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TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 2 | Jim Strehlow, Alameda resident, explained that he wanted to know the Caltrans notification process regarding the Posey Tube. He said the reason being was that he has attended past Commission meetings and he did not remember a discussion about the exact date of when the pedestrian and bicycle path would be closed down, especially since the path is used by people commuting to work. He has been on the bike forums the previous week and members of the forum did not know about the closure either. He went on to say that in the Alameda Sun newspaper, there was a short notice about the closure. He noted that this closure affects how much earlier people have to leave their homes in order to get to their destinations. Asked how can Caltrans give more advance notice and how was this information getting out to the people. Staff Patel replied usually when Caltrans has a project they post construction activity one week in advance. He said there was advance notification near the tube and the press release was sent to the City and was on their website. However, he explained that there was some confusion about the construction timeframe and whether it would be done at night or daytime. So, staff included the information about the shuttle service once that was cleared up. He stated that the police department found some bicyclists riding in the tube on the roadway surface. Commissioner Bellows asked if that was legal Staff Patel replied that it is not legal because the signs were already posted at the mouth of the tube. Commissioner Bellows replied that the City works with Caltrans' public information officers and it would be nice to know when that area will be reopened. Staff Patel replied the project manager estimated that it would take a month or by the end of June depending on the railing items, meaning if they are going to fabricate the rails offsite. 3.A. Next Transportation Commission meeting would be Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 7 pm 3.B. Briefing by the Public Works Director Liam Garland, Deputy Director of Alameda Public Works, said he was standing in for Bob Haun, Alameda Public Works Director, in order to brief the Commission about the three questions that came up at the last Transportation Commission meeting. The first question was about the Broadway/Jackson Project and Bob Haun reported that he was in negotiations with both the City of Oakland and Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) and he will share a status report in July. He said the second question raised was about staffing within the City's Public Works Department. He stated that the department is short staffed for a few reasons, such as staff member Gail Payne is being lent over to assist with the Citywide Transportation Study and Rochelle Wheeler is back filling some of the work that Gail Payne was doing for Public Works. He went on to say that they are still short in terms of being able to respond to a lot of transportation issues but as the study and process moves forward they will have a sense of how the City is heading regarding transportation issues. Furthermore, he explained that a new 2-year budget is coming out in 2017, so that will be the time when they can assess the staffing needs within their unit and what they are going to need in the next two years. He noted that the Page 2 of 17 | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |