Title
Approve Meeting Minutes - November 16, 2016
Body
Transportation Commission
February 22, 2017
Item 4A
Action
Commissioner Michele Bellows called the Transportation Commission to order at 7:00 p.m.
1. Roll Call
Roll was called and the following was recorded:
Members Present:
Michele Bellows (Chair)
Jesus Vargas
Gregory Morgado
Thomas G. Bertken
Samantha Soules
Members Absent:
Christopher Miley (Vice Chair)
Michael Hans
Staff Present:
Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse and Transportation Planning Director
Gail Payne, Transportation Coordinator
Rochelle Wheeler, Transportation Planner
2. Agenda Changes
None.
3. Announcements / Public Comments
Jim Strehlow, Alameda resident, said at the last Transportation Commission meeting he brought up the Posey Tube construction project and he asked staff when Caltrans reached out to the community. He was informed by staff that Caltrans presented in 2014. He felt there was a difference between a presentation on the project and a workshop about the project. He said a workshop gets the community involved and Caltrans only informing the community was not enough. He said Caltrans did not provide much notice about when they were going to implement their design.
Dorothy Freeman, Alameda resident, explained that the last Alameda traffic study utilized the proposed development housing unit numbers entered into the Alameda Housing Element in 2012. She said since then, some studies for each individual developments have been done, but the new citywide traffic study is in progress. She said currently the number of houses that have been requested along the Northern Waterfront far exceeds the numbers that were used in the study. The housing units approved for Del Monte, Encinal Avenue Terminal, Alameda Landing, and Alameda Marina basically doubled from what was used in the study. She said residential units under construction have n...
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