Traffic & Safety Meeting: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 7pm. Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.
This meeting includes discussion of Traffic Calming on the 800 Block of Santa Fe, Implementation of Disabled Parking on Solano Avenue, Street Smarts Program Presentation & Discussion; Discussion of potential amendaments to the Muni-Code related to Parking, Bicycles, and other Traffic & Safety Improvements in the Public Right-Of-Way, Traffic & Safety Commission Work Plan 2013, Marin/Santa Fe Safe Routes to School Project Report, Buchanan Bikeway Project Report, RFQ Report, Speed Survey at 500 Carmel Status Report, Chair & Vice Chair 2013 Selection.
*** AGENDA ***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes for December 4, 2012
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
Recommended Action: No action required. For information only.
6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
(Limited public comment will be taken for reports)
6-1 Traffic Calming on the 800 Block of Santa Fe Avenue
Recommended Action: Recommend to staff expenditure of funds to retain a traffic engineer to identify location-specific traffic calming measures; (2) Request staff to prepare revisions to City of Albany Traffic Calming policy; or (3) recommend staff continue to monitor traffic volumes and speeds.
Item 6-1 Santa Fe Flyer
Item 6-1 Santa Fe TCProposal
Item 6-1 Santa Fe Median
Item 6-1 Santa Fe White Lines
Item 6-1 TC Memo
6-2 Implementation of Disabled Parking on selected locations along Solano Avenue.
Recommended Action: Discuss proposed locations and direct staff of next steps.
Item 6-2 Disabled parking SR
Item 6-2 DA Parking
Item 6-2 DA Parking2
Item 6-2 ADA Parking3a
Item 6-2 ADA Parking3b
Item 6-2 ADA Parking4
Item 6-2 DP Map
Item 6-2 DP Notice
6-3 Streets Smarts Program Presentation and Discussion
Recommended Action: Receive presentation, discuss program and determine if it would be a good fit for the City—A recommendation for implementation could be outcome of this discussion.
Item 6-3 Street Smarts memo
6-4 Discussion of potential amendments to the Municipal Code related to parking, bicycles, and other traffic and safety improvements in the public right-of-way.
Recommended Action: Discuss potential topics for possible revision and provide direction to staff.
Item 6-4 MC
6-5 Traffic and Safety Commission Work Plan 2013
Recommended Action: Discuss Work Plan and recommend to City Council approval of Work Plan.
6-6 Report on construction activities for the Marin/Santa Fe Safe Routes to School Project
Recommended Action: For information only.
6-7 Report on construction activities for the Buchanan Bikeway Project
Recommended Action: For information only.
6-8 Report on Request for Qualifications for Professional Engineering Services for the Design of the Marin Bikeway from San Pablo Avenue to Cornell Avenue and the Marin Undergrounding Utility District from San Pablo to Masonic.
Recommended Action: For information only.
6-9 Status Report on Speed Surveys at: 500 Carmel
Recommended Action: No action required. For information only.
6-10 Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for 2013
Recommended Action: make nomination(s) and vote for members to serve as Chair and Vice Chair.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Tentative agenda for the February Meeting (Subject to change)
• Washington Avenue Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Assessment by the UC Berkeley Tech Transfer Program
• Traffic and Safety oversight of transportation impacts of proposed development or redevelopment in Albany
• Pierce Street Park Project/AC Transit Stop
• Continue discussions of potential comprehensive review of Municipal Code for parking, bicycles, and other traffic and safety considerations
• Sidewalks and Parcel Tax
Potential items for subsequent meetings: TBD
9. ADJOURNMENT – Next scheduled meeting: February 28, 2013-7:00 PM-City Council Chambers
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TS Minutes - 2013-01-24
