 2016\n1\nCALL TO ORDER\nChair Bev Blatt called the special meeting to order at approximately 6:33 p.m. in\nRoom 360, City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA 94501\n1-A\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nChair Bev Blatt, Vice-Chair Ed Downing, Commissioner Ron\nCarlson, Commissioner Cheryl Saxton and Commissioner\nRon Taylor\nAbsent:\nNone\nStaff:\nGreenway Golf Ken Campbell and George Kelley and\nRecreation and Park Director Amy Wooldridge\nAlso Present:\nNone\n1-B\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nThe minutes of the regular meeting of September 20, 2016 were approved\nunanimously.\n2\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n3\nCOMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n4\nWRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS\n4-A Facility Reports by Ken Campbell\nKen Campbell stated that recently two tournaments had been held at the Golf\nComplex, the Friends of the Park and also the Jack Clark Memorial, both with positive\nfeedback regarding course conditions. Also, recently they had a Cleveland Wedge\nClinic which sold out, so another was added and also sold out, which included short\ngame instruction.\n1\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Wednesday, November 16, 2016", "path": "GolfCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 2, "text": "Jason Cook has been working on updating the recycling on the golf course, adding\nadditional recycling receptacles around the facility.\nMr. Campbell stated that they are instituting an updated cart maintenance program to\nkeep the carts detailed. They are working on the drainage on the driving range to\nsustain the turf better. Vice Chair Downing inqured about the fencing along the driving\nrange to avoid balls going on the south course, and Mr. Campbell responded that they\nare looking into it at a cost of about $100,000.\nRegarding the South Course, the irrigation main line is complete, there's 27,000 linear\nfeet installed, the satellite wires are in place, and areas have been sodded around 1,\n2,3 and 10. Once #2 is finished, they will prepare to hydroseed. #15 green is the only\ngreen left to be shaped, and will be completed shortly. The cart path subgrade is 96%\ncomplete. The window for opening is late summer, early fall, weather dependent.\nThe patio area and the putting green will be addressed in the spring.\nMr. Campbell was asked about the grow in, and there are two classifications, cool\nseason grass and warm season grass. Tees, greens and roughs are all cool season\ngrasses and will be going down between now and Spring, and the fairways are wam\nseason grasses which will be put down in the Spring.\nVice-Chair Downing asked about the negotiations with the City on the North Course\nand Mr. Campbell stated that they had down a revision turf proposal and is ongoing at\nthis time.\nVice-Chair Downing asked if the air compressor for cleaning the shoes was going to\nbe replaced and Mr. Campbell stated that Greenway's Director of Equipment has\nlooked at it, and he proposed to move it closer to the golf shop and mount it on the\nroof, and Mr. Campbell is waiting for an estimate.\nMr. Campbell asked about the \"Play by Hole\" program, and he stated that it has just\nbeen implemented and doesn't have any feedback at this time. He was also asked\nabout \"Foot Golf\" and he stated that Jason Cook is working with the operations team\nto implement the program.\n4-B\nBeautification Program and Junior Golf Club by Mrs. Norma Arnerich\nMrs. Norma Arnerich stated that the Jack Clark Memorial Tournament was quite\nsuccessful, and they now have 10 kids in college under their scholarship program.\nThey are working on their solicitation letters at this time.\n4-C Golf Complex Restaurant Report, Jim's on the Course\nSee Agenda Item #5-A\n5.\nAGENDA ITEMS\n2\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Wednesday, November 16, 2016", "path": "GolfCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 3, "text": "5-A Review and Recommend Color and Materials Palette for Jim's on the Course\nImprovements\nAmy Wooldridge, Recreations and Parks Director, and Tom Geanekos, Jims on the\nCourse, gave a Power Point presentation regarding the color and materials palette for\nthe improvements\n(Exhibit \"A\" Attached)\nVice Chair Downing asked about the timeline for the work, and Amy Wooldridge stated\nthat the next step would be the Planning Board, which would most likely be in\nJanuary, and then it would be a month before going to City Council, along with the\namendments to the Jims on the Course Concessionaire Agreement. After that, then\npermits will need to be issued, probably in March.\nMr. Campbell stated that before the South Course opens, the commitment by both\nGreenway and Jims on the Course is to have the Event Center, Courtyard and Putting\nGreen done. There is no timeline at this time for the renovation of the exterior of the\nbuildings.\nAmy Wooldridge stated that tonight they are looking for a vote to approve the color\nand material palette for the Jims on the Course to move forward. She stated that the\nconceptual plan had already been approved.