Review and Action on
Draft
City Council Agenda for October 14, 2003
Action:
All items approved for
placement on the agenda with the following changes:
Item
29
Contract: CarShare Fleet
From:
City Manager
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract and
any amendments with City CarShare to provide a semi-dedicated fleet
of CarShare vehicles at locations and in quantities requested to
provide employees with access to vehicles for work-related trips for
the period November 1, 2003 through October 31, 2006 in an amount
not to exceed $963,500.
Contact:
Peter Hillier, Transportation, 981-7010
Action:
Moved to meeting of November 4, 2003 by City Manager.
Item
36
Fee Waiver: 20th Annual Telegraph Avenue Holiday
Street Fair
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution waiving event, sound and insurance fees associated with
the fair; allowing an exemption to Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC)
Section 20.24.040, thereby allowing generic holiday vertical banners
on light poles; extending the sound permit from 10 am to 6 pm; and
allowing only cross traffic through on Telegraph Avenue from Dwight
to Bancroft.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Moved to the Action Calendar by Councilmember Hawley.
Item
37
Fee Waiver: Willard Neighborhood Association’s Annual
Picnic
From:
Councilmember Worthington
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution retroactively waiving the permit fee for Willard
Neighborhood Association’s (WNA) Annual Picnic and placing WNA’s
Annual Picnic on the annual list of pre-approved special event
waivers.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
To be revised by
Councilmember Worthington removing placement of WNA on the annual
list of pre-approved special event waivers.
Item
38
Precautionary Principle Policy
From:
Councilmembers Worthington and Breland
Recommendation:
Adopt
a Resolution adopting the Precautionary Principle and referring to
staff the development of a Precautionary Principle Ordinance , an
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy (EP3), and a timetable
for implementing EP3 elements.
Contact:
Kriss Worthington, Councilmember District 7, 981-7170
Action:
Moved to the Action Calendar by Councilmember Hawley.
Item
40
Wheelchair and Pedestrian Safety on Ashby Avenue
From:
Councilmember Spring
Recommendation:
Refer
to the City Manager recommendations for improving safety on Ashby
Avenue for disabled people, those using wheelchairs and other
pedestrians, as follows: 1) replace and widen the sidewalks on the north side of Ashby
Avenue between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Ellis Street; 2)
conduct a study of other pedestrian safety improvements needed on
Ashby; 3) write to Caltrans demanding they fund pedestrian safety
improvements on Ashby which currently poses a very dangerous threat
to the lives of disabled people; 4) review the City’s legal
options to compel Caltrans to improve pedestrian safety on Ashby;
and 5) diligently pursue grant funding for the purpose of funding
visibility improvements for individual residents electric
wheelchairs and other disabilities.
Contact:
Dona Spring, Councilmember, District 4, 981-7140
Action:
Moved to the Action Calendar by Councilmember Hawley.
Item
51
Funding for Traffic Circles
a.
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Make available up to
$140,000 of FY 2003-2004 Bike Implementation Plan General Fund for
the installation of traffic calming circles on streets which are not
Bicycle Boulevards or other primary bicycle routes or facilities.
Contact:
Peter Hillier, Transportation, 981-7010
b.
From: Transportation Commission
Recommendation:
To
uphold motions adopted at the September 18, 2003
Transportation Commission meeting: 1) supporting the City Council
compromise motion to designate the $140,000 recently shifted from
the Bicycle Fund to Traffic Calming to be earmarked explicitly for
use for traffic circles on Bicycle Boulevards; and 2) reaffirming
previous action on installing semi-permanent traffic circles. In
addition, at its meeting of March 20, 2003, the Transportation
Commission adopted a motion stipulating that those neighborhoods
requesting extensively landscaped traffic circles be funded through
private contributions or additional City appropriations rather than
the existing traffic calming funds which are currently designated
for low-cost designs.
Contact:
Peter Hillier, Secretary, 981-7010
Action:
Approved to also include Councilmember Worthington’s
original item from the September 9, 2003 agenda.
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