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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-04-11 | 15 | ITEM 2-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES OF Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. They're working on it, they're working on it and they need to let people know that they are working on it and put it in the papers or get the word out, because there's just not enough parking down there, for all the people that want to use the ferry. Susan Deutch: I just wanted to comment on the Harbor Bay Ferry. I do take that ferry and I live near that, and they took away street parking near the ferry and made it two hour parking, so there are limited parking spots now for people that need to take the ferry. And some people really do need to use their car to get to the ferry and when the parking lots filled up, they can't park in the street and there's no place for them to park, but some people have to get their kids to school in the morning and then get to the ferry on time and there's only three ferries. It's been an issue in Harbor Bay and a lot of people are talking about it, especially on that Nextdoor app, where people talk about issues. And they're trying to come up with some solutions to the parking problems so that more people will use that Harbor Bay Ferry, it's limited. Arnold Brillinger: Because the ridership has gone up. Susan Deutch: Yes. Arnold Brillinger: But they want to get more people on the bus, get there. Susan Deutch: Yes, it's just some people can't take bus for reasons. Arnold Brillinger: And they did talk about the fact that some people needed to drop their kids off first and then make it over to somewhere else and it just doesn't work out. Susan Deutch: Yes, and they took away the street parking there. And so it's become more difficult to take that Ferry. A lot of people in Harbor Bay are actually driving all the way across Alameda to get the other Ferry. Jennifer Roloff: Where there's more parking? Susan Deutch: Yes. Jennifer Roloff: I have another comment. You made a point that at the joint commission meetings they were saying, something like, "We don't want to hear about over development that causes traffic but is it a safety concern?" And my daughter rides her bike down Central towards Encinal High School; she's at the middle school there. And since she started last year, we started building up a list of the accidents. And yesterday she got hit, and she got hit on her bike. Two girls, they were riding next to each other and both got knocked over and it was an intersection outside of Paden School. And I believe that is Highway 61, is at central as it goes towards the high school. Arnold Brillinger: It's a state road. [Editor's comment: It's not.] Jennifer Roloff: Yeah, I believe its state road and it brought me to think about what Karen Nakamura had said, the intersections. So as a commission, luckily she doesn't have any disabilities 04/11/18 Page 15 of 18 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-04-11.pdf |