\nBob Wood asked about the toilets at the Event Center, are they permanent toilet\nfacilities or will it be a temporary service by an outside vendor, and Mr. Geanekos\nstated that they have not discussed it yet.\nJoe VanWinkle encouraged the Golf Commission to approve the plans as presented.\nCommissioner Saxton made a motion to approve the Color and Materials Palette as\npresented, it was seconded by Vice-Chair Downing and the motion passed\nunanimously.\nDiscussion ensued regarding the wall where the Jims on the Course sign hangs, and\nMr. Campbell stated that they are looking at different stone options to tie in with other\nexterior options they are considering. He stated that he will have the designer make\nsome recommendations.\n6.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (Public Comment)\nNone\n7.\nOLD BUSINESS\nNone\n3\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Wednesday, November 16, 2016", "path": "GolfCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 4, "text": "8.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n9.\nITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA - January 10, 2017\n10.\nANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:42 p.m.\nThe agenda for the meeting was posted seven days in advance in compliance with the\nAlameda Sunshine Ordinance, which also complies with the 72-hour requirement of the\nBrown Act.\n4\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Wednesday, November 16, 2016", "path": "GolfCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 1, "text": "Transportation Commission Special Meeting Minutes\nWednesday November 16, 2016\nCommissioner Michele Bellows called the Transportation Commission to order at 7:00 p.m.\n1.\nRoll Call\nRoll was called and the following was recorded:\nMembers Present:\nMichele Bellows (Chair)\nJesus Vargas\nGregory Morgado\nThomas G. Bertken\nSamantha Soules\nMembers Absent:\nChristopher Miley (Vice Chair)\nMichael Hans\nStaff Present:\nJennifer Ott, Base Reuse and Transportation Planning Director\nGail Payne, Transportation Coordinator\nRochelle Wheeler, Transportation Planner\n2.\nAgenda Changes\nNone.\n3.\nAnnouncements / Public Comments\nJim Strehlow, Alameda resident, said at the last Transportation Commission meeting he brought\nup the Posey Tube construction project and he asked staff when Caltrans reached out to the\ncommunity. He was informed by staff that Caltrans presented in 2014. He felt there was a\ndifference between a presentation on the project and a workshop about the project. He said a\nworkshop gets the community involved and Caltrans only informing the community was not\nenough. He said Caltrans did not provide much notice about when they were going to implement\ntheir design.\nDorothy Freeman, Alameda resident, explained that the last Alameda traffic study utilized the\nproposed development housing unit numbers entered into the Alameda Housing Element in\n2012. She said since then, some studies for each individual developments have been done, but\nthe new citywide traffic study is in progress. She said currently the number of houses that have\nPage 1 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 2, "text": "been requested along the Northern Waterfront far exceeds the numbers that were used in the\nstudy. The housing units approved for Del Monte, Encinal Avenue Terminal, Alameda Landing,\nand Alameda Marina basically doubled from what was used in the study. She said residential\nunits under construction have not completely affected Alameda's traffic system as of yet. She\nnoted that the development, 2100 Clement Street, just started construction and many more\ndevelopments are under construction. She explained that the City has not resolved cutting\nClement Avenue through Pennzoil, so all of the new southbound traffic will be pushed onto\nBuena Vista for an undetermined period of time. She said a new bus lane will soon begin along\nBuena Vista further slowing down the traffic and she has yet to see how the newly occupied\nunits will affect not only traffic going southbound, but through the tube, transit lines, ferries and\nCity streets. She asked the Commission to express these concerns to the Planning Commission\nand the City Council.\nTony Daysog, Alameda City Councilmember, said mid-December would be the last month as a\nCity councilmember and he thanked the Commission and staff for their service. He felt these are\nreally exciting times for the City and especially for the transportation field, which includes\nautonomous technology. He encouraged the Commission to continue to always be positive\nbecause the items they review will provide positive improvements to the lives of residents now\nand into the future.\nCommissioner Vargas stated that he attended the California Transportation Association\nConference that day and they had competing receptions earlier that morning. He said he attended\nthe Latinos in Transit gathering and they talked about the challenges associated with the election\nresults in terms of federal funding for transit. He explained that we should be in a good place\nsince we tax ourselves in California. He said there was great concern about transit funding and\nunfortunately he was unable to attend last month's Transportation Commission meeting because\nhe was leading a delegation to learn more about California High Speed Rail and how Public\nPrivate Partnerships could be implemented on the local level.