Thursday, October 17, 2024; 6-8pm
In-person meeting at City Hall, Hearing Room 4, viewable online
View and download the full agenda packet [9mb 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. He will lead the commission in an acknowledgement of recent fatal and other high-profile traffic crashes in Oakland involving bicyclists and pedestrians. · At the time of this meeting agenda’s publication, OakDOT has not received notification of any bicyclist- or pedestrian-involved fatal or other high-profile crashes since those published in the September BPAC meeting agenda.
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 September 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: 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 Tuesday, November 12, 2024, from 5:30-7:00 PM in City Hall Hearing Room 4. They plan to discuss committee goals, the Oakland General Plan Update, a Pedestrian Plan update, and updates on previous items. · Infrastructure Committee: The Infrastructure Committee met on September 5, 2024. They discussed 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. View the Committee notes. Their next meeting is planned for Thursday, November 7, 2024, from 3:30-5:30 PM at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza in the Broadway Conference Room, Suite 4304.
6:40	5	2022 5-Year Paving Plan (25 minutes) Sarah Fine, Paving Program Manager, will provide a status report on the adopted 2022 5-Year Paving Plan (5YP).
7:05	6	BusAID Grant Application for AC Transit International Blvd BRT Phase 2 Project (25 minutes) AC Transit staff will share an update on the Quick Build: International Blvd Delineation Project. They will also share an overview of their application for this project for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Bus Accelerated Infrastructure Delivery (BusAID) Grant and will request review of the MTC Complete Streets Checklist and a Statement of Exception from the BPAC.
7:30	7	BPAC Commissioner Recommendations (15 minutes) The Recruitment Committee will report back with recommendations from its review of the nineteen applications of people seeking to be appointed to the BPAC for the 2025-2027 term. The commission strives for equity and geographic representation of Oakland’s neighborhoods. The Committee is recommending Nick Whipps (reappointment), Kirsten Flagg, Alexander Perry, and Fernando Rodriguez Perez (alternate). Commissioners are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council.
7:45	8	Two-month agenda look-ahead (below) and suggestions for meeting topics (15 minutes)

Two-month agenda look-ahead

• OakDOT Traffic Engineering Section Work
• City Budget & Policy Priorities
• Long Term Visioning Discussion
• Draft BPAC Chair’s Report to the Oakland City Council’s Public Works and Transportation
  Committee

Announcements

• BPAC Agenda Sign-Up List:
  Sign up to receive these BPAC agendas by email.
• Telegraph Ave KONO Protected Bikeway:
  There will be a ride organized by Bike East Bay from City Hall at 9:30am, Friday, October 11 to the ribbon cutting at Telegraph Ave and 27th St at 10:30am to celebrate the completion of the Telegraph KONO Complete Streets Project.
• Calm East Oakland Streets:
  The Calm East Oakland Streets project aims to create slow, calm, and inviting streets for people to walk and bike safely to neighborhood destinations. As part of the project, from October 16 through November 6, 2024, including Halloween, OakDOT will implement a one-way traffic pattern [PDF flyer] on:
  • 81st Ave from Olive St to Plymouth St
  • Plymouth St from 81st Ave to 82nd Ave
• Oakland General Plan Update Survey:
  The City of Oakland wants to hear from you about what your neighborhood needs! How should Oakland plan for housing and jobs? What should the City focus on to make transportation, parks, and recreation even better? Take this survey and let us know your thoughts and ideas about Oakland’s future. The survey will be open until October 31, 5pm. General Plan Update staff will also share more at the November Policy and Legislative Committee of the BPAC.
• Vision 980 Survey:
  Caltrans is conducting a survey to reimagine Interstate 980. The survey closes on October 25.
• Town Hall Report-Back:
  Mayor Sheng Thao recently hosted a series of Town Halls. View the Q&A on Transportation.