Thursday, December 14, 2023; 6:00-8:00 pm
In-person meeting at City Hall, Hearing Room 4, viewable online
View and download the full agenda packet [9.7mb PDF].

Commissioners

Andrew Campbell, Alexander Frank, Grey Gardner (Vice Chair), Michael Lok, Phoenix Mangrum, David Ralston, Patricia Schader, Nicholas Whipps, Dianne Yee (Chair)

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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 November 2023 BPAC meeting minutes.
6:25	4	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. · On Friday, December 1, 2023 at approximately 12:33 AM, a 34-year-old male pedestrian was killed by a northbound driver in a hit-and-run collision while walking eastbound in the southern crosswalk at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and West Grand Avenue.
6:35	5	Violence Prevention Partnerships (40 minutes) Joe Wang, OakDOT Safe Streets Division Manager, Brian Sukkar, OakDOT Transportation Engineer, and Joe DeVries, Deputy City Administrator will provide an overview of non-traditional engineering approaches OakDOT has begun piloting in support of City violence prevention efforts led by the Oakland Police Department and the Department of Violence Prevention.
7:15	6	BPAC Chair’s Report to the Public Works and Transportation Committee (25 minutes) BPAC Chair Dianne Yee will present a draft 2023 BPAC Chair’s Report to Oakland City Council’s Public Works Committee for the BPAC’s review. The final report will be presented to the BPAC at the January 2024 meeting for review and approval.
7:40	7	BPAC Open Forum Liaison Report (5 minutes) Jimmy Jessup (jwjessup@gmail.com) will report back on the status of items presented by the public to the BPAC in 2023. The BPAC Open Forum Liaison requests that the BPAC review and accept the report and consider further action, if necessary.
7:45	8	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	9	Three-month agenda look-ahead (below), suggestions for meeting topics, announcements (below) (5 minutes)

Three-month agenda look-ahead

January

• BPAC Officer Elections (tentative)
• Committee assignments (tentative)

February

• BPAC Strategic Planning (tentative)

March

• TDA Article 3 Project Recommendations (tentative)
• Bike to Work Day Planning (tentative)
• Paving Plan Update (tentative)

Announcements

• BPAC Agenda Sign-Up List:
  Sign up to receive these BPAC agendas by email.
• Oakland Traffic Fatality Web Map Updates:
  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.
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Technical Assistance Grant for Doolittle Dr Bay Trail Gap Closure:
  Earlier this year, the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) completed a new half-mile section of Class I Bay Trail along Doolittle Drive from Swan Way to the Doolittle Staging Area parking lot (read about it on pg 2 of the latest We Bike Oakland newsletter [PDF]). This leaves a roughly half-mile gap in the trail before connecting to existing paths in Alameda. Bicycle & Pedestrian Program (BPP) staff participated in the MTC Bay Trail Gap Closure Implementation Plan which highlighted the importance of this segment with a high ranking score in the recently finished prioritization schema.
  This segment is not included in the Measure DD plan for waterfront access. Doolittle Dr is a Caltrans facility under Port of Oakland jurisdiction adjacent to EBRPD shoreline parks, has a limited width right-of-way, and has low elevation spots vulnerable to sea level rise. Because of the complicated factors for building bicycle and pedestrian access, BPP staff responded to a call for interest from the MTC Active Transportation Technical Assistance Program. Given that the Doolittle Drive Bay Trail Gap Closure project is along the Bay Trail and implements Oakland’s bike plan, MTC recommended $40,000 in funding for design assistance. The award is pending approval by the MTC Planning Committee meeting December 8, 2023. Staff subsequently met to begin coordination with the City of Alameda which is seeking substantial grant funding for sea level rise adaptation for Doolittle Dr because it is one of only two emergency evacuation routes for the low-lying Bay Farm Island neighborhood. Main goals of the technical assistance project are to coordinate the various stakeholders and develop short-term bike/ped improvement options.
• Paint The Town Street Mural Painting at 7th Ave and Booker Street:
  On November 5th, the Oakland Urban Farming Project completed a street mural within a one-block section of 7th Avenue, near the intersection with Booker Street. The Oakland Urban Farming Project conducted community outreach to secure support for the mural, which thematically ties in with the adjacent terraced community garden. The mural project was facilitated by OakDOT’s Paint The Town Program.
• 8th Street West Oakland Traffic Calming Project – Public Art Component Approval:
  On November 6th, the artists Nyia Luna and the Bay Area Mural Program received approval from the City’s Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC) to paint utility boxes as a part of the public art component of the 8th Street West Oakland Traffic Calming Project. This approval allows artists to paint the remaining utility boxes that are part of this project, in addition to boxes previously approved by the PAAC on September 11th and currently being painted by the artist Refa One. A total of 14 utility boxes will be painted along 8th Street and nearby areas. Painting is anticipated to be complete by early 2024.