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CityCouncil | 2014-12-02 | 15 | Councilmember Daysog inquired what specific mechanisms lead to a successful transit program. Mr. Olmstead responded the provisions listed in the TDM, including: shuttle service, direct connection to BART, transit passes, bike and car sharing service; stated the Transportation Management Association (TMA) would help coordinate the project and market the programs to tenants and residents. Councilmember Daysog inquired situations where transportation goals of a project are not met. Mr. Olmstead responded not every TDM program his firm developed has worked perfectly the first time; programs can take multiple iterations and years of fine-tuning; adjusting patterns and behaviors of a community is key to achieving goals. In response to Councilmember Daysog's inquiry, Mr. Olmstead stated Alameda is a unique Island City; his firm has not worked on a project that can be directly analogous to Alameda's project; the monitoring program is emphasized to establish a baseline; then necessary adjustments can be made; being flexible is important for the success of any TDM program. In response to Councilmember Chen's inquiry, Mr. Olmstead stated his firm looked at the specific site and site characteristics when the TDM program was developed. Councilmember Tam inquired whether potential trips from surrounding projects were evaluated when doing the analysis, to which Mr. Olmstead responded in the negative, stated the analysis was specific to the Del Monte project. The City Planner clarified that Nelson Nygaard did a third-party evaluation of the transportation plan for the project; a different consulting firm did the environmental documents which looked at the cumulative impacts of all the projects in Alameda. In response to Mayor Gilmore's inquiry, the City Planner stated all of the environmental documents done for every project in Alameda in the last 15 years look at cumulative impacts, including: full build-out of Alameda Point, the Northern Waterfront, and South Shore; one set of consultants prepare the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and the Mitigated Negative Declaration; the developer's consultants create a transportation plan; the City hired Nelson Nygaard to evaluate the transportation plan; the City's trip reduction goal is 10%; Nelson Nygaard determined the trip reduction would be 34%; traffic impacts need to be monitored and adjusted; travel habits will change; different programs will work and changes can be made to provide alternatives. Councilmember Daysog inquired whether Nelson Nygaard has worked on situations where penalties can be calibrated upwards when certain goals are not met. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 14 December 2, 2014 | CityCouncil/2014-12-02.pdf |