{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 1, "text": "Approved\nMEETING MINUTES\nSPECIAL MEETING OF THE\nSOCIAL SERVICE HUMAN RELATIONS BOARD\nWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019\n1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL\nBoard President Audrey Hyman called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.\nPresident Hyman read the following Season for Nonviolence quote of the day for\nWednesday, February 27:\n\"Today's principle of nonviolence is Reconciliation. Nonviolence seeks\nreconciliation and understanding with the opponent. Nonviolence does not seek\nto defeat the opponent. Nonviolence is directed against evil systems, oppressive\npolicies, and unjust acts, but not against persons. Civil rights activist John M.\nPerkins says, \"There is no reconciliation until you recognize the dignity of the\nother, until you see their view- you have to enter into the pain of the people.\nYou've got to feel their need.\"\nRoll Call: Boardmembers Audrey Hyman (President), Cheryl Harawitz, Kale\nJenks, Claudia Medina, and Mark Sorensen\nAbsent: Boardmember Christine Chilcott (Vice-President)\n2. PUBLIC COMMENTS\nDan Ashbrook from Legal Assistance for Seniors (LAS) thanked the Board for\ntheir support. Ashbrook provided an overview of his agency's programs and\nservices, including the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program,\nand its partner agencies. He stated that LAS will more than exceed its\ncontracted service units for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)\nprogram. Ashbrook announced the Elder Abuse Conference on Tuesday, May\n21 at UC Hastings College of the Law. E-mail dashbrook@las.org to be added\nto the mailing list to receive announcements from LAS.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 2, "text": "Laura Mclnnis from the Family Violence Law Center thanked the Board for\nconsidering the funding recommendation for CDBG. She talked about the\nimportance of the funding to deliver needed services. She states that the\nfunding makes a difference in providing supportive services from housing to\nsafety.\n3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES\nThe Minutes of January 24, 2019 were approved as written. Board President\nHyman abstained because she did not attend the January meeting.\n4. AGENDA ITEMS\nThe order of Agenda items 4-A and 4-B was switched to accommodate\nscheduling requests.\n4-B\nLisa Fitts, Management Analyst with Alameda Housing Authority\npresented on the CDBG Public Service recommendations for funding for\nFY 2019-2020. Fitts provided background on the role of SSHRB on the\nCDBG Public Services funding and reported that all current providers will\nbe funded at the same level in FY 2019-2020. No new providers applied.\nFitts went over the budget, including program income, and delineated\neach of the funding recommendations. Fitts sought the Board's approval\nfor the following recommendations:\ni. Enter into a three-year funding agreement with Eden I&R.\nii. Set aside funding for Fair Housing and Information & Referral\nservices and exclude these services from any proposed pro rata\nfunding adjustments.\niii. For the public services agreements for all other nonprofits, return to\na two-year funding cycle, beginning with FY 20-21, which will be the\nfirst year of the Five-Year Consolidated Plan.\niv. Make FY 19-20 funding recommendations assuming the same level\nof funding as received in FY 18-19, and propose funding allocations\nbe adjusted on a pro rata basis (excepting Fair Housing and\nInformation and Referral services) and rounded down in $50\nincrements after the CDBG allocation for FY 19-20 has been\npublished.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 3, "text": "Boardmembers asked questions for which Fitts provided the following\nresponses:\nStaff is requesting approval from the Board to allow staff to\nround down the funding amount by $50 increments. Any\nsurplus caused by this approach would be no more than\n$250. Staff proposes that any surplus would be divided\nproportionately between the programs.\nThe final amount for funding recommendation should be\n$189,740. Any discrepancy in the amount may be due to\nthe program income estimates.\nCDBG Public Services are for non-housing support services.\nBoardmember Harawitz made a motion to approve staff's\nrecommendations for funding for the CDBG Public Services for FY 2019-\n2020 and to allow staff the ability to round down the funding allocation by\n$50 increments. Boardmember Medina seconded. The motions were\napproved unanimously.\nThe Board discussed the funding surplus that will result from the\nrounding. Eligible providers that may receive the surplus funds include\nthe Alameda Food Bank, Building Futures with Women and Children,\nFamily Violence Law Center, Legal Aid for Seniors, and a portion of the\nfunding for ECHO/Eden Housing.\nBoardmember Jenks made a motion to distribute the surplus funds\nproportionately to eligible providers. Boardmember Sorensen seconded.\nThe motion passed unanimously.\n4-A\nVictoria Williams, Paratransit Coordinator with the Mastick Senior\nCenter, presented the City of Alameda Transportation Program Plan for\nSeniors and People with Disabilities for Fiscal Year 2019-2020. Williams\nprovided an overview of the City's transportation services and explained\neach program, which she described as a gap filler of services not\nprovided by other transportation services. Paratransit has been\nrebranded and is now called Alameda Loop Shuttle and is ADA-\naccessible.\nWilliams went over the recommended programs for FY 2019-2020. The", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 4, "text": "City will continue exploring Uber and Lyft as options in the coming year\nand will add emergency wheelchair breakdown service. Current trips will\ncontinue. Capital improvements will be made on bus stops, and outreach\nand marketing materials will be updated. Williams went over the\ntransportation budget for seniors and people with disabilities and\nmentioned that none of the revenues come from City general funds.\nBoardmembers asked questions for which Williams provided the following\nresponses:\nThe limited service days is due to funding.\nThere are safety concerns with the elderly using Uber and Lyft,\nhowever, these services have passenger assist. Alameda is\nwatching how other cities are handling these transportation\noptions. Alameda will follow.\nClient feedback includes having services available at night,\nweekends, and opposite directions. There were also requests for\nshuttle bus stops near clients' homes. This is not feasible.\nData on seniors in Alameda will be sent to Ana Bagtas and Eric\nFonstein to forward to the Board. [Staff subsequently provided the\nfollowing information to the SSHRB: the 2010 U.S. Census\nshowed Alameda's total population at 73,812 with 9,975 or 13.5\npercent over the age of 65 years.]\nA research company did an analysis of Alameda's transportation\nservices and recommended adding more hours rather than days.\nThe change in name/branding of Paratransit may be associated\nwith increase in rides.\nPosting signs about the fare is very important.\nBoardmember Sorensen made a motion to approve the City of Alameda\nTransportation Program Plan for Seniors and People with Disabilities for\nFiscal Year 2019-2020. Boardmember Medina seconded. The motion\npassed unanimously.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 5, "text": "4-C\nWorkgroup Progress Reports\nAssessment and Awareness Workgroup-Hastings / Jenks: none\nHomeless Action Plan Workgroup-Harawitz/ Hyman: none.\n5. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n5-A\nFonstein provided an update on the 2019 Season for Nonviolence. Daily\nreadings are being done at schools, City Council, and other public\nmeetings. The Speech Contest for middle school and high school\nstudents is scheduled on Saturday, March 16 starting at 10:00 am at City\nHall. Boardmember Harawitz has already volunteered to serve as a\njudge. Kiwanis and Rotary Club are sponsoring the event, which enabled\nstaff to increase the cash prizes.\n5-B\nFonstein provided an update on the Youth Career and Job Fair scheduled\non Thursday, March 21, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Encinal High School. Twenty-\nfive organizations have already signed-up, which include businesses,\nnonprofits, and City departments offering 25-55 paid positions. This year,\nthere is a Mayor's Challenge to offer 200 paid summer positions by 2020,\nand over 50 agencies have signed-on and are included in the Mayor's\nHonor Roll. Fonstein is also reaching out to Career Educational\nPathways.\n5-C\nUpdate on Homeless Programs and Initiatives\nBagtas provided the following updates on the programs that support\nAlameda's homeless:\nOn January 15, the City Council approved staff's recommendation\nfor the Interim City Manager, working through staff, to coordinate\nwith SSHRB on finalizing the projects that will be funded through\nthe Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) and oversee their\nimplementation. SSHRB approved the establishment of a HEAP\nAd Hoc Committee at its January 24 meeting to lead this effort.\nThe HEAP Ad Hoc Committee is getting formed, and the first\nmeeting will be sometime in March.\nThe Point In Time count was conducted throughout Alameda\nCounty on January 30. Bagtas thanked those who volunteered to\ndo the count on the island. Alameda was well-covered with\nvolunteers. Preliminary results will be issued by EveryOne Home\nsometime in April with the release of the final report this summer.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 6, "text": "Public Works has ordered the parts for the parking meters that will\ncollect donations and sponsorships to support programs and\nservices for Alameda's homeless. Installation will start in April with\nthe program launch around May.\nThe Warming Shelter has been a great resource for the homeless\nthis winter given the number of rainy and cold days we have had\nthis season. Attendance has been averaging about 20 people.\nThe Dine and Connect dinner for the homeless held monthly at\nImmanuel Lutheran Church has been highly successful, attracting\n40-60 clients. It has become a community gathering.\n5-D\nFonstein provided an update on the Census 2020 and announced that the Mayor\nis establishing a local Complete Count Committee for Alameda. A Steering\nCommittee will be established, and local leaders will be invited to participate.\nThe Mayor would like the Complete Count Committee to be a community effort.\nIn addition to the Steering Committee, which will be the leadership, several\nsubcommittees will be established where community members will be invited to\nparticipate, especially those who are connected to groups and populations that\nare considered \"hard to count.\" Fonstein is also attending subcommittees\nestablished by the County's Complete Count Committee. Some members of the\nBoard will be invited to serve on the Steering Committee.\n6. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\n6-A Announcements and Updates\nBoardmember Hyman announced that Pravda Wright has been nominated by\nthe Mayor to fill the vacant position on the Board and will be approved by\nCouncil on March 5.\nBoardmember Medina announced that Commonsense Media will come to\nEncinal High School on March 27 to talk about screen time for both youth and\nadults. Mental health issues may be correlated to screen use.\n7. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: none\n8. ADJOURNMENT\nBoardmember Sorensen made the motion to adjourn, Boardmember Jenks\nseconded. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2019-02-27.pdf"}
