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CityCouncil | 2006-10-17 | 25 | service by expanding lanes. The Supervising Planner responded balancing and thinking about all modes of transportation are needed, particularly with proposed mitigations; stated the policies will go through a rigorous study ; the community would be involved. Mayor Johnson stated she does not see an inconsistency with the General Plan; inquired whether other mitigations can be proposed. The Supervising Planner responded in the affirmative; stated for an impact at Central Avenue and Eighth Street, mitigation could be done by taking out parking, adding travel lanes, and taking out trees; the analysis might say that the mitigation should not be done. Mayor Johnson stated General Plan inconsistencies need to be addressed when the policies come back. Councilmember Matarrese stated the policies could be applied as written with the condition that unless there is a specific reference in the General Plan that requires the widening of a roadway, the policies could be used as a guidance or the policies could be used if there is a specific intersection that will be widened beyond the width of the approaching roadway specifically called out in the General Plan in text; he is betting that there are very few instances in the General Plan that state traffic lanes would be added. The Supervising Planner stated the project goal is to come back with a General Plan amendment to adopt a Transportation Element. ; inconsistencies may be found. Councilmember Matarrese stated a secondary goal is to apply the principles to EIR'S that are coming before Council. Councilmember deHaan stated Council is looking at the policies as guidelines and not accepted policies per se. Mayor Johnson stated the guidelines would be tested and analyzed in long-range plans and would become policies that would become part of the General Plan; the idea is to use the policies as guidelines in considering EIR'S in the short term. Councilmember Matarrese stated he interprets a guideline as an initiation point; making the project work or taking care of the situation within the guidelines is fine; otherwise justification and mitigation need to be looked at beyond guidelines; guidelines Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 25 October 17, 2006 | CityCouncil/2006-10-17.pdf |