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TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,1 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 1 | Transportation Commission Special Meeting Minutes Wednesday May 25, 2016 Commissioner Michele Bellows called the Transportation Commission to order at 7:00 p.m. 1. Roll Call Roll was called and the following was recorded: Members Present: Michele Bellows (Chair) Eric Schatmeier (Vice Chair) Jesus Vargas Michael Hans Thomas G. Bertken Members Absent: Christopher Miley Gregory Morgado Staff Present: Staff Patel, Transportation Engineer Staff Payne, Transportation Coordinator 2. Agenda Changes None. 3. Announcements / Public Comments Arnold Billinger, Vice Chair of the Commission for Disabled Issues (CDI), stated that the CDI is trying to setup greater visibility for the Estuary Crossing Shuttle and amongst the things that they are talking about is trying to get the shuttle to be part of the Alameda Fourth of July parade and at the various street festivals in Alameda like the Island Jam at Neptune Beach. The organization would like to have a backdrop and booth for the festivals and they would like to invite members of the Commission to ride the shuttle in the parade and man the tables in order to introduce people to the shuttle service. He hoped members of the Mastick Senior Center would come and share the booth as well. He asked if members of the Commission have handouts to provide at the event table. He also said he would keep the Commission updated when they are ready to proceed. Commissioner Bellows said Arnold Billinger should let Staff Patel know and he will inform the Commission. Page 1 of 17 | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,2 | 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 Work… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,3 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 3 | City charter requires new staffing to be approved by City Council. Commissioner Bertken said funding is tight and having to wait until the next budget process is a natural occurrence. However, he was bothered about the fact that there isn't anything more important to this City at this particular time than solving a lot the transportation issues especially around the Cross Estuary transportation issue. So, he felt not having a full court press in doing so as soon as possible was troublesome. Liam Garland replied staff is putting the pieces into place. He also explained that they just hired a city engineer and the new hire will help shape where the transportation unit heads and he will be instrumental on how the City is staffed on transportation issues. Commissioner Vargas stated that follow up on these issues would be good since Bob Haun could not be attend this meeting. Additionally, he asked Liam Garland to invite the new hire to the next Commission meeting for an introduction. 4. Consent Calendar 4.A. Transportation Commission Minutes - Approve Meeting Minutes - March 23, 2016 Commissioner Schatmeier made a change to the minutes that was attributed to him. He said the change can be found on page 5, third line from the top "He explained that the Commission listened to a lot of public comments that were relative and caused some concerns." The word relative should be changed to relevant. Commissioner Schatmeier moved to approve the minutes. Commissioner Hans seconded the motion. The motion was approved 5-0. 5. New Business 5.A. Approve Proposed Bus Stop Locations for the New Line 19 Rochelle Wheeler presented the report. Commissioner Vargas asked staff if AC Transit was looped in about the last minute modification on Item 3 of the staff report. Rochelle Wheeler replied yes, they reviewed the designs and felt it would work. Commissioner Bellows opened the floor for public comment. Rob Ratto, Executive Director of the Downtown Alameda Business Association, said as a charter member of the Commission many years ago he… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,4 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 4 | changed to 3C. Therefore, he wholeheartedly endorsed 3C. Jim Strehlow, Alameda resident, stated that he was trying to envision this layout because he rides his bicycle in the area all the time. He explained that usually a visual such as a cross section accompanies the presentation and staff report to show the curb footage, travel lane width and bus width before they set a barrier because it looks like staff is going to be carving out from the curb to be able make that turn. He said he was also trying to envision this because it was not included in the packet, thus the public was not aware of 3C and how this option would affect traffic. He explained that he may be in favor of 3C, but he was looking at 3B. He said it made sense to move it on the other side because there is a lot of parking on the near side of Park Street, SO a bus could be placed there. He said when travelling through the section he knows the very narrow part near the driveway and when there are cars parked at that very narrow part it is often hard for bicycles to go along Buena Vista Avenue. Commissioner Bellows asked Jim Strehlow if he was talking about traveling west. Jim Strehlow replied yes, while traveling westbound it is very narrow and cars often have to look at him and he looks at them in order to go through because it is very narrow between the car and stripe. He felt it would have been beneficial for the public to view photos and see the cross section in advance because he was having some difficulty visualizing the new design. Commissioner Bellows replied her sense is that it was recently developed. Rochelle Wheeler replied this project has been in the works to square off that particular corner and this was from the packet that the Commission approved in March 2014. The project was put out to bid to make those improvements and last week the City Council approved the contractor to make this improvement. So, staff is now proposing a bus stop at this corner. Commissioner Bellows asked staff when they were analyzing the placement of the bus … | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,5 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 5 | an AC Transit bus you are many times out in the open and this has been that way for many locations in Alameda and along the AC Transit system. He noticed in one picture in the staff report, where they now rejected 3B, one bus stop has awnings line on the Walgreens store. He felt the awnings were life savers for users and although not intended to be shelters they are. He recognized the same for the visual in 4A, which was rejected, there were awnings over the sidewalk. He was not sure what could be done about this, but he would like to see a commitment made by the City and others to figure out a way to finance and add bus shelters whenever they do something like this because it is a vital part of running a transit system. Commissioner Vargas said he was glad to hear the homeowner have no questions or issues with the potential parking loss. He asked staff with the loss of parking are there any parking meters that would be potentially removed and a subsequent loss of revenue. Rochelle Wheeler replied no. Commissioner Vargas stated that this plan was restoring the operations of a line that had previous parking displacements, so there wouldn't be a net loss. Rochelle Wheeler replied that is what they believe, but they do not have the exact stops from before. Commissioner Vargas asked staff if there was an anticipated ridership projection for this line. Austin Lee, AC Transit Planner, replied he does not have exact ridership projections or numbers to provide. However, he felt the line restoration would definitely alleviate crowding on the Line 51A and the Line 20 that go through Webster Street and provides an alternative to the Estuary Shuttle. On the east end it would help alleviate the crowding on the Line 20 and Line 21 to get to Fruitvale BART. Commissioner Vargas asked if AC Transit will be able to report the distribution once the Line 19 is operating in order to get an idea of how everything else is coming through. Austin Lee replied yes. Commissioner Vargas moved to approve the modification of 3C in place of 3B.… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,6 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 6 | Bellows seconded the motion. The motion was approved 5-0. 5.B. Adopt the Proposed Plan for Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal Parking Jennifer Ott, Alameda Point Chief Operating Officer, presented the first half of the report. Liam Garland presented the second half of the presentation. Commissioner Hans asked if staff have communicated with Alameda Police Department to see if they actually have the staffing to enforce this plan. Jennifer Ott replied staff had a number of conversations with the Alameda Chief of Police and he evaluated the plan and felt this could be enforced with current staff levels. She explained the department would have additional revenues available from tickets to cover incremental increases, but he was comfortable with the plan. She pointed out that the plan was not to take patrol officers off their beats, but to utilize parking technicians who typically work part time. Commissioner Bertken asked staff who has the authority to issue tickets on the private streets. Jennifer Ott replied for the public streets the City has the authority to ticket vehicles and within the private streets the Homeowners Association (HOA) do not have authority to issue tickets, but can tow vehicles. However, the HOAs could create a relationship with the Alameda Police Department so when they call the police, parking technicians can go out and ticket. Therefore, if a relationship is established the City can issue tickets on private streets. She went on to say staff and the HOAs have talked about the implementation, but it would ultimately be up to the HOA's preference. Commissioner Bertken asked who owns the big piece of property adjacent because it would be an obvious benefit to the ferry system. Jennifer Ott replied SRMErnst, a commercial real estate development company. Commissioner Bertken asked staff if the property has already been sold. Jennifer Ott replied she does not think the property has been sold because the property is waterfront commercial land and extremely expensive. She pointed out that this option was revi… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,7 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 7 | concrete estimates of that. She stated that their hope is that the demand has been so strong and people are already using alternative modes of transportation that ridership will not dip dramatically, but WETA is rightfully cautious about what happens if ridership decreases, so they have talked about those issues. Commissioner