{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2018-03-28", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION\nWEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018\nChair Bellows convened the meeting at 7:01pm.\n1. ROLL CALL\nPresent: Chair Bellows, Commissioners Vargas, Bertken, Soules. Commissioner Miley\narrived at 7:03pm. Commissioner Hans arrived before 7:22pm (during the presentation\nfor item 4-A.)\nAbsent: Commissioner Palmer\n2. AGENDA CHANGES\nChair Bellows said they would table the consent calendar until the late commissioners\narrived.\n3. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PUBLIC COMMENT\n3A Special Joint Meeting with Transportation Commission and Planning Board: Monday,\nApril 9, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.\n3B Transportation Commission Meeting: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.\n3C Upcoming Grant-Funded Bicycle Safety Education Classes:\nhttps://bikeeastbay.org/alamedabikeed\n3D Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) 2018 Schedule:\nhttps://alamedaca.gov/emergency-info/cer\n3E Earth Day - Washington Park - Saturday, April 21, 2018\n3F Bike-to-Work Day - Thursday, May 10, 2018\n3G Alameda Bike Festival & Rodeo - Saturday, May 12, 2018, 12:00-4:00 p.m. at Ruby\nBridges Elementary School\n4. CONSENT CALENDAR ***heard after 5-C*\n4A 2018-5379\nApprove Meeting Minutes - November 15, 2017 (Action)\nCommissioner Miley made a motion to approve the item. Commissioner Bertken\nseconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n4B 2018-5380\n1", "path": "TransportationCommission/2018-03-28.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2018-03-28", "page": 2, "text": "Approve Meeting Minutes - January 24, 2018 (Action)\nCommissioner Vargas made a motion to approve the item. Commissioner Bertken\nseconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0-1 (Miley abstained.)\n4C 2018-5031\nApprove Support for Regional Measure 3 and Proposition 69 (Action)\nCommissioner Miley made a motion to approve the item.\nChair Bellows said this measure is very important to Alameda.\nCommissioner Soules seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n5. NEW BUSINESS\n5A 2018-5382 *Taken ahead of Consent Calendar***\nRecommend Approval to the City Council for the Continuation of the Dockless\nBike Share Program with Refinements and with a Single Bike Share Company\n(Action)\nStaff Member Wheeler gave a presentation. The staff report and presentation can be\nfound at:\n ttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3428055&GUID=C8D63008\n7029-431A-9BF1-D3E25F4A9A18&FullText=1\nCommissioner Vargas asked whether the plan was to continue the pilot or move to\nformal implementation.\nStaff Member Wheeler said they are looking at implementation. She said the idea is to\ncontinue with bikeshare in Alameda and do an RFP and decide who would be the longer\nterm provider.\nCommissioner Soules suggested that we clearly lay out the City's data privacy concerns\nin the RFP solicitation.\nCommissioner Miley asked about the staff costs for the program.\nStaff Member Wheeler said they believe that they have gone through one of the major\nperiods of devoting staff resources with the launch and monitoring of the pilot program.\nShe said that after they go through the RFP process and set the procedures, staff time\nneeded to monitor the program should be reduced.\nCommissioner Hans apologized for arriving late and asked if the presentation addressed\nchildren riding without helmets.\n2", "path": "TransportationCommission/2018-03-28.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2018-03-28", "page": 3, "text": "Staff Member Wheeler briefly reviewed the issue, listing their expectations that the\nprovider would continue to do helmet giveaways, education, app refinement, and making\nclear that helmets are required.\nChair Bellows opened the public hearing.\nJim Strehlow said he has spoken against this. He said the 300 bikes are taking up lots of\nspace around town. He said he sees mis-parked bikes and youth riding without helmets\neverywhere. He said people are treating the bikes poorly, creating blight. He said the\nprogram discriminates against him because he does not have a smartphone. He said he\nwould like to use the program when his bike breaks down.\nDenyse Trepanier, Bike Walk Alameda, said that we need to encourage active\ntransportation for many reasons, including climate change. She said we need to\nencourage people to not use cars. She said every street is lined with cars and a few\nbikes do not compare. She said the health effects are beneficial and noted that this is\nalso a transportation equity issue.\nBrian McGuire said the presentation makes clear that Alameda loves LimeBike. He said\nhe wished as many people complained about cars and discarded furniture blocking\nsidewalks as they do about LimeBikes. He said we need to pair the program with\nexperimentation of new ways of increasing bicycle parking in the business districts. He\nsaid we should also embrace electric bikes and scooters. He said forcing people to wear\nhelmets dramatically decreases ridership which reduces the \"safety in numbers\" effect.\nChair Bellows closed the public hearing.\nCommissioner Miley said we should look at strategically opening up some parking\nspaces for bike parking. He said he supports moving forward. He said a two year\ncontract might be too short, suggesting options for one year renewals be included.\nCommissioner Vargas said he is glad there is an RFP. He said education on parking and\nyouth helmet usage are important. He suggested a performance bond be included in the\ncontract.\nChair Bellows asked about flip phone users and taking bikes out of Alameda.\nStaff Member Wheeler said they have been encouraging LimeBike to allow cash-based\nusers.\nA representative from LimeBike said they are pushing to develop a cash payment\nsystem, with discounts for low income residents and a text to unlock feature for folks\nwithout smartphones.\n3", "path": "TransportationCommission/2018-03-28.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2018-03-28", "page": 4, "text": "Staff Member Wheeler said the City does not worry too much about where the bikes go.\nShe said LimeBike is required to have 300 bikes in Alameda, which is what staff focuses\non, not how that happens.