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TransportationCommission | 2016-09-28 | 3 | 5. New Business 5.A. Election of Vice Chair Commissioner Bertkens moved to vote for Commissioner Miley as Vice Chair. Commissioner Hans seconded the motion. The motion was approved 6-0. 5.B. Review Formation of Citywide Transportation Planning Division Jennifer Ott, Director of Base Reuse and Transportation Planning, presented the report. Commissioner Bellows stated that it was a linear thinking move to her and it makes sense. Commissioner Bertken asked about the staff transportation vision Jennifer Ott stated that she will be the director of transportation planning and there will be an administrative assistant, Ashley Ziba, Gail Payne full-time employee as a Transportation Coordinator and Rochelle Wheeler who is a part-time employee and consultants. As we move into the 2-year budget cycle there will be more discussion on what our work load entails and how that coordinates with the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) with Public Works and that will be a very public and open discussion. Commissioner Bellows replied it is great to see the list of projects they are working on. Commissioner Miley replied that is a great move for the City staff in terms of coordination and larger cities they link land use and transportation planning. He wants to see the collaboration with the other departments and when the 2 year CIP overview comes up we have both planning and implementation side come in. 5.C. Approve the Draft Project List for the Alameda County Transportation Commission Call for Projects Staff Payne presented the report. Jennifer Ott replied that there has been correspondence about the bicycle and pedestrian bridge and they have been working with Bike Walk Alameda. Commissioner Bellows replied in her professional opinion, it is an egregious waste of money to think about a bridge crossing amongst a major ship channel. Commissioner Miley stated that the grant application that is being submitted would fund projects that are ready to go or are advancing along. Jennifer Ott replied it is not to add this project as a construction project to the grant application, but add the project as a feasibility study and that does not mean they are recommending that to Page 3 of 9 | TransportationCommission/2016-09-28.pdf |