\nNancy Heard, Alameda resident, said she is working on some projects in the City and when\nconducting community service she reviewed various Planning Department studies about where\npeople travel to once they off board the ferry. She explained that one study stated that people go\nto San Francisco and another study stated that commuters go different places. So, with the City's\nplanned development coming down the pipeline, she felt a study must be conducted again to\nmake traveling off the island easily feasible.\nCommissioner Bellows said that she attended the Walk and Roll to School Day event on October\n5 at Franklin Elementary School with Lieutenant Guilari. She explained that the students listened\nattentively about being safe, do not speed, wear helmets and remember to walk their bikes in the\ncrosswalks.\nPage 2 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 3, "text": "4.\nConsent Calendar\n4.A. Approve Meeting Minutes - September 28, 2016\nCommissioner Vargas asked staff to review whether the Transportation Engineer was in the roll\ncall last month and whether he will be included in the roll call going forward.\nCommissioner Morgado moved to approve the September 28, 2016 minutes with Commissioner\nVargas' comments. Commissioner Bertken seconded the motion. The motion was approved 5-0.\n5.\nNew Business\n5.A. Provide Status of the I-880/23rd/29th Improved Project\nJoy K. Cheung, Caltrans Senior Transportation Engineer, provided an update.\nCommissioner Morgado asked Joy Cheung if Caltrans staff could move construction activity a\nlittle bit faster because he drives that way every day and it's crazy.\nJoy Cheung said she understood his concern, but they have to do the work in stages because they\ncannot tear both bridges down and that is why it will take three years.\nCommissioner Vargas stated that the interchanges are very important for automobiles and buses,\nbut he wondered what about the interim accommodations for bicyclists. He asked if Caltrans\nstaff would provide special traffic detours for cyclists to traverse the area, especially right off the\nPark Street Bridge.\nJoy Cheung replied that they have built new islands and crossings and they will implement a new\nsignal light right there. She went on to say that the temporary detour shows the sign on 29th\nAvenue and when taking a right on East 7th Street there is a pedestrian and bicycle crossing, but\nthey never changed the bicycle lane. She also noted that cyclists who travel over I-880 and then\nmove towards East 11th Street can view a detour sign.\nCommissioner Bellows opened the floor to public comment.\nJim Strehlow stated that it is going to be a maze and pretzel when competing with vehicles,\npedestrians and cyclists. He said the overall traffic design is a mess and Caltrans said the one\nreason the 23rd Avenue Bridge was designed for three lanes with a traffic light was because there\nwasn't funding. However, he explained that Measure BB funds came with a bunch of money and\nhe asked Joy Cheung if Caltrans staff could solicit funds to expand the design from three lanes to\nfour lanes.\nJoy Cheung replied Jim Strehlow was correct; there would be two lanes coming into Alameda\nand one lane going out and the ramp would be open going the same way, but it will be signalized\nat East 11th Street. Yet, she said the 29th Avenue Bridge contained only two lanes before and\nnow there will be two lanes coming into Alameda and a straight off ramp from north I-880. She\nPage 3 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 4, "text": "said this will ease traffic by allowing motorists to make a safe U-turn going towards 23rd\nAvenue back into Alameda. She further explained that the project was funded by the Alameda\nCounty Transportation Commission (ACTC), Measure BB passed last year, and the design was\ncreated six years ago. So, if Caltrans staff went back to redesign the project while in construction\nthat would cost taxpayers more money. However, she said she would bring the concern to ACTC\nto make sure they analyze this in the next phase.\nCommissioner Bellows asked Joy Cheung to provide the Commission with a project schedule\nand map.\n5.B. Approve the Draft Strategies for the Citywide Transit and Transportation Demand\nManagement (TDM) Plan\nStaff Payne provided an update and introduced consultants Bill Hurrell and Brian Soland of\nCDM Smith to present.\nCommissioner Bellows opened the floor to public comment.\nJim Strehlow said the consultants have their agenda, which includes items they want to promote.