1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes for October 22, 2009
4. PUBLIC COMMENT - For persons desiring to address the Commission on an item that is not on the agenda please note that each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes. The Brown Act limits the Committee’s ability to take and/or discuss items that are not on the agenda; therefore, such items are normally referred to staff for comment or to a future agenda.
5 PRESENTATION
5-1 Police Report
6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
6-1 Buchanan Bicycle and Pedestrian Path Initial Study Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration. Presentation by LSA and Associates
6-2 Large Vehicle Parking Citywide—Brainstorm on how to inform residents on proposed changes to the current ordinance and parking alternatives for recreational vehicles and large trucks—Verbal report.
6-3 Masonic Avenue pavement condition as alternative route during the BART retrofit project.
Note: Commission should address how each action above might affect pedestrian and bicycle safety and travel.
7. REPORTS
7-1 Curb ramp project construction update
7-2 Speed and volume survey report for the 700 block of Madison Street
7-3 Speed and volume survey report for the 600 block of Madison Street
7-4 Pierce Street City Council Action on 10/19/09
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
8-1 Letter from Howard McNenny regarding traffic calming (chokers) on the 1000 block of Santa Fe Avenue.
9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Commission announcements or requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).
• Recommendation to City Council on the approval of the Buchanan Bicycle/Pedestrian Path project Mitigated Negative Declaration (January, 2010)
• Review Billboard Ordinance (February 2010)
• Limited time parking at the southwest side of Solano Avenue adjacent to Subway (February, 2010)
• Climate Action Plan
• Complete Streets concept for Buchanan Street
10. ADJOURNMENT – Next meeting: December 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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TS Minutes - 20091119
