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Highlights of the Facilities and Transportation Committee Meeting of July 5, 2017
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
CITY COUNCIL FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
July 5, 2017
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
(Sister Cities Gallery)
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Pauline Cutter called the meeting to order at 4:11 p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee members present: Mayor Pauline Cutter and Councilmember Deborah Cox
City staff present: Senior Transportation Engineer Reh-Lin Chen, Engineering & Transportation Director Keith Cooke, Administrative Services Manager Kirsten Foley, Assistant City Manager Jeff Kay, Metropolitan Transportation Commission High School Intern Nadia Ralston, Principal Engineer Michael Stella, City Engineer Nick Thom and City Manager Chris Zapata
Public present: None.
1.B. Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Discussion Regarding Crosswalk Policy and Prioritization
Reh-Lin Chen presented information on the proposed crosswalk policies and guidelines. The presentation included a set of proposed criteria that can be used to evaluate future requests for crosswalks and pedestrian safety enhancements at intersections.
Committee Requests/Direction to Staff:
Mayor Cutter requests the following: 1) addition of the date of the request to the Crosswalk Request List, as well as scoring at the time of the request; 2) record requests for each location as well as when locations are scored as not eligible; and 3) post the final List online on the Engineering & Transportation webpage so that residents can refer to it.
Councilmember Cox also requests to add street improvement project coordination information to the List (Item I on current matrix).
Mayor Cutter asked staff to increase educational outreach to neighborhoods - review prioritization policies and the process at town halls, at schools, at public neighborhood meetings to increase awareness of City's process/FHWA criteria and recommendations. She requests that K. Cooke send a response template to the Committee so when requests come in, all Councilmembers respond with the same info that staff uses.
City Manager Zapata recommends utilizing equal rating/scoring for all schools and not rating dependent on whether the location is adjacent to crosswalk.
Mayor Cutter wants outreach about scoring/requests to be done throughout the City so resources are distributed throughout the City and not concentrated in one district/area/neighborhood. Providing objective scoring will facilitate discussion with residents about their concerns.
Mayor Cutter recommends inclusion of Safe Routes to School crosswalk outreach educational brochure (how to cross safely, ride safely, etc.) with beginning of the school year packets for all schools. Send OTS “pedestrians don't wear armor” bookmarks to library for summer reading program and also school sites for distribution at book fairs, etc.
2.B. Project Updates
City Engineer Nick Thom updated the Committee on ongoing CIP projects.
2.B.1. Annual Street Overlay/Rehab 2016-17 Phase 1
2.B.2. City Projects - General
2.C. Discussion Regarding Future Agenda Items
September
a. CIP Project Prioritization and Scheduling
b. I-880 Landscaping
c. East Bay Greenway (also at 9/11 work session)
d. Project Update - Euclid Avenue Traffic Signal
e. Street Lighting Evaluation - illumination levels, evaluation of streetlights once LED installation @ 100%. (D. Pollart)
f. Broadband Master Plan update
g. Camera update: (timing, red light cameras, security cameras)
Committee Requests/Direction to Staff:
Mayor Cutter inquired about the process for reversing the flow of traffic on Euclid (a one-way street) once the traffic signal at East 14th is complete by AC Transit. The resulting traffic study/analysis and recommendations gathered this summer are to be reviewed at the September meeting.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
4. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
Councilmember Cox inquired about using bond money to fund the rerouting of drop-offs at schools, particularly at Bancroft Middle School and would like staff to advise the Committee regarding coordination between school and the City so that the City is aware of projects/impacts. Councilmember Cox requests that staff talk with SLUSD staff regarding planned projects and update the Committee.
5. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 5:34 p.m.