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CityCouncil | 2013-09-25 | 3 | would be added back; the Tubes and facilities previously accommodated the flow of 14,000 jobs; before 1997, when there were 14,000 jobs, there was not the current and proposed development in Oakland or sea level change issues as well other issues raised by speakers; requested staff to provide a contextual framework. The City Planner stated the State has established a very prescriptive way to do an EIR; staff and consultants will ensure additional information and context is available to the community, Planning Board and Council; the greatest number of jobs and population was in 1994; a lot of cars left Alameda Point every day; the Navy had ways of managing trips through staggered shifts, but traffic was still bad; staff's approach is to determine what the community can manage and to use different methods; new techniques have to be found for people traveling back and forth to new jobs at Alameda Point; a portion of the redevelopment at Alameda Point would get the City back to the jobs and population 20 years ago; transportation is one of the most interesting challenges; positive things are on the horizon, which other communities are doing; employers run shuttles because employees do not want to drive; companies at Alameda Point today want to start running shuttles; Marina Village is looking at doing a shuttle study; the younger generation is not rushing to buy cars, which will be part of the solution moving forward. Councilmember Tam noted the City's population only increased by less then 1% in the past 10 years. The City Planner stated people feel like the population has been growing faster because of driving habits; a challenge is getting the community to change driving habits; the City has been working with regional transportation agencies, such as the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and BART regarding options and solutions; trips have be to reduced and alternatives are needed, such as a BART extension, which the City is still working on; BART recently attended the Planning Board meeting and wants to review the option. Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated the Bay Area recently had a couple of opportunities to do trial runs of alternative means of transportation, other than cars, during the BART strike and Bay Bridge closure; the ferries saw tremendous increases in ridership; people will use other means of transportation; the ferries and AC Transit stepped up operations; the City Council and Planning Board receive lots of emails from people concerned about proposed developments and the impact of automobile traffic; encouraged everyone to think about their personal habits and ask themselves whether everything is being done to minimize car dependency; the public's help is needed; options reviewed for Alameda Point should be applied to the greater community as well. Mayor Gilmore stated transportation demand management plans and ways to minimize the impact of new development assumes the problem is Alameda Point; however, how the rest of the Island gets around is going to have to change; everyone should be thinking about taking shuttles and BART; the solution is going to have to be Island wide. Joint Meeting Alameda City Council and 3 Planning Board September 25, 2013 | CityCouncil/2013-09-25.pdf |