Bicycle Subcommittee of the Transportation Commission of  the City of Berkeley
Office of Transportation, 1947 Center Street, 3rd Floor Dawn Redwood Conference Room, Berkeley, CA 94704
Wednesday, June 7, 2006              4-6 pm
1. Meeting Administration
     Staff Present: Heath Maddox
     Transportation Commissioner Present: Dave Campbell
     Member of the Public Present: Claire Risley
     Approval of Agenda, Appointment of notetaker Notetaker: Claire Risley, Approval of previous reports.
    Announcements of relevant information
    Matt, of SFBC took counts on Bike to work day on Telegraph and Bancroft. He counted every form of transportation, buses, cars, trucks, etc., and found that  bicycles made up 10 per cent of the traffic. He was out from 7am-9 or 10am counting.
    Dave talked about Meetings about the 4th Bore on the Caldecott Tunnel. Bike lanes on tunnel road make it relevant for this meeting. The EIR is out.
    Meeting in Orinda  6/7/06.Public Hearing at the Claremont Middle School Wed. 6/14/06 5750 College Ave Oakland, 6pm  Open House, 7pm Presentation and Public Comment. Cal Trans says there will be no increase in traffic on the streets.
    UC's Southeast Quadrant EIR is out and Heath thinks they are going to put bike lanes on Gayley Road. Heath added comments to the reply by the city. He might email them to Dave.
6. Upcoming Grants 
Brainstorming what could OOT apply for. Lighting at intersections and bus shelter at non-Rapid Bus shelters on San Pablo. Dave what about Milvia between University and Center? Intersection at University. Boulevard Plan on  Milvia. Milvia is a Bike Boulevard in the Bike Plan Heath: what about Virginia? hat is on our Vision Network for bicyclists who go through campus. This spur would meet the priority. Milvia between Channing and Virginia. Hearst to Arch and Euclid
could be done.
Dave: Upper Hearst  is a part of the bike boulevards that is not done, and I would support that.
Heath: Basically try for Milvia and if cannot do that, go for Hearst up to Euclid.
Alameda County Ped Plan is out for comment. Dave: how Ped Plan relates to bike Plan and vice versa and how they can complement each other.
     Oakland is doing a "road diet" on a few pilot streets, and call it either bike projects or bike/ped projects, or Transportation Safety Projects. Comments due soon on this.
     Berkeley is getting $1.5 million for bike ped improvements in the area  (new ramp, pathway, transit information kiosk and signage) on Adeline mainly
     CMA announced new projects to the TAC. Dennis Fay opposes it, and voted against it at "Partnership". Must fully consider the costs of bike ped needs for the project. Come up with new checklist  after these projects are chosen. They will be on line for CMACs to review them.
     Transportation Bond measure will be up this fall: no money for bikes or peds. Local streets and roads will be more than what cities get through the STIP. For example, Spruce, University Avenue, etc Don Perata is the author through SB 1266 to put it on the November Ballot.
Call for projects 7/28/06, and due 8/15. CMAC "return to source" money, projects in the Priority Zones. Heath: Rehab projects, Telegraph, 9th Street, Gilman,  $216.000, Regional Bike Ped $2Million in that so in non-CMAC there is $5 million to go after Want to put money on high priority projects, which is
our Ohlone Greenway, which is done. But we can swap that project with another. Telegraph?
Chancellor's Community Fund:
Heath: We need to license bikes. Heath would put a letter in for support and review the application. It would be nice to see some of that money coming back to the city.
Dave: the community groups were up at the meeting for the grants. It is not for infrastructure. Bike safety classes and service oriented things that they would give money for. Kira would support that. Kira would like licensing. We will also ask about Bike Safety classes.
3.  Telegraph Avenue Bike Lanes
Dave: We may get an update at the Transportation Commission on projects. How much more time do you have to spend Measure B money, or other money
Heath: They will repave it in 2008.  Then those are free projects  
Dave: between Oakland and the city line, there are 2-3 projects At Ashby and Prince there are the left turn pockets for Whole Foods.  
Heath: Signage and new stripes would just be pennies, not something to fund a project for.
(Not on agenda) Marin: 5 year traffic analysis is still going to happen, as well as the one year analysis.
4.  Residential Bike Parking Ordinance (Potential proposal)
Dave talked to Christopher Hudson to ask about bike parking in his properties. "You cannot ride on UC campus or on the Berkeley (?)"  He said he would contact his property managers to ask the different units. All properties have bike parking but he thinks the students walk or take the bus.
     Requirements for short term and long term parking and the types of parking we would recommend.
Heath would check to see what Berkeley Code says on this.
Hudson was commenting that the percentage of  1: 3 is more than sufficient. The top level of the car-park elevators is the bike rack in the Gaia Building. So this support would perhaps blunt any resistance by other developers. Did Kira do a survey on how students get to campus? (Yes, we found out 6/7 eve at the DAPAC.) She will forward information?
Heath will contact Kira.Stoll  about UC surveys which are done or about to be done.
5.  Grizzly Peak Road Request for Share the Road Signs
   Suggestion: Go to GPC and ask their opinions about signage and  what intersections, stretches along Grizzly Peak they notice.
7.  Adjournment: 5:35pm