1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Minutes for March 24, 2011, notes for Special Meeting on April 7, 2011, and January 28, 2011
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 Permit Parking /Meter Parking Presentation—Panel presentation by staff from the Cities of El Cerrito and Berkeley.
6-2 Albany Active Transportation Draft Plan—Refer to the attached notes describing the actions taken at the 4/7/11 Special Meeting and the draft language suggested by Chair McCroskey for some of the projects. The Commission will finalize the project description and make a recommendation to Council for the document in order to develop environmental work—Please bring the hard copies of the plan to the meeting (Electronic revisions of the edits will be sent to commissioners via email the week of Monday, April 25).
Note: Commission should address how each action above might affect pedestrian and bicycle safety and travel.
7. REPORTS
7-1 Report on the observations of the temporary parking restriction on the 1000 block of Solano Ave. adjacent to Subway
7-2 Report on Safety Train Event
7-3 Update on Buchanan/Jackson Signal and Pedestrian Improvements
7-4 Update on Pierce Street Pavement Rehabilitation and Bicycle Path Project
7-5 Update on the Buchanan Bikeway
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Commission announcements or requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).
• Parking on Washington Avenue between Pierce Street and Polk Street (May, 2011)
• Temporary Parking restriction on the existing green zone on the south side of the 1000 block of Solano Avenue at Subway restaurant. (May 2011)
• AC Transit route restoration: BART, Target, San Pablo, Library, Solano (May or June, 2011)
• Implementation of RAD at the signals to enable enforcement of red light violations (May or June, 2011)
• Revisit the provisions for Large Vehicle Parking Ordinance enforcement (July, 2011)
• Active Transportation Plan Environmental Work (September, 2011)
10. ADJOURNMENT – Next meeting: May 26, 2011 at 7:00 pm—City Council Chambers
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