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TransportationCommission | 2017-03-22 | 12 | Jennifer Ott stated that the City is working with Parsons to assist with evaluating alternatives if funds are available. She said they are also looking at how those remaining funds could be reprogrammed to fund multimodal improvement for Alameda, Oakland and potentially Chinatown. However, she explained that ACTC was just beginning their public process and Alameda staff would keep their eye on potential unused funds. Commissioner Miley replied the way Trinity Nguyen spoke about the CIP process he felt the Transportation Commission would make the decision on what projects were funded. So, he wanted to know if this was an Alameda, Oakland or joint project. Jennifer Ott replied Trinity Nguyen was speaking about any unused funds. However, the project that was presented this evening was under ACTC, the project sponsor, and any unused funds for multimodal improvements would have to go through a reprogramming process where Alameda would have to meet ACTC's criteria. Trinity Nguyen replied the CIP process is all the funds within their measure and there are bike and pedestrian components as well as livable streets funding pots as well. She noted that the more broad the funding pot the more competitive it is. Yet, she said she would work with Jennifer Ott to see what project they would like to see move forward. Commissioner Miley seconded Trinity Nguyen's comment about staff doing a good job and he pointed out that the public said the tube was not adequate for bicycling or walking. Nonetheless, he was excited to see the presentation that evening and he wanted to see the project move forward with the public's questions and comments addressed. Commissioner Bellows replied there would be additional ACTC scoping sessions in May and during different points along the line. Commissioner Bertken said the biggest benefit for Alameda would be to tackle the problem at the Jackson Street ramp going to the freeway during the a.m. peak period because currently the project does not address this issue. He explained that the project team left the conflict between the Jackson Street ramp and the Interstate 980 exit and there's not enough traffic on the Broadway ramp to cause a problem in the a.m. peak. Chadi Chazbek asked Commissioner Bertken if he was talking about the northbound Broadway off ramp. Commissioner Bertken said he was talking about the Broadway off ramp going to Broadway right alongside the Jackson Street ramp. Chadi Chazbek replied he's heard this before and the weave is a problem. However, the real bottleneck is the two-lane ramp drop to one lane coming before the weave section and that's the capacity constraint within the corridor. He explained that the weave is the main constraining element and the project team conducted travel runs through the area with results showing motorists slowing down as they come up the ramp while the two lanes merge into one lane. Yet, he emphasized that the project would improve the issue. Page 12 of 14 | TransportationCommission/2017-03-22.pdf |