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CityCouncil | 2015-01-21 | 12 | that the Council lead the discussion; ultimately, Councilmembers are accountable; the Planning Board and Planning staff does a lot of work; however, if things do not work or are perceived as not working, Council will be held accountable; Council should have some say and oversight responsibility; other things to include are: having a review of existing transportation goals, revising the City's Transportation Plan, the General Plan, the Bike Plan, the Traffic Capacity Management Procedures (TCMP), the long-range transit plan, the West Alameda Shuttle plan, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM); goals should be reviewed to determine which are not being met, including what additional planning can be done to ensure goals are met and to propose a course of action; there should be a tiered structure; the gold standard would be taking X number of cars and people off the road is going to cost X amount of money and whether the City willing to do so; then, there could be a silver standard and a bronze standard. Councilmember Daysog stated the City of Emeryville spent $400,000 on the Emery-go- round in 2015 and 2016 because Emery-go-round seeks to expand its services; Emery- go-round is not a poor operation, but the Emeryville wanted to expand operations and provided an infusion; the City of Alameda might have to make hard decisions; using Councilmember Oddie's terms, the City wants to achieve the gold standard; developers, through contributions, and residents, through fees, might only reach X in revenues to pay for the gold standard; however, X plus Y might be needed; questioned how the City would make up the delta; stated the workshops would to lay out issues, including gold, silver and bronze standards. Councilmember Daysog moved approval of directing the City Manager to facilitate a workshop. Mayor Spencer inquired whether the motion could be amended to include City of Alameda; meaning Citywide. Councilmember Daysog agreed to amend the motion to include Mayor Spencer's amendment; stated however, the impacts and projects are stemming mostly in the northern waterfront and Alameda Point. Vice Mayor Matarrese seconded the motion. Under discussion, the Assistant City Manager stated staff can certainly do so; a joint meeting could try to be scheduled; staff would need to consider audio visual requirements and seating to have a formal joint meeting with the Council, Transportation Commission and Planning Board; noted a joint Planning Board and Transportation Commission workshop would be held in February; scheduling the Council workshop for some time in March makes sense. The City Attorney stated legally, three bodies can meet; the meeting just needs to be noticed; the matter is really more logistically how to manage the meeting. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated the direction was not necessarily a hard and fast Special Meeting Alameda City Council 12 January 21, 2015 | CityCouncil/2015-01-21.pdf |