The August 2024 BPAC Policy and Legislative Committee is on Monday, August 12, 2024, 5:30-7pm in-person at Hearing Room 2 at Oakland City Hall. The agenda is below and available for download here [PDF].

Item	Time	Topic
1	5:30 pm	Introductions & Updates on Previous Agenda Items (5 minutes)
2	5:35	Public Comment (10 minutes) Members of the public may comment on any issue within BPAC Infrastructure Committee’s subject matter jurisdiction. Comments on a scheduled agenda item will be heard with that item. To request City services, please contact the City of Oakland Call Center (311).
3	5:45	Committee Organization & Discussion/Election of Committee Chair and Vice-Chair (10 minutes) The committee shall discuss committee agenda development and whether to appoint a new Chair and Vice-Chair to the Committee and may take action to conduct elections for these positions. During its last meeting, the Committee voted to elect Alex Frank as the Chair to preside over Committee meetings and Nicholas Whipps as interim “Co”-Chair to preside over meetings in the absence of the Chair.
4	5:55	Bicyclist and Pedestrian Severe Injury and Fatality Crash Reporting (20 minutes) The committee will discuss ways in which Oakland can improve reporting and information-sharing of severe bicyclist and pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Current reporting is based upon SWITRS/TIMS data, which is based upon police reports, which do not comprehensively report such incidents and can be incomplete. The Committee shall discuss means by which the Department of Transportation may be able to access more complete and detailed information and recommended next steps.
5	6:15	Service Requests (25 minutes) The committee will discuss the Oak311/SeeClickFix service request process, especially those related to pothole filling requests. They will discuss recommendations and next steps on implementing recommendations for improving the pothole related service request process.
6	6:40	Oakland General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element Update Discussion (10 minutes) The committee shall briefly discuss the status of the Land Use and Transportation Element updates to the Oakland General Plan, including update timing, potential outreach and next steps in engagement on these updates.
7	6:50	Future Agenda Item Suggestions

The City of Oakland Bicyclist and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) Policy and Legislative Committee is composed of BPAC Commissioners and other volunteer members of the public. This Committee examines Oakland’s streets through the lens of safety and movement challenges faced by pedestrians and bicyclists, and makes policy suggestions that city agencies can implement to these issues.

These meetings are held in public once per quarter, at which topics for subcommittees, which meet ad-hoc for specified periods of time to develop policy recommendations to be presented at the full committee, are decided upon. The quarterly meeting will follow all the requirements for a commissioner meeting, including proper noticing and minutes, and will be held in person.

During the quarterly meeting, the committee will discuss which topics to pursue, continue or close. Ad-hoc working groups will have the freedom to choose how and when they meet in the interim.

Agenda materials, presentations and schematics are distributed in advance of meetings when possible, to assist committee members with formulating questions and ideas. All presentation items used will be linked from the individual meeting notes documents, for public information purposes and as a historical record of the committee meetings, along with the written notes provided.

Topics are prioritized and selected for review by the committee using a number of factors. These factors include but are not limited to:

• Urgency: The risk a situation presents;
• Policy Relevance: Whether the issue can be solved with a change to city agency policy;
• Public interest: As expressed at BPAC meetings or via requests from the public to Commissioners, staff, or elected officials;
• Safety: Whether there is a history of injuries from the policy failure, or significant risk presented.