Vargas said he was excited about the solutions to the challenges. He explained they may not be perfect yet, but they are getting a lot better. He said he met Kevin Connolly, Planning and Development for WETA, two years ago at the WETA Board meeting and invited him to continue this dialogue. He was excited to see WETA's board meeting was held at Alameda City Hall and there is more inter-activity between the two agencies. He stated that he would hold off comments on the ordinance until the public hearing because it is very detailed. He explained that it was good to see the three step solutions regarding the residential parking stickers, parking charges, and shuttle service as Jennifer Ott described. He went on to say that over the weekend, he spoke with a resident of Orange County who has a sticker program in their waterfront neighborhood. The Orange County resident said the program benefitted their family structure and if the policy was not implemented they would have moved out of the community. So, he explained although staff and WETA are working not to lose ferry riders they should also be cognizant to not lose members of the community. Commissioner Bellows opened the floor for public comment. George K, Executive Director of the Community of Harbor Bay Isle, said he represents 20 Homeowner Associations. He explained that he totally supports the ferry service, but unfortunately too much of a good thing has created a problem and this is a practical solution that will work. He felt in his opinion, the framework and the subsequent detailed plan must be implemented in its entirety. He pointed out that the master association has agreed to administer the program and if they do choose to tow, his s… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,8 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 8 | whole framework comes into place they would be able to provide a solution for everyone. Eric Schatmeier spoke as an Alameda resident and said he was in opposition to the staff proposal for three reasons: 1. The plan is inconsistent with the three elements the Commission specified should be a requirement for approval for any future plan; 2. The plan is technically flawed and incomplete and 3. He felt the plan was developed in a vacuum. He explained that in the proposal staff focused on one of the three elements included in endorsing the last plan and he wanted to emphasis the other two, which are maintenance and growth of ferry ridership and the provision of adequate parking at the ferry terminal. He felt if the plan is implemented in January 2017 as proposed there is a real danger of reversing ridership gains the ferry has achieved and pushing usage down that would result in eliminating 100 daily parking opportunities and then charging a fee for the few scarce spaces that would be left. He said the fee represents $40 to $80 per month added to regular ferry fares that are already higher than comparable BART and AC Transbay bus fares. He explained that he did not know of any demand modeling that would not predict the loss of ridership because of raising the fare 20-40%. The staff report explained that parking charges encouraged customers to look for alternative ways to get to the ferry station, but analysis, ridership surveys or demand modeling did not back up this assertion. Also, he said the plan does include what ferry customers who do drive would be willing to pay to park, what will result when various fee levels are implemented, or if there is a contingency plan to determine what the City and WETA would do to get ferry riders back if the program is scrapped because it failed. He stated that the Commission did not approve a principal that said provide adequate parking or shuttle services. The Commission focused on parking because the unfortunate reality is that shuttle services are not adequate alternatives. He… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,9 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 9 | on a farebox recovery performance criteria. He said for years the Harbor Bay service found it hard to reach the farebox recovery requirement and was always on the chopping block, but it is now at a healthy percent. He pointed out that the board is sensitive to overcharging for ferry service, SO they are looking carefully from a policy standpoint about the fare charges over the entire system. Also, he said how the revenues are being used will be carefully analyzed by the board. He appreciated the work that has occurred and it is the community's right to define how they interact with the ferry terminal and they do not want to impose their particular will if it is not satisfactory. Commissioner Bellows asked Kevin Connolly if the WETA Board thought about imposing parking charges at Main Street or the new terminal. Kevin Connolly replied they are approaching parking charges as a system wide policy, but first introducing the policy at Harbor Bay. He explained that Harbor Bay and Main Street terminals have different characteristics, so it is not easy to place a parking permit program at Main Street. Therefore, they would have to work with the City and that is a future prospect further down the line. Jennifer Ott replied she agreed from the City's perspective Harbor Bay is more immediate due to concerns from the neighborhood. She said staff would conduct the same process of working with AC Transit and WETA. Commissioner Vargas referred to the presentation and particularly the parking charge range of $2.00 to $4.00. He asked if WETA has implemented parking charges in another location within their system or could they talk about the $2.00 versus $4.00 charge. Kevin Connolly replied City staff requested that the WETA Board consider parking charges rather than having the Commission adopt charges. WETA has parking charges in the city of Vallejo, but the City owns the parking lots and they charge on a monthly basis or $5 for a daily rate. The policy direction is to keep the parking fees lower to make it accessible for public … | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,10 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 10 | George K. replied the homeowners do not have to pay for the sticker because with their existing staff they would administer the sticker program for both public and private streets to make this as painless as possible on the City and their administrative workload. He said to make this as palatable as possible in order to get the all of the HOAs on board they would make this cost free for them and they can absorb the fees in their existing cost structure. He stated that currently they have 40 employees composed of security and administration and they can do this. Commissioner Vargas asked about the ordinance and the map that was presented earlier. He said two HOAs have public streets and three HOAs have private streets. So, he wanted to know if the addition that is proposed within the ordinance applies to the three HOAs that have the private streets or does that apply to both. Kevin Connolly replied the way the amended ordinance is written that would only apply to HOAs Headlines and Columbia because they are public streets within those two HOAs. So, the ordinance does not affect the HOAs with private streets. Commissioner Vargas said a homeowner brought to his attention the seat clarification in Item C of the ordinance, which highlights that a 55 percent vote was required by the residents to make changes to the parking and with the new addition in blue and red text that the voting would be done by the HOAs. Thus, he wanted to know if that one vote now trumps the other vote. Kevin Connolly replied there is a proposed amendment that does not require the petition, but requires the HOA boards' approval. So, he highlighted that the next step is not residential parking permit implementation, but having Public Works evaluate the ability to implement permit parking and then make its own recommendations on whether residential parking permits should be issued. He explained the next step is a triggering mechanism and the best representatives of the neighborhood is the HOA board who has legal authority. Commissioner Vargas sta… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,11 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 11 | these issues. She said if the vote moves forward they would continue the conversation with AC Transit and the Commission. Commissioner Bellows stated that staff and WETA have done a lot of outreach already and the HOA are on board. She explained that the concept is not ideal, but it is better than the status quo. Commissioner Bertken asked staff if they would see this plan again before it goes before the City Council. Commissioner Bellows replied the concept would go before the City Council. Jennifer Ott replied if the Commission approved the plan it would move forward to the City Council on June 7. She explained that in the fall, they would provide the Commission with an update on how the plan is going and answer questions and receive comments about the details of the plan. Commissioner Vargas recommended to place on the top of the list to look at keeping the parking charges at the minimum or close to the $2.00 range, similar to the Fruitvale BART and Vallejo Ferry parking models. Regarding the residential parking permit program, he would look to the HOAs to come up with a plan and he hoped to not scare motorists away with parking ticket prices, but maybe with a first offense issue a warning. Commissioner Hans moved to approve staff recommendations. Commissioner Vargas seconded the motion. The motion was approved 4-0; 1 abstention by Commission Schatmeier who could not take part in the Commission discussion or vote. 5.C. Discuss the Citywide Transit and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plans Existing Conditions and Goals/Objectives Jennifer Ott introduced the presentation. Brian Sullen and Bill Hurl, CDM Smith, were hired to prepare the plan and they presented the report. Staff Payne replied they were comparing apples and oranges a little bit when speaking about the "Travel within Alameda" slide. She said ultimately, staff is attempting to show the magnitude of the magnate schools and charter schools in the west end, but it became a little convoluted. However, she said the main point is Alameda Unified Sch… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,12 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 12 | Commission Schatmeier said Bay Farm Island has extensive bicycle facilities, therefore creating a lot of opportunities to use bikes. He asked if a station would have more use then the population density would indicate because of the opportunities to use bikes. Brian Sullen replied absolutely, but he would caution against just adding one bike share station, but including maybe three stations because when adding bike share stations you have to cluster a few out there to make it more viable. Commissioner Bellows asked if the existing conditions includes Harbor Bay. Brian Sullen replied they do. Commissioner Bellows said she occasionally takes BART and the trains are more crowded than ever before. She asked if the crowding was due to less trains or increased ridership. Brian Sullen replied BART boardings are not down. However, few Alameda residents are taking BART. Commissioner Schatmeier asked about ridership from Alameda (note - inaudible dialogue) Brian Sullen said he would provide the data to the Commission. Jennifer Ott continued with the presentation's goals, objectives, and feedback. Commissioner Vargas stated that the "Origins and destinations" slide was a useful slide and in the future he wanted staff to provide a slide about where people come from when they travel to Alameda. He also wanted to know at a future time why carpool levels dropped from 2000 to 2005. Furthermore, he said the additional bike share slides were not available in the previous packet, so having that included before the presentation would be good. Commissioner Bellows opened the floor to public comment. Denise Tropadea, Alameda resident, said safety is near and dear to my heart as it relates to the TDM. She explained that she recently moved into a Victorian home in Alameda and when she is not having to haul building material around than she is biking, walking or using public transit. She stated that she supported all the work that the City is doing to get people out of their cars. However, she explained as Alameda continues to grow the C… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,13 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 13 | going into Oakland and they are not able to lock it, well no one is going to do that. Heather Little stated that six months ago she started speaking with key people around the City such as the City Council, Planning Board and Bike Walk Alameda about safety issues such as the lack of infrastructure for bikes linking one end of the island to the other and vehicles speeding. She said she was pleased about Central Avenue and the Bay Trail, but in the meantime something must be done about safety. She explained to the Commission that her husband was bicycling home from the ferry terminal and while traveling home, a car failed to yield to him and he was pushed off the road at Main Street. She said he now has a pretty serious collar bone fracture. She asked the Commission to make sure this plan is not just piecemealed together, but take into account all modes of transportation along with a policy such as Vision Zero. She brought up the fact that two fatalities occurred with a car involved in the past eight months. Also, when she quoted the last statistics on record from 2013 when comparing Alameda to 103 other cities similar to its population size, Alameda was rated eighth worse for injuries in car related versus pedestrian accidents. She liked the fact that this was being addressed before new development gets underway. Yet, the City is struggling because people want to get out of their cars, but the City needs to set the infrastructure and not have cars parked right on the intersections. She said this is not just on the Commission, but Alameda Police Department, Bike Walk Alameda, Planning Board and City Council. Lucy Gigli, President of Bike Walk Alameda, said the plan was off to a great start and she has been part of the presentations in the past months. She said there is great stuff to move the City forward in active transportation. However, she has provided recommendations 1. Safety must be implemented on our streets and placing goals and objectives on how to encourage people to walk and bike in Alameda and get them… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,14 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 14 | Commissioner Schatmeier said regarding the goals and objectives for public transit, he would like to see public become a multi-purpose and multi-destination phenomenon that serves a variety of destinations. He would also like to see transit attract choice riders, meaning people who choose to take public transit, because they think public transit is better for many trips. He said on the main island the Lines 51 and 851 service Santa Clara Avenue 24 hours a day. So, it is possible, but may not be as convenient to live on the corridor and now own a vehicle. He explained that planning is being done on Alameda Point in the hope that some people will move in without relying on cars for most of their trips. In order to do this, he said a structure must be put into place on day one that serves people for a variety of trips. As a result, he wanted to see that versatility reflected in the Commission's discussion on what they intend to do in the future because currently it is not explicitly laid out. Commissioner Hans said he would like staff to review the transportation of children. He understood the fact that there is large number of interisland transportation of children to schools and as a crossing guard at Lincoln Middle School on Fernside Boulevard there are many potential vehicle caused collisions. He explained that a number of single-occupant drivers are commuting back and forth particularly from Bay Farm to the main island in order to transport their children to school. Also, he said that different youth organizations and events require