pages: CityCouncil/2006-10-17.pdf, 17
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CityCouncil | 2006-10-17 | 17 | Transportation Commission Chair responded in the affirmative. Mayor Johnson inquired whether reducing traffic would be discussed, not just mitigating traffic. The Transportation Commission Chair responded in the affirmative; stated discussions would address increasing the mode share away from driving so that surrounding neighborhood impacts and development impacts would be less. Councilmember deHaan requested background on how the City went through the public communication feedback to derive the policies. The Transportation Commission Chair inquired whether Councilmember deHaan meant the Transportation Master Plan specifically, to which Councilmember deHaan responded in the affirmative. The Transportation Commission Chair responded a number of public Sub Task Force meetings were held with various Boards and Commissions after Council approved the Transportation Master Plan in 2004; stated the City started a website that involved an e-mail mailing list; twelve or thirteen public meetings have been held on the Transportation Master Plan; he does not want to tie the Transportation Master Plan process into the seven policies; since June, the Transportation Commission worked under the EIR guidelines to create the seven recommended policies the Transportation Commission looked at a number of EIRs; the seven recommended policies reflect the spirit of what the Transportation Master Plan has been moving forward with but has not adopted yet; the Transportation Commission wanted to recommend to Council that the policies be guidelines, whether adopted in the Transportation General Plan or not, when looking at the EIRs. Councilmember deHaan inquired whether the seven policies are a direct outgrowth of the community input, to which the Transportation Commission Chair responded in the affirmative. Councilmember deHaan inquired whether Policy No. 7 addressed a 55 second delay, to which the Transportation Commission Chair responded in the affirmative. Councilmember deHaan inquired what is the level of a 55-second delay], to which the Transportation Commission Chair responded Level E. Councilmember deHaan inquired what level most intersections are today, to which the Transportation Commission Chair responded the majority are between Level B and C. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 17 October 17, 2006 | CityCouncil/2006-10-17.pdf |