\nHe said he attended one of their low participant meetings and they did not discuss alternatives\nlike adjusting school hours that could shift people commuting to school and then work or\nworking with employers and merchants to adjust the hours that businesses are open. He asked\nstaff whether the developers were paying their fair share into the pot because it costs quite a bit\nof money to build a new ferry terminal, bridges, and tunnels and developers are creating the\ncongestion problem. He mentioned that 90% of the web surveys tend to be bicycle favored\nbecause the surveys are anonymous, the bicyclists are hot and heavy and do everything on the\nweb. He explained that you get community representation statistics from what people are saying\nand the demographics are not spread evenly. He said he was not sure how to get the true\ndemographic information from web surveys. Moreover, he said there's a need to make Alameda\na safe bike city, why because the bicyclists say SO. He felt there was some need to create more of\nan emphasis on bike safety even though Alameda is already a bike friendly city. He noted that he\nhad two accidents in the last 13 months and that was due to inattentive motorists.\nJim Meyers, Alameda Health Care District Board member, spoke as an Alameda citizen and\nexplained that as the City reinvents itself one of the issues being reviewed is the health and\nwellbeing of the community in addition to the oversight and operation of the parcel tax.\nTherefore, he said he attended one of the stakeholder gatherings for the TDM and noted that\nmany people around the room were developers, but overall the meeting was well-represented.\nHowever, he didn't hear many people say they use public transit as their common transportation\nmode. He encouraged the Commission to consider the opportunity index that is available and the\nfact that there's a study out that outlines low-income areas of the island that are least served by\npublic transportation. He emphasized that transportation availability is a big component of well-\nbeing and he asked the Commission to consider and find ways to hear the voices of the most in\nneed when surveying these choices.\nCommissioner Bertken said he understood there is a list of projects, but he wondered what staff\nneeded from the Commission based on the presentation.\nPage 4 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 5, "text": "Commissioner Bellows replied the presenters somewhat summarized the purpose, but she felt the\nCommission's purpose regarding the agenda item was to review the list of projects found in the\nstaff report tables. She explained that the project list was divided by transit projects, multimodal,\nand bicycle and pedestrian projects. Additionally, she stated that the projects were segregated by\nthe individual TDM strategies and then short-term and long-term timeframe.\nJennifer Ott, Director of Base Reuse and Transportation Planning, said there was a lot of\ninformation in the packet and she proposed that the Commission review the table in order to find\nsomething missing or potential projects that should be included in the table. Furthermore, she\nproposed that the Commission review the wording to see if something should be stated in\nanother way.\nCommissioner Bellows replied that it was unclear whether transit service would be provided to\nthe Main Street Ferry Terminal.\nJennifer Ott explained that providing transit service to the Main Street Ferry Terminal was\nincluded. She went on to say that Staff Payne worked with Water Emergency Transportation\nAuthority (WETA) and AC Transit on a grant for potential bus service that would be a limited,\ncross-island service connecting Main Street Ferry Terminal with Fruitvale BART.\nCommissioner Soules asked staff about the island being well served by public transit because\nthere's a perception that it's not very convenient. She felt there are areas underserved by public\ntransit, especially regarding service performance, which needs improvement. She mentioned that\nseniors trying to make medical appointments and riders commuting to school to drop off their\nchildren and then board the ferry is not feasible. She said an incentive that should be considered\nwould be to provide free rides to build community support and then display transit riders'\ntestimonials. She also noted that when new transit service is introduced, it's important for staff to\nget the word out and incentivize utilizing public transportation.\nCommissioner Bellows asked Jennifer Ott about the new development plans and whether staff\nwill work with the developers to provide transit passes especially since parking is limited.\nJennifer Ott replied all of the employees and residents of Alameda Point will have free transit\npasses as well as the Northern Waterfront.\nCommissioner Bellows replied that Commissioner Soules was talking about promoting and\nincentivizing public transit use and publicizing the benefits of taking public transit.\nJennifer Ott said that's a great idea.\nCommissioner Soules liked the idea of monitoring the promotion to make sure it's not only\neffective and justifies the funding, but provides a benchmark that would enable staff to retire\nprojects that aren't working. She asked staff if there's origin and destination analysis for inter-\nisland public transit trips, especially during peak periods. She noticed that the ferries have had\nan\ninflux of people who do not live in Alameda that create more congestion on the island during\nthose peak times. So, she felt reviewing the inter-island peak trips to inform some of the lowest\nPage 5 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 6, "text": "hanging fruit when it comes to free bus service would be helpful.