Thursday, September 19, 2024; 6-8pm
In-person meeting at
81st Ave Library, 2nd Floor Community Room,
1021 81st Ave, Oakland, CA 94621, viewable online
View and download the full agenda packet [18mb 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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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 6:37pm on August 19th, 2024, a vehicle driver struck two pedestrians crossing the street at 72nd Ave and International Blvd. One of the pedestrians hit was a 17-year-old, Hispanic, female Oakland resident who died as a result of her injuries. The other pedestrian hit was a 46-year-old, Hispanic, female Oakland resident who was injured. The driver fled the scene but was later located. · At around 9:33pm on August 29, 2024, a vehicle fatally struck a 70-year-old, Black pedestrian from Oakland near 98th Ave and Bancroft Ave 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 August 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. · Infrastructure Committee: As of the time of this agenda posting, the committee is planning to meet on September 5, 2024, from 3:30-5:30 at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Suite 4314, in the Broadway Conference Room. They plan to discuss the Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Safe Routes to Transit & Bay Trail (SR2TBT) grant applications, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) Countywide Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP) status of ongoing CIP projects and application review, and the Caltrans Doolittle Paving Project. Their next meeting is planned for November 7, 2024 from 3:30-5:30. View notes from the Infrastructure Committee meetings. · Policy and Legislative Committee: The committee last met on August 12, 2024. They discussed items on 311 Service Requests and fatality/injury related bicyclist or pedestrian related crash data. They chose new committee co-chairs: Commissioner Nick Whipps and Kevin Dalley. Their next meeting is planned for November. · Ad Hoc 2024 Recruitment Committee: The BPAC is seeking applications to become a commissioner for three-year terms beginning in January 2025 due September 12th, 2024. The Ad Hoc 2024 Recruitment Committee will review applications and bring a recommendation for the Mayor’s Office for review by the Commission at the October BPAC Meeting.
6:40	5	2023 Safe Oakland Streets Annual Update (20 minutes) OakDOT Safe Oakland Streets Coordinator (SOS) Mica Amichai will present information from the 2023 annual Safe Oakland Streets update
7:00	6	Upcoming Grant Applications (30 minutes) OakDOT staff Audrey Harris, Senior Transportation Planner, and Yvonne Chan, Acting Funding Strategy Lead, will provide a high-level overview of two grant programs and project proposals. The projects were scheduled for review at the September 5th Infrastructure Committee meeting. Comments will be collected on the MTC Complete Streets Checklists, a required component of the SR2TBT applications. OakDOT staff will request a letter of support for these applications from the BPAC. • Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Regional Measure 3 (RM3) Safe Routes to Transit & Bay Trail (SR2TBT) Grant: OakDOT staff will share an overview of the new MTC RM3 SR2TBT grant program and project proposals for the October 14, 2024, application deadline. OakDOT will be submitting the 8th Street Corridor Improvements Project, 5th Ave Project, and 85th Ave Project and MTC will be submitting the West Oakland Link Project. • Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) Countywide Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP) Grant: OakDOT staff will provide a status update on funded projects through the ACTC CIP. The upcoming ACTC application round will also include a new funding category, called the Three Major Trails program, specifically for projects connecting to the Bay Trail, East Bay Greenway, or Iron Horse Trail. OakDOT staff will share upcoming project proposals for the October 31, 2024, application deadline.
7:30	7	Near-Term Improvements to Connect East Oakland to the Waterfront (20 minutes) OakDOT Bicyclist and Pedestrian Program staff Patrick Phelan & Jason Patton will share about a community-submitted Capital Improvement Project idea to create a safe biking and walking route through the Sobrante Park and Brookfield Village neighborhoods. They will explain how elements of the project idea will be implemented through paving and wayfinding projects and expanded to reach the waterfront and the wider bikeway network.
7:50	8	Three-month agenda look-ahead (below) and suggestions for meeting topics (15 minutes)

Three-month agenda look-ahead

• BPAC Commissioner Appointment Recommendations
• AC Transit International Blvd Bus Rapid Transit Quick Build Update/BusAID Grant Application
  (tentative)
• Paving Plan Update (tentative)
• Electric Bike Lending Pilot Program (tentative)
• Grand Ave Repaving Project (tentative)
• Traffic Engineering Section Work (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 Chair’s Report to the Public Works Committee

Announcements

• BPAC Seeking New Commissioner Applications:
  The BPAC is seeking applications for three-year commissioner terms starting January 2025. Applications are due September 12, 2024.
• BPAC Agenda Sign-Up List:
  Sign up to receive these BPAC agendas by email.
• Calm East Oakland Streets Project 9/7/24 Community Meeting:
  • Join OakDOT staff on September 7, 2024, from 11:30-2:30 at the Tassafaronga Recreation Center to review project designs.
  • The project will be installing a traffic diverter demonstration near Pride Elementary in October through early November. The following streets will be one-way for the duration of this demonstration: 81st Ave between Olive St and Plymouth St, Plymouth St between 81st Ave and 82nd Ave.
• West Oakland 14th St Project Community Meetings:
  The West Oakland 14th Street Project will be presenting at two upcoming neighborhood council meetings for West Oakland residents on September 5, 2024 at 6:30pm and September 12, 2024, at 6:30pm.
• Upper Telegraph Ave Design Decision:
  Between August 2023 and February 2024, OakDOT conducted extensive community outreach on two conceptual designs for the Upper Telegraph Avenue Complete Streets Project (52nd St to Woolsey St). Staff also analyzed policy guidance and transit and traffic operations, among other factors. After in-depth analysis of all data, OakDOT has chosen to move forward with the 4-to-3 Lane Road Diet on Upper Telegraph Avenue.
• Laurel Access to Mills, Maxwell Park and Seminary (LAMMPS) Awarded Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Grant Construction Funding:
  The Oakland Department of Transportation has secured $8.7 million in construction funding for LAMMPS Phase 2 and Phase 3 (presented at the March 2024 BPAC Infrastructure Committee Meeting) from the State’s AHSC Program, as part of the $45 million award to the Residences at Liberation Park, an affordable housing project in East Oakland. By building safe and accessible connections on MacArthur Boulevard and Seminary Avenue, the LAMMPS Projects will connect the areas to the east—including the Residences at Liberation Park, the adjacent Eastmont Town Center, and surrounding neighborhoods in East Oakland—to essential services, major employment centers, and other destinations, including Northeastern University, the Laurel Commercial District, and Downtown Oakland. The City is currently pursuing additional funding to cover the full construction costs of the LAMMPS Phase 2 and 3 Projects. The community and OakDOT, working together in 2022, came up with great early designs for the project. In early 2025, once there is a design consultant on board, community engagement will start again to revisit and finalize the 2022 designs.
• Rapid Response Improvements at Seminary and Outlook:
  In response to the fatal crash which killed Mara Delaney near the intersection of Seminary Avenue and Outlook Avenue on September 26, 2023, this summer, OakDOT completed a Rapid Response project which installed continental crosswalks and vertical posts.
• 7th Street Connection Project:
  Project updates, 35% designs, and a survey for the 7th Street Connection Project are all available at the project webpage.