CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes for September 24, 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 Approve the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Pierce Street Rehabilitation and Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Project, approve the 20% Concept Plans, and recommend that the City Council proceed with the preparation of the 100% plans—Staff report, Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and Response to Comments on the project, Arborist Report, project plans and pictures (Attached).
6-2 Large Vehicle Parking Citywide—Draft language change for Ordinance (attached)
Note: Commission should address how each action above might affect pedestrian and bicycle safety and travel.
7. REPORTS
7-1 AC Transit Service Adjustments—report on Council action
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
8-1 Article from the San Francisco Chronicle about how bicycling is changing the urban environment
9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Commission announcements or requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items)
• Request re-pavement of Masonic Avenue (November)
• AC Transit bus stop change northbound at San Pablo and Solano (November)
• Buchanan Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Project Initial Study Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (November)
• Approval of the Buchanan Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Project Mitigated Negative Declaration (December)
• Review Billboard ordinance (January)
• Limited time parking at the southwest side of Solano Avenue adjacent to Subway (January)
• Complete Streets concept for Buchanan Street
• Climate Action Plan
10. ADJOURNMENT – Next meeting: November 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Attachments
Item 6-1:
a. Map Segment I
Pierce Street memo
c. Map Both Segments
d. Staff Report
e. Arborist Report
f. Bicycle Solutions Memo
g. Project Photos
h. Public meeting Notices
i. LSA Memorandum
j. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
Item 6-2: Proposed Ordinance Language Change
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