July 2023 Bicyclist & Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) Meeting

This meeting of the Bicyclist and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) was held on July 20, 2023 at 6:00pm

THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING.

How to Participate in this Public Meeting:

  • Enter City Hall at the entrance on 14th Street.
  • After receiving a security check, proceed to the stairs farthest from the 14th Street entrance, on the left.
  • Hearing Room 4 is located on the 2nd floor of City Hall on the side of the building farthest from 14th Street. There will be a sign-in sheet and paper agenda packets for participants.

People may be able to observe this meeting remotely. City of Oakland staff to the Commission are striving to provide the following options for people to observe BPAC meetings remotely.

  • To view the meeting by video, click on this link to download Zoom and open the meeting on a computer or smart phone: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83186858264 at the noticed meeting time.
  • To listen to the meeting by phone, dial at the noticed meeting time (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 444 9171 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 253 205 0468 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 719 359 4580. International numbers available: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdL53fOc3B Webinar ID: 831 8685 8264

Remote participation including public comment via teleconferencing is not available at this time. Hybrid meetings may commence once the City of Oakland has established meeting procedures and allocated resources for simultaneously supporting in-person and remote participation. All Commission meetings will include procedures to comply with the open meeting requirements of the City’s Sunshine Ordinance and the State’s Brown Act.

Public Survey on Return to In-Person Meetings: A survey has been created to gather feedback from the public regarding board and commission meetings in the City of Oakland: https://us.openforms.com/Form/d98a20d5-72e7-4d23-8fc3-be13f6cd32bb.

Minutes

Recordings

Meeting recording of July 2023 Bicyclist & Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) Meeting on July 20, 2023

Agenda

Topics

  1. OakDOT Budget and Organizational Update

    Fred Kelley (FKelley@oaklandca.gov), OakDOT Director, will take questions and share thoughts on the Fiscal Year 23-25 budget process including updates on OakDOT’s leadership, vacancy rate, organizational challenges, and recent accomplishments. Director Kelley will be joined by Assistant Director Megan Wier (MWier@oaklandca.gov). This item continues a discussion of these topics from the June BPAC meeting. Commissioners and members of the public are encouraged to bring questions and ideas to the conversation.

  2. Speed Bump Program Update

    Joe Wang, Supervising Transportation Engineer (JWang@oaklandca.gov), and Matthew Reiter, Assistant Engineer II (MReiter@oaklandca.gov) from the OakDOT Safe Streets Traffic Engineering Section will present on the residential speed bump program which is the most popular program among other DOT workflows that have recently installed speed bumps as well.

  3. Fire Code Update

    Felicia Bryant (FBryant@oaklandca.gov), Fire Marshal with the Oakland Fire Department, will provide an update on amendments to Appendix D of the Fire Code. In September the amendments will be presented to the Public Safety Committee of the City Council, following up on amendments adopted by City Council in 2022. Jason Patton (JPatton@oaklandca.gov), Senior Transportation Planner with OakDOT, will help explain the collaboration between the two departments on implementing traffic safety measures that are supportive of Fire Department operations.


Accessibility and interpretation requests

Contact us to request disability-related accommodations, American Sign Language (ASL), Mandarin, Spanish or another language interpreter at least five (5) business days before the event.

All meetings held in-person are wheelchair accessible. Please refrain from wearing scented products as a courtesy to attendees with chemical sensitivities.

To make a request contact pgerard@oaklandca.gov


Date and Time

Thursday, July 20, 2023
6:00pm to 8:20pm


Contact

Pierre Gerard


Posted: July 7, 2023 4:00pm

Last Updated: August 21, 2023 6:15pm

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