Thursday, November 16, 2023; 6:00-8:00 pm
In-person meeting at City Hall, Hearing Room 4, viewable online
View and download the full agenda packet [12mb PDF].
Commissioners
Andrew Campbell, Alexander Frank, Grey Gardner (Vice Chair), Michael Lok, Phoenix Mangrum, David Ralston, Patricia Schader, Nicholas Whipps, Dianne Yee (Chair)
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
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AGENDA
| Time | Item # | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 | 1 | Roll Call/Determination of Quorum/Introductions (10 minutes) |
| 6:10 | 2 | Open Forum / Public Comment (10 minutes) Members of the public may comment on any issue within BPAC’s subject matter jurisdiction. Comments on a scheduled agenda item will be heard with that item. The BPAC’s Open Forum Liasons track Open Forum issues raised by the public. The Liasons review the public comments on a periodic basis to identify policy issues for discussion by the Commission. To request City services, please contact the City of Oakland Call Center (311). |
| 6:20 | 3 | Approval of meeting minutes (5 Minutes) Seek motion to adopt the October 2023 BPAC meeting minutes. |
| 6:25 | 4 | Form 700 Overview (15 Minutes) Britney Hines, Assistant City Clerk, will provide an informational presentation to further inform and increase Board And Commission Members’ compliance with the timely filing of all Statement Of Economic Interests Statements, also known as Form 700. |
| 6:40 | 5 | BPAC Outreach Materials (15 minutes) Stephen Tu from the OakDOT Safe Streets Division, Bicycle and Pedestrian Program, will present and ask for feedback on graphic design options for tabling materials for the BPAC to facilitate BPAC participation at community events. The materials may include banners or tablecloths, flyers, t-shirts for BPAC members, and other handouts. |
| 6:55 | 6 | Recent Bicyclist- and Pedestrian-Related Crashes (10 minutes) Commissioner Schader will lead the commission in a discussion of recent fatal and other high-profile traffic crashes in Oakland involving bicyclists and pedestrians. Commissioner Whipps will seek a motion for a BPAC recommendation urging stakeholder agencies to take actions to improve traffic safety on International Blvd. · On Monday, October 23rd, 2023, at possibly an hour prior to 8:17 PM, a Black male bicyclist approximately 50-59 years old was severely injured by a driver in a hit-and-run collision along the 550 block of 45th Street. · On Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 at approximately 10:26 PM, a Hispanic male pedestrian approximately 40 years old was killed by a driver in a hit-and-run collision at the 4200 block of International Boulevard at High Street, involving the following scenario: a driver (“Driver #1”) traveling eastbound in the 4200 block of International Blvd at a high rate of speed collided with another driver’s (Driver #2”) vehicle. The impact from the collision caused Driver #1 to collide into two parked vehicles on the south curbside, where the pedestrian was pinned in between the two parked vehicles. The pedestrian suffered a severed leg and was transported to the hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. |
| 7:15 | 7 | AC Transit Realign Bus Service Network Plan Update (25 minutes) Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District’s (AC Transit) Maria Henderson, External Affairs Representative, and Owen Goetze, Transportation Planner will present AC Transit Realign, a comprehensive review of AC Transit’s bus network to respond to shifts in riders’ travel patterns. Each draft service scenario has been shaped by community input concerning crucial travel needs, and each scenario demonstrates how it will advance community mobility. AC Transit is seeking comments on the preliminary service scenarios between November 1 and December 13, 2023, to help inform the development of a single preferred service plan for implementation in August 2024. |
| 7:40 | 8 | Fire Code Amendments – Status (5 minutes) The Ad Hoc Committee on Fire Code Amendments continues to seek information from the Oakland Fire Department on proposed amendments to the Oakland Fire Code. The Committee is monitoring the agendas of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee where the item is anticipated to be heard. |
| 7:45 | 9 | Committee Report-Backs (10 minutes) Committees of the BPAC will provide brief updates to the Commission. City staff to the BPAC will provide an update on the format of committee meetings. A list of active committees is included in the agenda packet and on the BPAC webpage. |
| 7:55 | 10 | Three-month agenda look-ahead (below), suggestions for meeting topics, announcements (below) (5 minutes) |
Three-month agenda look-ahead
December
- Violence Prevention Partnerships, DVP-OPD-DOT (tentative, Wier)
- BPAC Chair’s Report to the Public Works and Transportation Committee (tentative, Yee)
- Capital Improvement Program FY 2023-2025 Review (tentative, Raphael)
January
- BPAC Officer Elections (tentative)
- Committee assignments (tentative)
February
- BPAC Strategic Planning (tentative)
Announcements
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The Traffic Fatality Map has been updated with the latest fatality data through September 2023. In addition, the web map also features traffic fatality data for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 on victim counts by year and by mode (Pedestrian, Bicyclist, Driver, Passenger, Motorcyclist, Other motorized User, Other non-motorized User). This integrated traffic fatality data comes from the compilation of instances by OPD, OakDOT’s Rapid Response Program, and Bicycle & Pedestrian Program.
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