CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.__________
AUTHORIZING A REQUEST TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH PARKING RESTRICTIONS
ON VARIOUS PORTIONS OF CITY STREETS THAT ARE ON STATE
ROUTE 61
WHEREAS, pursuant to State law, the City of Alameda must adopt a resolution authorizing a request to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to establish parking restrictions on portions of city streets that are on State Route 61; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the City Council adopted the Transportation Choices Plan, which includes the Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project, and sets as primary objectives to address the climate crisis and to increase the safety of all road users; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, the City Council voted to establish a policy to improve safety of all users of the road through visibility improvements (daylighting) at intersections; and
WHEREAS, in 2020 and in 2021, the City held a virtual open house in conjunction with Caltrans on the Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project and the adjacent Encinal Avenue Pavement Preservation Project; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, the City Council approved the Vision Zero Action Plan, which prioritizes the reductio n of fatal and severe injury crashes to zero , and includes daylighting as a key vision zero safety countermeasure; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, the City Council approved a resolution to make significant safety improvements to Alameda streets to end fatalities a nd serious injuries, with daylighting on high injury corridors, which includes State Route 61 on portions of Central Avenue and Encinal Avenue; and
WHEREAS, following extensive public outreach and numerous public hearings, in 2021, the City Council appro ved the final design for the Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project including the State Route 61 portions of Central Avenue with parking restrictions between Webster Street and Sherman Street/Encinal Avenue; and
WHEREAS, in 2022, City staff coordinated with Caltrans staff on the preparation of this parking restriction resolution to ensure it meets Caltrans requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Alameda City Council authorizes Caltrans to establish parking restrictions on the State Route 61 portions of Central Avenue between Webster Street and Sherman Street consistent with its April 2021 approval of the Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project as shown in Exhibit 2 of the September 6, 2022 staff report; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Alameda City Council authorizes Caltrans to establish daylighting on Encinal Avenue at the intersection of Oak Street and at the intersection of Park Street as shown on Exhibit 3 of the September 6, 2022 staff report ; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this R esolution and its attachments, and any accompanying supporting materials shall be forwarded to Caltrans to request the establishment of parking restrictions on the above -described portions of State Route 61.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 6th day of September 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 7th day of September 2022.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda