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18544 | Staff Khan stated that all comments will be forwarded to the Planning Department and they will respond to them in the final report. Commissioner Moehring is excited to see the plans moving forward. 5. Staff Communications Staff Khan reported on the Transportation Bylaws Update. He specifically noted that the commissioners' vote to hold meetings every other month may be premature and for now the meetings will be held every month until he receives more information in March. Staff Khan reported on the Review of the Draft Prioritized Transportation Project List, which will go before the Planning Board next Monday. He incorporated some of the TC members' comments specifically within the Project Readiness section. Also, some of the changes have resulted in a shuffling of the projects on the list. Commissioner Miley stated that there were concerns in Oakland regarding the Broadway/ Jackson project. He wanted to know if as the projects move forward would they come before the Commission or the public for comments. Staff Khan replied that it is an internal prioritized project list so staff could pursue funding. He further explained that if any project moves forward in terms of scoping then the Transportation Commission would be involved. In terms of the Broadway and Jackson project, as the project moves towards the next step, which is the environmental analysis and document, the public's input is essential and staff is continuing to work with the City of Oakland. He also stated that the Broadway/Jackson project application, which went into the Alameda Countywide Transportation Plan, was a co-sponsored application with the cities of Alameda and Oakland, which was the first time the City has co-sponsored with the City of Oakland on this project. Commissioner Miley stated that he did not realize the project was co-sponsored project between Oakland and Alameda, so it is good to see that collaboration. Staff Khan stated that although most of the project's footprint is located in Oakland, it creates a great regional collaboration and plans for multimodal elements such bus rapid transit, bike lanes on Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway and transit exclusive lanes. Staff Payne gave an update on the Alameda Paratransit Program Modification. She presented the MRTIP fare structure to Donatella Zepplin, who works as the outreach spokesperson for those who use paratransit services at Mastick Senior Center. Ms. Zepplin felt the $3.00 increment would cause more confusion given that the East Bay Paratransit is a $4.00 ticket and the Premium taxi service travel voucher costs $2.50. Therefore, all of the customers would have to remember how much each service costs. She understood Ms. Zepplin's concerns and suggested that the Commission change the initial decision from $3.00 to $2.50. Commissioner Bellows stated that the purpose of the $3.00 charge was to increase funding to the MRTIP program and she asked staff to consider increasing the charge to $4.00. Page 4 of 5 |