\nBill Hurrell and Brian Soland replied they looked at the inter-island activity as part of the\nexisting conditions analysis. They said some of their recommendations looked at improving\naccess from BART stations, particularly in Oakland. They explained that WETA is looking at\nexpanding their bi-directional service and that would require either bus service or a last mile\nconnection. They said the Main Street Ferry Terminal would help commuters get into Alameda\nand their overall recommendations would assist commuters getting into and coming from\nOakland.\nCommissioner Vargas said he liked the format of the project table, which allowed him to sort\nthings out in his mind. Regarding the Vision Zero policy, he explained that it would be better if\nthe policy included the multimodal elements based on the Swedish model such as freight activity\nand other vehicles not just bicycles and pedestrians. He liked the structure of the document\nbecause it was an easy read and the map in the back was good. He was glad to see projects\nincluded in the Bay Farm side. In terms of amending the document, he said he spoke with Staff\nPayne about ideas centered on the Intelligent Transportation System and autonomous vehicles\nand he referred to the multimodal table on page 13 of the Draft Strategies Memorandum, item\n#28 \"Parking Management and Shared Parking Lots.\" He explained that autonomous\nvehicles/bus services and parking management/shared parking lots should be broken out\nseparately because there's so much occurring with their neighboring county Contra Costa County\nthat the City should proactively look at this technology. He felt themes such as \"Smart Cities\"\nshould be kept in mind, especially as the City looks for federal funding and the idea of Public\nPrivate Partnerships should be categorized as an opportunity. He explained that he was recently\nshopping around for a new vehicle like a plug in Hybrid and it occurred to him that he hasn't\nseen the reappearance of the City's municipal electrical car power program. So, he would like to\nsee that partnership revamped. He also recommended that staff start to look at promoting on\ndemand-privatized paratransit service and he would schedule time to talk with Staff Payne about\nthis. Additionally, he suggested within the staff report on the first paragraph under background\nwhich states \"quality of life during a time of anticipated population. should also include \"and\nemployment growth\" in the sentence, especially if it goes before the City Council. Including\nthose words would also help the Metropolitan Transportation Commission understand that the\nCity plans to include more jobs within the City.\nCommissioner Morgado said that it was interesting to read the verbatim public comments and he\nfound it surprising that the public wanted a free bus system, but didn't want their taxes raised. He\nsaid he was a supporter of a free bus system that's funded by the municipality. He stated that he\nread all the public comments and some were classic and others were informative, but overall he\nfelt Alameda has very intelligent residents who pay taxes in this City.\nCommissioner Soules felt that places like Alameda, because of its geography, offer a unique\nenvironment for immerging technologies and innovative solutions. She stated that either Public\nPrivate Partnerships or some form of agreement with a potential equity component in place could\nspur different ideas that could be Beta tested and not burden the City's taxpayers. She said being\nso close to Silicon Valley and having autonomous vehicles there already could be a benefit to the\nCity.\nPage 6 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 7, "text": "Jennifer Ott said there are testing areas in Alameda Point because currently the area isn't\npredominately occupied with housing and other uses. She explained there's wind energy and sail\ndrone (water based drones) testing in the area and staff talked about Alameda Point becoming a\nplace for autonomous testing and having the City allow autonomous vehicles. She also\nmentioned the fact that staff discussed developing transportation network and bike and\npedestrian network apps as part of the TDM plan.\n5.C. Review and Comment on the Access and Mobility Chapter of the Draft Main Street\nSpecific Plan at Alameda Point\nJennifer Ott presented the report.\nCommissioner Morgado asked Jennifer Ott if staff spoke to the community and if so what they\nsaid.\nJennifer Ott replied said staff spoke to the community and the Alameda Architectural\nPreservation Society asked to preserve portions of the base that are historic. She explained that\nanother stakeholder requested that the \"beehive\" street network remain preserved and to not\nbuild between the big lights. She said staff also heard from stakeholders who want a connection\nto the ferry system. Also, she stated that the Site A stakeholders asked to integrate the street\nnetwork and Alameda Point Partners asked staff to create streets that do not have a cut through\nthat incentivizes speeding. She pointed out that the existing residents in the market rate units are\ngenerally supporting the plan, but they want to know the timing and how that will impact their\nlives. Moreover, Bike Walk Alameda and the Planning Board requested that staff keep streets as\nnarrow as possible and they would prefer 7' foot parking lanes. Further, they requested they\nmake bike facilities available on all the streets and staff addressed that request.