\nCommissioner Soules asked staff to clarify responsibility for damage and maintenance\nfor the bikes.\nStaff Member Wheeler said they have a no-cost agreement with LimeBike and the\ncompany is responsible for dealing with damaged or misplaced bikes.\nCommissioner Bertken asked what the elements of the RFP will be.\nStaff Member Wheeler said they will ask for many specific details about the proposed\noperations in the RFP. She said the experience of the provider will be an important\nfactor to consider in the RFP.\nCommissioner Miley made a motion to approve the staff recommendation with the\nadditions that a performance bond and options for one year extensions be\nconsidered. Commissioner Soules said she would second the motion if her\nrequest to address data use and ownership is included in the RFP. Commissioner\nMiley accepted the amendment. The motion passed 6-0.\n5B 2018-5383\nRecommend Approval to the City Council to Allow for the City to Engage With\nGig Car Share to Initiate a Point-to-Point Carshare Pilot Program (Action)\nStaff Member Payne gave a presentation The staff report and attachments can be found\nat:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3428056&GUID=5015C817-\n1EEE-478D-81CE-E4C4E87A0048&FullText=1\nCommissioner Soules asked how the pricing would work.\nDermot from Gig Car Share said it is based on usage, either $2.50/mile, $15/hour, or\n$85/day, whichever is cheapest.\nCommissioner Miley asked about the restriction on Bay Farm.\nStaff Member Payne said the restrictions would disallow usage on the entirety of Bay\nFarm Island. She said they did confirm with the umbrella HOA that they did not want the\ncars there.\nCommissioner Miley said excluding Bay Farm would be limiting the opportunities for\npilot.\nStaff Member Payne said they deferred to the HOA.\n4", "path": "TransportationCommission/2018-03-28.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2018-03-28", "page": 5, "text": "Commissioner Vargas said he wants the program on Bay Farm. He asked how the\nparking meter issue is being addressed.\nStaff Member Payne said that you could use a meter during your trip but you could not\nend your trip there. She said the operator can geofence metered spaces to alert the user\nto not end their trip there.\nDermot said he agreed with Commissioner Vargas that having consistent rules across\njurisdictions is beneficial for the program. He said they are interested in Bay Farm, but\nare okay going slow at the moment.\nCommissioner Soules suggested that commercial users in Bay Farm may desire and be\nable to accommodate the service.\nCommissioner Bellows opened the public hearing.\nPat Potter, CASA and Bike Walk Alameda, listed some of the benefits of car share found\nin a UC Berkeley study.\nJim Strehlow said these cars will take up parking spaces from residents. He suggested\npartnering with shopping centers or other businesses to park vehicles in spaces that are\navailable and not in people's neighborhoods.\nBrian McGuire, Bike Walk Alameda, said the program is a no-brainer. He expressed\ndisappointment that we are instinctively excluding Bay Farm from the pilot. He said we\nshould recommend that City Council include Bay Farm in the pilot. He said this program\nwill help reduce car ownership and free up parking in the city.\nChair Bellows closed the public hearing.\nCommissioner Miley said he supports including Bay Farm. He said public roads are for\neveryone.\nStaff Member Payne said she understands the desire to include Bay Farm. She said the\numbrella HOA covers about half of Bay Farm and is concerned about their parking\nrestrictions.\nStaff Member Ott suggested that the commission include in their recommendation that\nstaff do some work on how to address Bay Farm for consideration by City Council.\nCommissioner Miley made a motion to accept the staff recommendation and\ninclude Bay Farm in the program while allowing staff to present options for City\nCouncil to consider.\n5", "path": "TransportationCommission/2018-03-28.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2018-03-28", "page": 6, "text": "Commissioner Vargas suggested an amendment limiting the number of vehicles on Bay\nFarm to seven.\nCommissioner Miley said he would add a consideration to limit the amount of\nvehicles on Bay Farm. Commissioner Bertken seconded the motion. The motion\npassed 6-0.\n5C 2018-5384\nApprove AC Transit's Transbay Tomorrow Cost Neutral Proposal for Alameda\n(Action)\nStaff Member Payne gave a brief report. The staff report and attachments can be found\nat:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3454838&GUID=DEE2E87F-\nDBF-4651-8034-ACDB7242744D&FullText=1\nCommissioner Bellows opened the public hearing.\nJim Strehlow said he is concerned about not allowing local riders at the local fare on the\nO bus.\nCommissioner Bellows closed the public hearing.\nStaff Member Payne said the restrictions on local passengers would not affect Line O.\nLinda Morris, AC Transit, said the OX and W would restrict local passengers.\nCommissioner Vargas made a motion to approve the staff recommendation.\nCommissioner Miley seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n6A Potential Future Meeting Agenda Items\n1. Approve the Main Street Ferry Terminal Access Approach\n2. Approve the AC Transit Line 96 Route Adjustment Proposal\n3. 2014 Parking Occupancy Goal Update\n4. Traffic Calming Draft Policy and Prioritized List\n5. Approve Alameda Transportation Demand Management Annual Report\n6. Housing / Transportation Workshop with Planning Board\n7. Quarterly Report\n7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PUBLIC COMMENT\nCommissioner Vargas said we need to defeat the repeal of SB1. He said we need to\nsupport RM3 to help provide funds for projects that are good for Alameda.\n6", "path": "TransportationCommission/2018-03-28.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2018-03-28", "page": 7, "text": "Jim Strehlow asked if LimeBikes are easily identifiable in order to aid in reporting\nproblems.\nStaff Member Wheeler said there are identifying numbers on each bike, but not visible\nfrom far away.\n8. ADJOURNMENT\nChair Bellows adjourned the meeting at 8:39pm.\n7", "path": "TransportationCommission/2018-03-28.pdf"}