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TransportationCommission | 2021-01-27 | 11 | Staff McGuire responded that the public can access the park at Eighth Street. Commissioner Weitze asked if the City looked to open gates without the pathways. Staff McGuire stated that it needs to be accessible if the gates are opened. Commissioner Kohlstrand asked about St. Charles Street in that the path does not go through there. Staff Wheeler stated that it is Housing Authority roadway so the path would connect to it. Commissioner Kohlstrand made a motion to endorse the Jean Sweeney trail grant application, and then Commissioner Yuen seconded the motion. The motion passes 5-0. Chair Soules recused herself for the vote on the bike/ped bridge grant application. Commissioner Kohlstrand made a motion to approve the bike/ped bridge grant application, and Commissioner Weitze seconded the motion. The motion passes 4-0. 6A. Endorse the Annual Report on the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and the Annual Report on Transportation (Action Item) Gerry Beaudin, Assistant City Manager, gave an overview of Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) work. The staff report and attachments regarding the Annual Report on the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and the Annual Report on Transportation can be found at: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4758233&GUID=ED785EAD-B7EB-4471- A03B-1E1375D9B441&Options=&Search=&FullText= Commissioner Weitze praised the report and said resilience is important. He asked how much staff time is put towards resilience versus mitigation. Staff Beaudin said that they do not quantify the breakdown but can think about that as a metric in the future. He spoke about neighborhood-based resilience hubs and said that Alameda's Emergent Groundwater study caught a lot of attention regionally and other cities are doing similar studies. Alameda has a new Sustainability and Resilience Manager: Danielle Mieler. Commissioner Kohlstrand asked about the evaluation of the Commercial Streets program, which said there were no significant traffic delays, but she read that there were AC Transit delays. She expressed concern that the City is not putting enough focus on transit outside of ferry terminals. For instance, the improvements on Encinal Avenue, which is a Caltrans project, include bike lanes, but she said Encinal Avenue is designated as a transit priority street, not a bicycle priority street. Commissioner Yuen is concerned about changes that will impact the transportation system, and the cuts that AC Transit is planning to make. She asked how those cuts impact our ability to meet CARP goals. Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes - January 27, 2021 11 | TransportationCommission/2021-01-27.pdf |