Title
Endorse the Transportation Choices Plan Year 2 Annual Report and the West Alameda Transportation Management Association Year 5 Annual Report (Andrew Thomas, Director of Planning, Building and Transportation)
Body
Transportation Commission
January 22, 2020
Item 5A
Action
Endorse the Transportation Choices Plan Year 2 Annual Report and the West Alameda Transportation Management Association Year 5 Annual Report
BACKGROUND
In 2018, the City Council adopted a citywide Transportation Choices Plan, which establishes 39 priority projects and programs to improve transportation services and facilities in Alameda over the next 10 to 15 years. The Transportation Choices Plan requires an annual review of progress made toward meeting the City’s transportation improvement needs. The 2018 Annual Report, which identified priorities for 2019 and 2020, was approved by the Transportation Commission in February 2019 and by the City Council in April 2019.
City staff provided status reports to the Transportation Commission in May and September of 2019, which gave a snap shot of work in progress or completed.
This 2019 Annual Report on Transportation provides an annual status report on transportation in Alameda, a summary of work completed in 2019 to implement the Plan, and the work plan and goals for the current year (Exhibit 1).
In 2013, the master developers for Alameda Landing established a transportation management association (TMA) for the Alameda Landing mixed use project, which includes the shopping center, the Tripoint residential development, the waterfront Bay Ship and Yacht warehouses and the Waterfront Park and neighborhood under construction. The 2007 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan for Alameda Landing calls for the TMA to be eventually consolidated with Alameda Point transportation services and programs, to provide Day One Services in 2013, and to provide an annual report of activities for Transportation Commission review, including a year five Annual Report (Exhibit 2).
DISCUSSION
The Transportation Choices Plan Annual Report will be considered by the City Council in April. Staff invites the community and the Transportation Commission to review and comment on the draft Annual Report. Transportation Commission and community member recommended changes or additions will be provided as part of an amended report or in the staff report to the City Council for their review of the Annual Report in April.
The West Alameda TMA Annual Report provides an overview of services provided by the TMA to the residents and businesses at Alameda Landing and west Alameda over the last five years. The report also describes the Association’s plans to replace the Alameda Landing private shuttle program in 2020 with enhanced AC Transit services and EasyPasses for all of Alameda Landing residents and shopping center employees. To effectuate the change, the Alameda TMA property owners and business will join the citywide Alameda TMA, which is currently comprised of the Northern Waterfront project area, the Alameda Point project area and the Alameda Housing Authority, as the Alameda Landing project area committee. With the creation of an Alameda Landing project area committee within the Alameda TMA, there will be no need for a West Alameda TMA. Future year Transportation Choices Plan Annual Reports will provide progress reports for the Alameda TMA, which is designed to serve as a citywide TMA, for its member organizations, businesses and the general public.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Endorsement of the two Annual Reports will have no impact on the General Fund. The recommended priority actions are designed to be accomplished within existing (or anticipated) approved budgets and with existing (or anticipated) funding sources, where the City is the lead agency. Final budget decisions on specific programs and capital projects will be made by the City Council when it approves the Biennial Budget and Capital Improvement Program. Endorsement of a work priority in the Annual Report does not predetermine or obligate the City Council to make a particular funding decision when it adopts the citywide Budget and Capital Improvement Program.
MUNICIPAL CODE/POLICY DOCUMENT CROSS REFERENCE
This action does not affect the Alameda Municipal Code. An annual review of the Transportation Choices Plan is required by the plan itself. Undertaking the 2019 Annual Report on Transportation is consistent with the Transportation Element of the City's General Plan, which states that the City shall update planning documents as shown below:
• Policy 4.1.6.e: Support and maintain an up-to-date Transportation System Management (TSM) and TDM plan consistent with state law to provide adequate traffic flow to maintain established level of service.
• Policy 4.3.1.a: Update and implement the recommendations of the Alameda Long Range Transit Plan.
• Policy 4.3.2.d: Develop and implement a Pedestrian Master Plan with regard to physical system improvements, as well as programs and policies relating to encouragement, education and enforcement.
• Policy 4.3.3.a: Maintain and implement the Bicycle Master Plan with regard to physical system improvements (especially the identified priority projects), as well as programs and policies relating to encouragement, education and enforcement.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Endorsement of an Annual Report is statutorily exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA only applies to actions that have the potential to cause a significant impact on the environment.
RECOMMENDATION
Endorse the Transportation Choices Plan Year 2 Annual Report and the West Alameda Transportation Management Association Year 5 Annual Report
Respectfully submitted,
Andrew Thomas, Director of Planning, Building and Transportation
Exhibits:
1. Annual Report on Transportation for 2019
2. Alameda Landing Transportation Management Association’s Transportation Demand Management Annual Report