families to do a number of back and forth commutes including on the weekends. He wondered if a kid's shuttle could be implemented to bring children to destinations or take kids to youth events or schools. He also stated safety is paramount and he has seen a number of incidents and that continues to increase with near fatalities almost every single day on Fernside Boulevard. Commissioner Vargas stated that there was ditto between Goal 1 and 2 of the staff report except changing the l… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,15 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 15 | Commissioner Bellows said regarding the objectives and goals, she was fully committed to multimodal travel, but the fact of life is present and will be interconnected, autonomous and driverless. Therefore, the goals and objectives should include accommodating for this because they are coming and it helps people particularly on the west end to get off the island because you can get a lot of capacity from those vehicles. She felt that was an aspect that the Commission should think about as well including other technologies such as ride sharing smart phone apps. She also explained that including safety into the plan is a primary goal. Commissioner Vargas said that feedback on the bikes was way over his head, but he felt this topic was out of place and should be discussed separately. Staff Payne replied Commissioner Vargas could provide input to staff at a later time. Commissioner Bellows felt the bike share was a separate topic. Staff Payne said the bike share portion was part of the consultant's work scope to do a conduct bike share feasibility study. Staff timed bike share portion to be prepared for MTC's LOI. Commissioner Bellows asked staff if the intent was to say that the Commission supports a bike feasibility study. Staff Payne replied the intent is to be considered for the MTC capital grant to help fund the majority of the capital costs in order to have bike share in Alameda. Commissioner Bellows and Commissioner Vargas replied they did not pick up on the intent from the staff report. Staff Payne replied staff would like to know what the Commission thinks about the LOI and what is needed. Commissioner Bertken asked staff who will manage the bike share program. Jennifer Ott replied the grant is a two-step process, meaning staff would put something forward as a proposal which is preliminary. She explained there wasn't time given the scope to have a full community process on bike share like staff normally would, so staff made a judgement call to submit the LOI or lose the opportunity. Commissioner Bellows repli… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,16 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 16 | Commissioner Bellows asked about the schedule for bike share plan. Jennifer Ott replied bike share plan is due at the end of this month. Commissioner Bellows asked about the due date for the LOI. Jennifer Ott stated that the LOI is due in June and in the fall staff will apply for the grant. She said there was plenty of time to come back to the Commission and answer questions. Commissioner Bertken asked staff if they receive the grant does that preclude the bike share program from being a commercial operation. Commissioner Bellows replied there are different types of models, however, this bike share program needs to be more thought out. Commissioner Schatmeier replied whether or not to submit the LOI is not on the agenda. Commissioner Bellows replied the Commission would have to make the LOI a separate motion. However, right now she felt Commissioner Vargas was correct the bike share plan was not part of the goals and objectives. Thus, she proposed to have a new motion to consider the LOI. Commissioner Schatmeier replied this is not an action item, so staff could submit the LOI with or without the Commission's approval. Jennifer Ott said that was correct, staff would need a letter from the City manager, but they would like the Commission's feedback and staff would come back to the Commission with more detailed analysis about the bike share program. Commissioner Bertken replied that he would feel better if they separate the feasibility study, which creates more confusion. Jennifer Ott said if MTC accepts the LOI, staff would come back to the Commission as a separate agenda item potentially named the bike share feasibility study. 6. Staff Communications 6.A. Potential Future Meeting Agenda Items 1. AC Transit Major Corridor Study Analysis 2. Shoreline Bikeway Analysis 3. Broadway/Jackson Update 4. Cross Alameda Trail Preliminary Design between Webster Street and Constitution Way 5. Cross Alameda Trail, Atlantic Segment Commissioner Vargas asked Staff Patel about item 3 of 6.A. and does he know when that will happen.… | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf,17 | TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 17 | Staff Patel replied Liam Garland said they are continuing. Commissioner Bertken asked about item 2 of 6.A. Staff Patel replied this is an analysis looking at the results after implementation and staff has not completed the analysis yet. He said staff is in the process of gathering accident, ridership, crash and traffic data on Shoreline Boulevard. 7. Announcements/Publio Comments 8. Adjournment 9:54 pm Page 17 of 17 | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |
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