Resolution 14879CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14879
UPHOLDING TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION’S
DECISIONS OF OCTOBER 23, 2013 REGARDING
IMPROVEMENTS TO SAN JOSE AVENUE AT REGENT STREET
WHEREAS, on April 29, 2013, a resident appealed the decision of Public Works
staff to not install an all-way stop at the intersection of San Jose Avenue and Regent
Street; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2013, the Transportation Commission (TC) heard the
appeal and approved staff’s recommendations to:
1. Deny the appeal (of Public Works Staff’s dec ision to not install an all-way stop
control).
2. Prohibit the parking of vehicles taller than six feet in height for the first two parking
spaces at each corner of San Jose Avenue at Regent Street (affecting eight spaces
total).
3. (In addition to recommendation #2) remove one parking space on the southeast
corner of San Jose Avenue at Regent Street.
4. Selectively enforce speeding.
Additionally, the TC approved two amendments:
1. To actively solicit residents to participate in the Neighborhood Speed Watch
program.
2. To add “Cross Traffic Does Not Stop” signs, in both directions, on Regent Street.
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2013, a resident appealed the decision of the TC; and
WHEREAS, in summary, Alameda Municipal Code §8-2.2 states:
“The Public Works Director shall designate and establish stop intersections
within the City based on warrant systems established by the State and/or
locally established transportation standards.”
And staff reviewed the State’s and City’s warrants and found that the intersection did
not meet them; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this project is Categorically Exempt under
the California Environmental Quality ACT Guidelines Section 15301 (c) Existing
Facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of
Alameda hereby upholds the TC’s decisions on October 23, 2013, regarding improvements
to San Jose Avenue at Regent Street.
NOTICE. No judicial proceedings subject to review pursuant to California Code of
Civil Procedure Section 1094.5 may be prosecuted mo re than ninety (90) days following
the date of this decision or any final action on any appeal, plus extensions authorized by
California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution wa s duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 17th of December, 2013, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Tam and Mayor
Gilmore – 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Chen - 1.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 18th day of December, 2013.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda