1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes for January 22, 2009
4. PUBLIC COMMENT - For persons desiring to address the Commission/Committee/Board 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. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
5-1 Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
5-2 Whole Foods Project—Presentation (attachment)
5-3 Continue discussion and possible solutions of traffic and safety problems around Marin Elementary School—attachment
5-4 Request by Albany Strollers & Rollers to consider a Master Plan for Buchanan Street
6. REPORTS
6-1 Police Reports
6-2 Hillside Avenue Turnaround—report on previous Planning and Zoning action.
6-3 Report on traffic signal at the intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Solano Avenue
6-4 Ohlone Greenway bike path widening status
6-5 Buchanan Bicycle Path planning
6-6 Buchanan Park and Ride lot
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
7-1 Email from Susan Moffat regarding SB 375 and what it would mean for the City
7-2 Email from Jack Tseng requesting loading and unloading space along the 600 block of Cleveland
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Commission announcements or requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).
§ Buchanan Bicycle/Pedestrian Path design alternatives
§ Buchanan/Jackson Traffic Signal
§ Trucks parked on Buchanan Street
§ Vehicular and Pedestrian/Bicycle “Way-Finding”
§ RVs parked on Masonic Avenue
§ Loading/Unloading request on the 600 block of Cleveland Avenue
9. ADJOURNMENT – Next meeting: March 26, at 7:00 pm
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