Thursday, August 15, 2024; 6-8pm
In-person meeting at City Hall, Hearing Room 4, viewable online
View and download the full agenda packet [6mb PDF].

Commissioners

Priyanka Altman, Alexander Frank, Grey Gardner (Chair), Jimmy Jessup, Phoenix Mangrum,
David Ralston (Vice Chair), Patricia Schader, Nicholas Whipps, Dianne Yee

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

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AGENDA

Time	Item #	Topic
6:00	1	Roll Call, Determination of Quorum, Introductions, and Acknowledgement of Recent Bicyclist and Pedestrian Fatal Traffic Crashes (15 minutes) Chair Gardner will take roll call, determine quorum, and facilitate introductions. Commissioner Schader will lead the commission in an acknowledgement of recent fatal and other high-profile traffic crashes in Oakland involving bicyclists and pedestrians. · At around 5:17pm on July 21st, 2024, a 68-year-old White male bicyclist was killed by a motorist at Broadway and 27th St in a hit and run crash.
6:15	2	Open Forum / Announcements (below) / 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).
6:25	3	Approval of meeting minutes (5 Minutes) Seek motion to adopt the July 2024 BPAC meeting minutes.
6:30	4	Committee Report-Backs (10 minutes) Committees of the BPAC will provide brief overviews and updates to the Commission. A list of active committees is included in the agenda packet and on the BPAC webpage. · Policy and Legislative Committee: As of the publication of this agenda, a meeting was planned for Monday, August 12, 2024, 5:30-7:30 PM in City Hall, Hearing Room 2. They will discuss items on 311 Service Requests, fatality/injury related bicyclist or pedestrian related crash data, and the Oakland General Plan Update Land Use and Transportation Element. · Infrastructure Committee: The next meeting is scheduled for September 5, 2024, 3:30-5:30pm in the Broadway Conference Room at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 4314.
6:40	5	San Francisco’s Vision Zero Quick-Build Program (30 minutes) Jen Wong, Transportation Planner at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will present on the Quick-Build Program. This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of one of San Francisco’s project delivery methods for enhancing street safety and reducing traffic fatalities. Launched to support the city’s Vision Zero initiative, the Quick-Build Program has been a pivotal element in San Francisco’s Vision Zero Action Strategy. This presentation reflects on the program’s key features, achievements, and challenges over the past five years.
7:15	6	Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Grant Cycle 12 OakDOT Applications (30 minutes) OakDOT staff will share an overview of the crash data-driven HSIP grant program and the status of previously awarded completed and ongoing HSIP projects in Oakland. They will also discuss and seek feedback on the current proposals to request funds to implement HSIP- eligible countermeasures that focus on intersection safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. Note the presentation of the current proposals will be shown at the meeting and provided in the minutes. The applications are due September 9th. They will request a letter of support for the application from the BPAC.
7:45	7	Three-month agenda look-ahead (below) and suggestions for meeting topics (15 minutes)

Three-month agenda look-ahead

• Safe Oakland Streets Annual Report
• Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) Grant Application Projects
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Safe Routes to Transit and Bay Trail (SR2TBT) Grant Application
• Paving Plan & Measure KK Update (tentative)
• Sobrante Park-to-Brookfield Village Neighborhood Bike Route Update
• Electric Bike Lending Pilot Program (tentative)
• Grand Ave Repaving Project (tentative)
• Pedestrian Plan Update (tentative)
• Bike Plan Progress (tentative)
• Land Use Transportation Element of the General Plan Update (tentative)
• Major Development Projects Update (tentative)
• BPAC Commissioner Recommendations

Announcements

• BPAC Agenda Sign-Up List:
  Sign up to receive these BPAC agendas by email.
• Potential September BPAC Meeting at 81st Ave Library:
  The September BPAC meeting may be held at the 81st Ave Library. Stay tuned for updates.
• We Bike Oakland Newsletter:
  The 2024 summer edition of the bi-annual “We Bike Oakland” newsletter produced by the OakDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is now available [PDF].
• 7th Street Connection Project:
  The 7th Street Connection Project has a survey open about art, historical markers, and greenery. Please take the survey if you are a West Oakland community member and spread the word about this survey to friends/family in West Oakland. Also check out the 7th Street Connection Project – Summer 2024 Updates, which can be found on the project webpage. These updates include a revised rendering of 7th Street and Filbert Street and a link to the Racial Equity Impact Analysis for 7th Street.
• Embarcadero West Rail Safety & Access Improvements:
  Read about the project and take the project survey.