Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) advises on community priorities and inform projects led by OakDOT's Major Projects Division. The CAC's main duties include:
- Provide guidance to the City on the transportation needs and priorities of the community as it relates to the transportation projects being designed.
- Serve as ambassadors who share information to their network/members.
- Attend and participate in monthly meetings with the City.
Agendas and Meeting Minutes
About the CAC
Each cohort of the CAC consists of ten members. These members represent stakeholder groups, such as advocacy organizations, chambers of commerce, neighborhood associations, business districts, faith-based organizations, and trades organizations. CAC members are also selected to represent the geographies that Major Project Division projects are based in. Currently, members of the second cohort of the Community Advisory Committee have committed to serve a two-year term from June 2024 to June 2026.
Second Cohort of the CAC
Members of the second cohort of the CAC have committed to serving a two-year term between June 2024 and June 2026.
- Pastor Gerald Agee, Friendship Christian Center Church
- Carl Chan, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
- Ola Colemon, Resources for Community Development
- Misty Cross, Moms for Housing
- Bryan Culbertson, Traffic Violence Rapid Response
- Maxwell Davis
- Emilio Elenes
- Savlan Hauser, Jack London Improvement District
- Charles Holt II
- Mike Jacob, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
- Leroy Johns, Oaktown Property Management
- Derreck Johnson, Black Owned Project 365
- Chelsey Prewitt, Bike East Bay
- Chadwick Spell, Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce
First Cohort of the CAC
In September 2023, The City of Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT), assisted by 360 Total Concept, formed the first cohort of a Community Advisory Committee (CAC). Applications were distributed to over 30 community leaders and organizations in the neighborhoods in which MPD projects are located in. The CAC consists of 10 members who committed to a 7-month term as the projects’ community thought partners.
- Jalil Butron, YouthBeat
- Zachary Carey, True Vine Ministries
- Carl Chan, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
- Eddie Dillard, Hispanic Engineering and Building Constructors
- Ms. Margaret Gordon, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
- Mike Jacob, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
- Derreck Johnson, Black Owned Project 365
- Sky Marazzi, Oakland Chamber of Commerce
- Joe Partida, Oakland Latino Chamber of Commerce
- George Spies, Traffic Violence Rapid Response
Image: Members of the first cohort of the Community Advisory Committee, OakDOT staff, and 360 Total Concept staff.