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CityCouncil | 2010-07-27 | 15 | Speaker: Richard Hausman, Alameda. Mayor/Chair Johnson inquired whether the budget discussion would answer Mr. Hausman's questions regarding the Alameda Free Library being almost $500,000 in the red at the end of Fiscal Year 2011; the Civic Center garage having $500,000 going out, leaving $6,000 at the end of Fiscal Year 2011; Section 227.1 appearing to be a duplication and being listed as Theater Parking structure with different figures; and the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service being almost $1 million in the red at the end of Fiscal Year 2011, to which the Interim City Manger/Executive Director responded in the affirmative. (10-388 CC) Capital Budget Highlights The City Engineer gave a Power Point presentation. Mayor Johnson inquired whether the City still does street crack sealing, to which the City Engineer responded in the affirmative; continued the presentation. Councilmember Gilmore inquired whether Public Works stripes red curbs from the corner; stated the paint wears off and people are out in traffic before making a left turn. The City Engineer responded the City has one striping program for target areas and another program for on-call; stated red curbs are refreshed if there is enough money left over in the target program; Pubic Works tries to add red curb painting to address the issue; continued the presentation. Councilmember Matarrese inquired how closely traffic flow and signage improvements are integrated with other projects such as the Webster Street Planning Project; stated people living on Eighth Street have been suffering with additional Webster Street traffic, which Webster Street wants, since Constitution Way went in twenty years ago; further inquired whether coordination has been performed. The City Engineer responded in the affirmative; stated staff has met with the West Alameda Business Association (WABA); the Congestion Management Authority (CMA) has a signal interconnect program; deciding how to set signal controls is a balancing act. Councilmember Matarrese stated the City is spending money on attracting people to Webster Street; inquired how closely staff is working with WABA. The City Engineer responded the Supervising Civil Engineer is working with WABA and CMA; stated everything depends upon signal timing. Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse 15 and Redevelopment Authority, and Community Improvement Commission July 27, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-07-27.pdf |