NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BERKELEY TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION 2026 BICYCLE PLAN UPDATE The public may participate in this hearing in-person. The Department of Public Works is proposing updates to the City's Bicycle Plan. Pursuant to Public Resources Code 21080.20, before determining if this work is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Works, the lead agency, will hold a noticed public hearing to hear and respond to public comments. The hearing will be held at the May 21, 2026 Transportation and Infrastructure Commission meeting at 6:15 pm in the North Berkeley Senior Center, located at 1901 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709. A copy of the agenda material for this hearing will be available on the City's website at https://berkeleyca.gov/ as of May 15, 2026. For further information, please contact Mark Helmbrecht, Transportation Division Manager and Transportation and Infrastructure Commission Secretary, at 510-981-6403. Written comments should be mailed or delivered directly to the Public Works Department, Transportation Division, 1947 Center Street, 4th floor, Berkeley, CA 94704, or e-mailed to transportation@berkeleyca.gov in order to ensure delivery to staff and Transportation and Infrastructure Commissioners and inclusion in the agenda packet. Communications to the City of Berkeley are public record and will become part of the City's electronic records, which are accessible through the City's website. Please note: e-mail addresses, names, addresses, and other contact information are not required, but if included in any communication to the City, will become part of the public record. If you do not want your e-mail address or any other contact information to be made public, you may deliver communications via U.S. Postal Service or in person to Public Works' Transportation Division. If you do not want your contact information included in the public record, please do not include that information in your communication. Please contact the City Clerk at (510) 981-6900 or clerk@berkeleyca.gov for further information. Public Resources Code 21080.20 (a) (1) (A) This division does not apply to an active transportation plan, a pedestrian plan, or a bicycle transportation plan for the restriping of streets and highways, bicycle parking and storage, signal timing to improve street and highway intersection operations, and the related signage for bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicles. (B) This division does not apply to a transit comprehensive operational analysis, transit route readjustment, or other transit agency route addition, elimination, or modification. (2) An active transportation plan or pedestrian plan is encouraged to include the consideration of environmental factors, but that consideration does not inhibit or preclude the application of this section. (3) An individual project that is a part of an active transportation plan, pedestrian plan, or transit comprehensive operational analysis remains subject to this division unless another exemption applies to that project. (b) Before determining that a project described in subdivision (a) is exempt pursuant to this section, the lead agency shall hold noticed public hearings in areas affected by the project to hear and respond to public comments. Publication of the notice shall be no fewer times than required by Section 6061 of the Government Code by the public agency in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the proposed project. If more than one area will be affected, the notice shall be published in the newspaper of largest circulation from among the newspapers of general circulation in those areas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hereby certify that the Notice for this Public Hearing of the Berkeley Transportation and Infrastructure Commission was posted at the display case located near the walkway in front of the Maudelle Shirek Building, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, as well as on the City's website, on May 15, 2026. __________________________________ /s/Mark Helmbrecht Public Works Transportation Division Manager Transportation and Infrastructure Commission Secretary BV 6967765 May 15, 2026
