Who: Caltrans & Local Community Groups and Residents near the West Portal of the Caldecott Tunnel
What: Community Meeting to Discuss Construction Issues of Interests between the Parties
When: Thursday, March 25, 7PM – 9PM
Where: Kaiser Elementary School, 25 South Hill Court, Oakland

AGENDA

7:00-7:20 PM Open house

7:20-8:30 PM Short updates by Caltrans and Tutor-Saliba (prime contractor) on

Temporary soundwall

Parking

Traffic Management

Noise Management

Air Quality / Dust Management

Temporary landscaping (construction phase)

Public Outreach protocols

8:30-9:00 PM Q&A

Information displays will be set up for the open house period, during which Caltrans representatives will be available to answer questions of a more technical nature. For further information, feel free to contact

From 7:00 pm – 7:20, there will be an open house where residents can speak with Caltrans representatives about the project. Although a question and answer period is scheduled for later in the meeting, the open house will allow residents to ask questions of a more technical nature, ones that might not be as relavant to the group as a whole. Short Updates by Caltrans Personell and the Contractor, Tutor-Saliba, on issues of interest to the west portal residents: Soundwalls, parking, traffic, air, noise, dust, public outreach protocols, landscaping.
Question and Answer Period.

With money to support a settlement reached in January between Caltrans and the Fourth Bore Coalition, state Sen. Loni   Hancock, D-Berkeley, and Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, presented a check for $3 million to Oakland Unified School District officials on April 17 on the baseball field at Chabot Elementary  School .

Specialized air-filtration systems and trees will be installed  at Chabot Elementary School and Claremont Middle School.   These measures will help mitigate  air quality  and noise impacts  from increased traffic caused by the fourth Caldecott Tunnel bore, scheduled to begin construction this summer.

Of the funds, $2 million comes from the state Air Resources Board for upgrades to the ventilation systems of all buildings and classrooms at both schools. An additional $1 million grant was provided by CalFire’s Urban Forestry Program for landscape barriers to mitigate noise expected from increased traffic  expected to occur after construction of the new tunnel bore.