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{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 1, "text": "FINAL MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION\nWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019\nChair Miley convened the meeting at 7:00pm.\n1. ROLL CALL\nPresent: Chair Miley, Commissioners Soules, Nachtigall, Hans, Johnson\nAbsent:\n2. AGENDA CHANGES\n*None*\n3. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PUBLIC COMMENT\n3-A Horizon Long-range Planning Workshop: Tues, March 12 at 6 p.m. - BART in\nOakland\n3-B Otis Drive Traffic Calming Community Workshop #2: Wed, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. -\nWood School\n3-C Transportation Commission Meeting: Wed., March 27 at 7 p.m.\n3-D Transportation Commission Special Meeting: Wed, April 24 at 7 p.m.\n3-E Upcoming Grant-Funded Bicycle Safety Education Classes:\nhttps://bikeeastbay.org/alamedabikeed\nCommissioner Nachtigall gave a report on the 2nd Transportation Awareness Campaign\nAdvisory Group meeting. They discussed the budget, plans, and next meeting scheduled\nfor early May.\n4. CONSENT CALENDAR\n4-A 2019-6591\nDraft Meeting Minutes - January 23, 2019\nCommissioner Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes. Commissioner\nHans seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\n5. NEW BUSINESS\n5A 2019-6589\nTransportation Commission Endorsement of the 2018 Transportation\nChoices Plan Annual Report and Work Program Priorities.\n1", "path": "TransportationCommission/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 2, "text": "Staff Member Thomas gave a presentation. The staff report and attachments can be\nfound at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3865608&GUID=80FF4F23-\n24E8-4BAE-9132-D864811B7ADB&FullText=1\nChair Miley opened the public hearing.\nTony Kuttner said thanked staff for the effort that went into studying the free shuttle idea.\nHe asked that the recommendations reflect the community's desire for a free shuttle as\nthe top priority in the plan.\nJim Strehlow said that road diets make congestion and pollution worse. He said the bus\nlane on Webster makes it unsafe for northbound bicyclists. He said the Fernside\nhomeowners would fight the removal of a lane on the Fruitvale Bridge for bike lanes. He\nsuggested more signals in Alameda be timed for traffic flow.\nChair Miley closed the public hearing.\nCommissioner Soules said the report is a good recap of the priorities. She said she does\nnot see the goals and objectives from the TCP addressed in the annual report. She said\nthe projects in the report should map to the goals and be benchmarked to keep us\nhonest and transparent. She said we need data on mode shift results from our surveys\nand not just opinions. She expressed concern that favoring certain mode shares (ie- bike\nand pedestrian projects) without providing other options like transit, carpooling, etc., we\nwould run into problems. She said not everyone has the luxury to walk or bike, and we\nneed to serve all the segments of the Alameda population.\nCommissioner Johnson asked if ten miles of repaving every two years is sufficient,\ncalculating that it would take 25 years to do every road in the city.\nStaff Member Wikstrom said that was just enough to \"tread water.\" He said there are\nother ways to manage the street network and he is planning to bring an item to the next\nmeeting to discuss those issues.\nChair Miley said he would like to see costs tied in to the listed priorities. He said if the\nOAAP can improve conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians inside the tube, we should\ntake advantage of that. He said we should try and make use of and update the 2009\nEstuary Crossing Study. He said finding funding to replace the Miller-Sweeney bridge to\nbe a lifeline structure should be a top priority. He said he would like any action to include\nthe input of both public speakers.\nCommissioner Nachtigall said she would like to have a visual representation of what\nphase all the projects are at, rather than having to look at each one individually.\n2", "path": "TransportationCommission/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 3, "text": "Commissioner Soules said she remembered the bridge study from when she first came\non the board showed the bike/pedestrian bridge was cost prohibitive. She asked what\nhas changed since then and also where other alternatives were at now.\nStaff Member Thomas said the study was about 10 years ago. He said it was the first\ntime they really tried to identify the scale of the project options to cross the estuary. He\nsaid Bike Walk Alameda made a political push with Council to keep studying the idea.\nHe said they picked up where the old studies left off. He said the Oakland Alameda\nAccess Project is a $100 million project that presents an opportunity to advance work\nstudying the bridge and other alternatives. He said that staff feels that they need to be\nready to take advantage of the A's stadium and projects in Oakland that are moving\nforward now to see if they can make progress on these ideas.\nChair Miley said we have to stay in the conversation.\nCommissioner Soules said she did not want to be in a position where we are deciding\nbetween funding for a bike/ped bridge and getting a multimodal lifeline bridge\nreplacement.\nCommissioner Johnson made a motion to endorse the report with the input\nreceived this evening. Chair Miley seconded the motion while asking that staff to\nincorporate the commission and public comment. The motion passed 5-0.\n5-B 2019-6590\nOtis Drive Traffic Calming and Safety Improvement Project Workshop and\nSurvey Debrief\nStaff Member Wikstrom gave a presentation on the informational item. The staff report\nand presentation can be found at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3865609&GUID=93D5DCC4-\n16E-49F2-8E14-3C28BF915796&FullText=\nCommissioner Johnson asked how the cost of a roundabout compared to putting in new\nstop lights. He asked how a road diet road would enter a roundabout.\nStaff Member Wikstrom said the signals cost $400,000-450,000 and a roundabout would\nbe on the same order of magnitude. He said the three lane road would become a two\nlane road going into the roundabout since there are no left turns in roundabouts.\nCommissioner Johnson asked how the safety compared for pedestrians on a\nroundabout VS. a signalized intersection. He said he would wait for the consultant to\ncome back in April to discuss the safety differences more closely.\nStaff Member Wikstrom said that in a roundabout you only have to cross one lane of\ntraffic from one direction at a time.\n3", "path": "TransportationCommission/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 4, "text": "Chair Miley said that the safety for the school children crossing at that intersection would\nbe his main focus.\nCommissioner Nachtigall said that Grand is very wide in that area which makes it\nunsafe.\nCommissioner Soules asked what the 13% of \"hit objects\" was in the data.\nSgt. Foster said a fixed object is what they check if someone hits something other than\nmoving cars, pedestrians, or bicycles. He said it could be a house, parked car, pole, etc..\nCommissioner Soules asked if drainage improvements on poorly design corners would\nbe evaluated as an environmental improvement when considering bulb out projects.\nStaff Member Wikstrom said that they have not considered that yet, but noted that\ndealing with drainage issues can get very expensive very quickly.\nCommissioner Soules pointed out that the top five priorities from the workshop\nresponses can all coexist together.\nChair Miley opened the public hearing.\nJoe Keiser said he lives on Otis and is supportive of this project. He said he sees the\nhigh speeds all the time and is concerned for his two young children's safety. He said a\ngirl lives across the street from him and gets driven to her grandparents' home next door\nto him because it is impossible to safely walk across Otis now.\nJim Strehlow said a roundabout at Grand and Otis would be incompatible with the trucks\nin the Fourth of July parade.\nChair Miley closed the public hearing.\nCommissioner Johnson asked what would happen to the road diet and bike lane when it\napproaches Willow Street.\nStaff Member Wikstrom said they have not gotten into that level of design detail yet and\nwould have something when they come back in May with the preliminary design.\nChair Miley asked if the signals at the split Willow intersections would be altered at all in\norder to have better coordination between the signals.\nStaff Member Wikstrom said that would likely be a phase II item because of the level of\nsignal work and cost required.\n4", "path": "TransportationCommission/2019-02-27.pdf"}
{"body": "TransportationCommission", "date": "2019-02-27", "page": 5, "text": "6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n6-A Oakland-Alameda Access Project - Request Transportation Commission Member\non Advisory Group\nStaff Member Payne said that Commissioner Nachtigall has accepted the responsibility\nof serving on the advisory group.\n6-B Potential Future Meeting Agenda Items\n1. Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Update - Draft Work Scope\n2. Miller-Sweeney Bridge Restriping\n3. Resurfacing Plan\n4. Draft Capital Improvement Program\n5. Transportation Management Association Annual Reports\n6. Draft Climate Plan Update Strategies\n7. Emergency Plan with Transportation Annex\nStaff Member Payne said the next meeting would be March 27th and the purpose of the\nspecial April meeting would be to review the draft CIP.\nStaff Member Wikstrom asked what level of detail the board would like on the paving\nprogram when that item comes back.\nCommissioner Johnson said he just wants a general understanding, and that he was just\nconcerned that 25 years to cover every mile of road in Alameda seemed like a long time.\nChair Miley said he would like to know what level of investment would be necessary to\nget ahead of the curve instead of just treading water.\n7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PUBLIC COMMENT\nJim Strehlow, \"thinking outside the box,\" said that he was surprised there was no\ndiscussion of the possible BART extension tonight when discussing cross estuary\nsolutions. He said the idea of a tunnel connecting Alameda to Jack London square with\npeople movers does not need to wait until BART is built and could start now.\n8. ADJOURNMENT\nChair Miley adjourned the meeting at 8:52pm.\n5", "path": "TransportationCommission/2019-02-27.pdf"}