1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes for December 18, 2008
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 Parking Enforcement Operation—Presentation by Chief McQuiston on updates to this program
5-2 Status of Traffic and Safety Commission membership
5-3 I-80/Buchanan Park and Ride lot proposal—Design Alternatives 1 North & Design Alternative 2 South
5-4 Buchanan Master Plan—discussion of plan approach proposed AS&R
5-5 Cleveland off-ramp extension—discussion proposed by AS&R
Note: Continue discussion of traffic and safety problems around elementary schools in Albany to the next meeting
6. REPORTS
6-1 Police Reports
6-2 Ohlone Greenway bike path widening status
6-3 Buchanan Bicycle Path planning
6-4 Report on speed survey on the 1000 block of Santa Fe Avenue—Speed survey report along with new traffic calming criteria.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
7-1 Letters from: Shirley Ng, Ron Scheele, and Marilyn Jossens
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Commission announcements or requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).
§ Traffic and safety problems around elementary schools in Albany
§ Trucks parked on Buchanan Street
§ Vehicular and Pedestrian/Bicycle “Way-Finding”
§ Call boxes types and costs
9. ADJOURNMENT – Next meeting: February 26, at 7:00 pm
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