\nCommissioner Bellows replied given all of the information about South Shore and the parking\nissues pertaining to the area there were negative public comments received about this.\nJennifer Ott replied narrower parking lanes induces a traffic calming effect, thus creating a\npedestrian friendly environment because the overall street width is narrower. She stated that the\nconsultant preferred 7' foot parking lanes, but the City engineer preferred 8' feet parking lanes to\nprovide more comfort to the adjacent bike lanes.\nCommissioner Vargas said he grew up in Chicago and there were a lot of tough neighborhoods.\nHe asked staff how they would group the affordable housing units because when the city of\nChicago stacked the affordable housing units this subsequently became high-rise \"ghettos.\" So,\nhe wanted staff to be cognizant of the fact that having blended income communities would help\neveryone help each other.\nJennifer Ott said she's heard this comment a lot and ultimately however the project gets financed\nwill have moderate-income units that will be integrated with the market-rate units. First, she\nexplained that one of the needs from the nonprofit housing group was the need for their\nresidents, who were homeless or at risk of homelessness, to be close to a number of services that\nallow them to become self-sustaining. Secondly, she said the way affordable housing gets\nfinanced in California without redevelopment dollars is to receive low-income tax credits. In\nPage 7 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 8, "text": "order to receive the tax credit, they would have to finance essentially 100 percent affordable\nprojects and that's extremely competitive. However, staff has discussed this with the Alameda\nHousing Authority and the Commission's questions are legitimate.\n6.\nStaff Communications\n6.A. Potential Future Meeting Agenda Items\n1. Cross Alameda Trail - Atlantic Avenue Gap Closure\n2. Paratransit Annual Review\n3. Transportation Management Association Annual Report\n4. I-880/Broadway/Jackson Multimodal Transportation Project\nCommissioner Bellows asked staff to provide a map and project schedule for the I-\n880/Broadway/Jackson Multimodal Transportation Project.\n7.\nAnnouncements/Public Comments\nJim Strehlow said he didn't think he was going to speak on item 5.c., so he did not fill out a\nspeaker card. He explained that he spent a lot of time on Orion Street and it's an active\nwarehouse district where forklifts enter in and out of the Williams of Sonoma and Pottery Barn\nbuildings, while 18-wheelers and Caterpillar heavy equipment park alongside Orion Street. So, if\nstaff places a cycle track there, they're essentially negating the warehouse district's needs.\nJennifer Ott replied that the warehouse activity is not within the Main Street neighborhood and\nthose uses are found in the Enterprise District, which is located in the southern part of the base.\nShe said the location where the existing warehouses are located will become a real employment\ncenter at some point and staff will then contemplate where the cycle tracks will go to balance the\nvarious needs.\nCommissioner Bellows asked staff about the timeline\nJennifer Ott replied it's in the future and will not happen over night.\nJim Strehlow said when staff and the Commission spoke about autonomous vehicles they favor\ngiving away money to automakers in Silicon Valley versus jobs and he found that to be offensive\nbecause producing jobs in Alameda is more important.\nCommissioner Soules asked staff if there is an emergency evacuation for people who are heavy\nusers of public transportation that may not own a vehicle.\nStaff Payne replied staff could add that in as an item.\nCommissioner Vargas asked staff to potentially include a briefing from representatives from\nGoMentum Station in Concord. The station is where the Contra Costa Transportation Authority\nleads and facilitates collaborative partnerships, which includes autonomous vehicles and job\ncreation opportunities could be brought to Alameda. He explained that he was going to invite\nPage 8 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2016-11-16", "page": 9, "text": "the Commission and some staff to tour the site. He also learned from the city of San Leandro,\nduring a Bus Rapid Transit tour that during their general plan review, city staff brought the\ncommunity together to understand their mode priorities and where they should be placed.\nSubsequently, the city designed a road mode priority plan that cannot be debated going forward.\nHe suggested that a round table discussion should be planned with the Planning Board and the\ncommunity about mode priorities.\n8.\nAdjournment\n8:34 pm\nPage 9 of 9", "path": "TransportationCommission/2016-11-16.pdf"}