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Ordinance 2914 and Staff ReportCITY OF ALAMEDA MEMORANDUM Date: November 5 , 2003 To:Honorable Mayor and Council members From: James M. Flint City Manager Re:Introduction of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code Related to the Transportation Commission and the Technical Transportation Team BACKGROUN On April 16 , 2002 , the Council adopted Ordinance No. 2881 replacing the Transportation Advisory Committee (T AC) with two separate bodies , the Technical Transportation Team (TTT) and the Transportation Commission (TC). Subsequently, in Februar 2003 , the Council passed Ordinance No. 2891 , which COlTected the procedure for establishing parking meter zones. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS The Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) requires minor changes to complete the establishment of the TC and the TTT and the procedures regarding parking meter zones. These changes include: cOlTectly identifying the secretary of the Transportation Commission, deleting the ex-officio members of the TC , clarfyng the duties of the Public Works Director (PWD) vis-a.-vis the TTT regarding bus stops and angled parking and makng consistent the changes made on February 4 2003 regarding parking meter zones. Finally, the AMC wil be changed to streamline the appeals procedures of the decisions made by the TTT and TC and to clarfy when the appeal fee will be refuded. Specific changes are as follows: AMC Sections 12-13., 12-17., 12-17., 8-22., and 8-14.3 include references to the now- defuct Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC). The references to the TAC wil be replaced with "Technical Transportation Team. AMC Section 2-5(d) specifies the selection of offcers of the TC and states the TC shall (sJelect from its membership a chairperson , a vice chairperson and a secretar.Public Works staff served as the secretar to the T AC and wil continue in that role with the TC , so this provision needs to be modified. AMC Section 2-8.2 states , " In addition to these nine (9) voting members , one (1) AC Transit and one (1) BART representative shall be non-voting, ex-officio members of the Transportation Commission This section should be deleted per the request of the Inter-Agency Liaison Dedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service =rb Pulic \Y Wo.f You!Re: Intro of Ordinance #4-M CC 11-18- Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers Page 2 November 5 , 2003 Committee (ILC), and approved by the Transportation Commission (TC). AC Transit Board members will be accessible through the ILC on a quarerly basis or as needed. BART Directors will be requested to attend ILC meetings when discussing relevant items. The misspellng of term " wil also be cOlTected. AMC Section 8-27.3 , Transit Stops , states the PWD is authorized to approve locations of transit stops within the City limits. However AMC Section 8-1 authorizes the TTT to prohibit parking at all times. Since bus stops often involve the prohibition of parking, this section should be clarfied so that the PWD has the authority to remove up to three parking spaces for a bus stop. This is consistent with previous Council action requesting bus stops have clear unobstructed access for busses to pull to the curb. AMC Section 8-, Angled Parking, was modified in February 2003 to be consistent with the Californa Yehicle Code (CYC). This section should be clarfied to state that the PWD shall recommend new angle parking locations. AMC Section 12-, Definitions , was inadvertently omitted from Ordinance No. 2891 that revised the establishment of parking meter zones , and the reference to the Transportation Advisory Committee should be changed to the City Council , to be consistent with the CYe. AMC Section 8-22.12 needs to be deleted to be consistent with the revised appeal procedure to be described under AMC Section 2- AMC Section 2-5(b) describes the appeals procedure for decisions made by the TTT and Te. The existing ordinance states that TC decisions are appealable in the same manner as the Planning Board per AMC Sections 30-25.1 through 30-25.5. It is implied but not explicitly stated that TTT appeals to the TC are also to be in the same maner as the Planng Board. Council requested the appeals procedure be streamlined and clarified given the role of the TTT and TC as described in the AMe. It also is not clear when appeal fees are applied and refuded. To rectify the ambiguity, the new ordinance adds two new sections to the AMC (8-5 and 2- one describing the procedure for appeals of the decisions of the TTT and one describing the procedure for appeals of the decisions of the TC , respectively. The new ordinance clarfies the two instances when an appeal of a TTT decision is forwarded to the Transportation Commission (existing transportation policy was not followed or new facts/evidence are available). All other appeals are forwarded directly to the City Council. The TC when considering the appeal may either affrmmodify/reverse the decision or retu the item to the TTT for further consideration. BUDGET There is no impact to the general fund as a result ofthis action. Dedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service (iofAJ bli(Workrparbftt Pulic Wor Ifmtfr You! Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers Page 3 November 5 , 2003 MUICIP AL CODE CROSS REFERENCE The proposed ordinance wil repeal Subsection 8-22., and add a new Subsection 2-6 and a new Subsection 8.10. It will also amend Subsection 2-5 of Section 2-, Subsections 8-1.5 , 8- 1.6 1.7 1.8 , and 8-1.9 of Section 8-1; Subsection 8-1 of Section 8-8; Subsection 8-14.3(b) of Section 8-14; Subsection 8-22.11 of Section 8-22; Subsection 8-27.3 of Section 8-27 of Chapter YIII; Subsection 12-, 12-13.1 of Section 12-13; Subsection 12-17.6 and 12-17.8 of Section 12-17. No other sections ofthe Alameda Municipal Code are affected. RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends that the City Council Adopt an Ordinance amending the Alameda Municipal Code related to the Transportation Commission and the Transportation Technical team. 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