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TransportationCommission | 2020-10-28 | 5 | 6B. General Plan Update (Andrew Thomas, Director of Planning, Building and Transportation Department) Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Director, gave a presentation and introduced consultant Sheffield. The staff report and attachments can be found at: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4672975&GUID=66886312-9FOE-4C9E-9485- 317F282E7D8E&Options=&Search= Chair Soules requested to take community comments and to set up a process for future commissioner comments as a sub-committee. She would like a high level of engagement. The General Plan sets a baseline for projects moving forward. It is an opportunity to have community members' voices heard. There were no community comments on Item #6B at this time. Commissioner Comments and Discussion for #6B Commissioner Yuen: She had the following comments: It is a great start of this General Plan and she commends staff for all the hard work on it. The pandemic has changed city planning and how we are dealing with commercial and slow streets, and it impacts fiscal budget of the City. The General Plan needs to mention the pandemic. Staff Thomas agreed about the pandemic and released this draft just as the pandemic began, and will add lessons from the pandemic in the second draft. Commissioner Yuen continued her comments: The actions within policies should be enumerated. Some actions are specific and others are broad, and would like the actions to be as specific as possible to be able to check them off the list if completed. Some actions are global across several chapters such as complete streets, climate and mobility element, and would like to see if it is possible to see mapping by element and action. Staff Thomas said that the update needs to be restated to better understand progress to inform budget decisions, and staff/consultants are working on cross indexing. Vice Chair Nachtigall agreed about the need to include mention of the pandemic. It is well designed and pretty, and yet the photos and the design graphics need to better visually convey diversity to show Alameda's racial and ethnic diversity as well as diversity of businesses. The graphics need to match the text to show that all people are visually represented. Staff Thomas expressed appreciation for this comment and said that he would fix it. Commissioner Kohlstrand commended staff and consultants on the work done to date, and said that it is a good draft. She would like the survey results to be synthesized, and would like to understand what Transportation Commission Special Meeting Minutes - October 28, 2020 5 | TransportationCommission/2020-10-28.pdf |