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CityCouncil | 2020-11-17 | 6 | transportation sales tax augmentation and extension; ACTC went to each city within Alameda County to seek support; discussions with the City of Alameda included questions about including enough Alameda projects within the Transportation Plan; at the time, Alameda wanted assurances that should the project not move forward, enough funding would be provided to support the needed multimodal access to the City; a letter was written by the ACTC Chair and Vice Chair considering programming enough money to the City of Alameda; there are two pathways for Alameda to pursue funding: 1) the City can go through the application process for discretionary funding for the Comprehensive Investment Plan (ACTC-CIP) and 2) ask the Commission for consideration of the 2014 letter and any applicable funding. In response to Councilmember Daysog's inquiry, the Planning, Building and Transportation Director stated the horseshoe and the Broadway off-ramp are both included in the core project. Vice Mayor Knox White inquired whether the horseshoe includes a speed limit slow-down for the tube. Rodney Pimentel, HNTB Corporation, responded due to design, traffic needs to be slowed to 20 miles per hour by the first curve; stated the speed limit will be lowered to 35 miles per hour in the Posey Tube; 1,000 feet prior to the exit of the tube, the speed limit will be further lowered to 25 miles per hour; reducing the speed limit is a key component for safety; signage will be updated as well as lane narrowing to aid in traffic calming. Vice Mayor Knox White stated true multimodal access is needed; expressed concern about there being no actual commitments to fund the next steps of the project and no action taken on past requests; inquired the commitments being provided besides consideration of the project being put into the ACTC-CIP. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft responded that she has solid support from fellow Commissioners; stated every city in the county has a representative from the Council on the ACTC; noted the City of Oakland has two representatives due to its large size; stated that she has requested moving the West End Crossing project from the 30-year ACTC-CIP to the 10- year ACTC-CIP list; the project is important to Alameda and the region in reducing the number of single-occupant automobiles. Ms. Lengyel stated funding matters go before the full Commission and staff is not able to make commitments; ACTC could receive a letter from the City of Alameda regarding its interest the 2014 letter being considered; noted that she will commit to bringing consideration to the ACTC at the January 11, 2021 meeting; meetings will be set with City staff related to approaches on moving forward with the project; the ACTC-CIP will be a competitive call for projects released in December as an opportunity for the City to pursue discretionary funding for bicycle-pedestrian facilities through the ACTC-CIP; any actions taken will be done by the full Commission. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated that she does not recall a proposal for funding being brought Special Meeting Alameda City Council November 4, 2020 | CityCouncil/2020-11-17.pdf |