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CityCouncil | 2015-01-21 | 2 | amendments to direct the City Manager to conduct a study to review suggestions: extend the left turn lane on Island Drive to Robert Davey Drive, renegotiate the Bay Farm Bridge hours of operation to allow the bridge to open for emergency only between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, work with Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) to change the start time for Lincoln Middle School to 8:10 a.m. thereby allowing a better flow of traffic up Island Drive with better traffic flow for student drop off at Earhart and Bay Farm elementary schools, check signal synchronization from Island Drive, Fernside Boulevard, and Otis Drive to Broadway, or other remedies to provide relief for traffic on Island Drive]. Councilmember Daysog seconded the motion. Under discussion, Mayor Spencer requested staff to clarify whether a request can be made to Public Works when someone has a traffic issue; then, Public Works adds the issue to the queue and it goes through the process. The Assistant City Manager stated said process is the case in general; the referral is pretty broad because it addresses a bridge and discusses working with the School District to change hours; it is appropriate for the Council to have a discussion because the matter is broader than one intersection. Mayor Spencer stated in regards to AUSD, joint meetings between the City and the District have been held in the past to discuss similar issues; the matter would have gone to the joint committee as part of the process before, which is appropriate; the referral should go through the joint committee; having been on the School Board, she is familiar with said process. The Assistant City Manager stated the joint committee is the appropriate body when staff reaches that point. Mayor Spencer inquired if it was possible to amend the motion to state: "through the joint meeting.' Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she favors keeping the language broad, rather than narrow because working with AUSD to change the start time encompasses a lot of things; it could encompass the committee, but might be as simple as making a phone call or two without the City having to wait for the committee to meet; the possibility of the committee meeting is not eliminated. Mayor Spencer stated having served on the School Board for six years, she does not anticipate a school start time would change from a phone call; using the process which she has been a part of for a long time is appropriate. The Assistant City Manager inquired whether the language could be revised to: "work with AUSD and the committee, as appropriate," so there is an opportunity to do both. Special Meeting Alameda City Council 2 January 21, 2015 | CityCouncil/2015-01-21.pdf |