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PlanningBoard | 2006-09-25 | 11 | noise. She believed the air quality within homes should be measured as affected by 18-wheel trucks; she was concerned that the noise rating for those trucks were not included in the chart. She noted that some of the trucks would be only 20 feet away from homes. She believed the truck traffic would negatively impact the residents' quality of life. She submitted her comments to staff. Ms. Kimberly Miner, 1004 Camellia Drive, indicated she supported the project but did not speak. Mr. Terry Miner, 3214 Bayo Vista Avenue, spoke in support for this project and the EIR. He disagreed that Target is the same kind of discount store as a WalMart or K-Mart. He believed that many car trips would be generated to go to a Target off-island. Ms. Eugenie Thompson requested that the City redo the traffic study. She had been asked by some citizens to review the traffic study who wondered why a project of this magnitude could have zero impacts. She did not believe the EIR evaluated the traffic impacts of a Target as proposed by the developers. She noted that generic shopping was examined instead. She noted that Target would be a major regional draw, from three to five miles. As a civil engineer and a traffic engineer, she did not believe this EIR was reality-based. She supported controlled growth, and believed that 700,000 square feet was a very large shopping center. She would like alternative sites to be examined more closely. She noted that traffic impacted people and the quality of life, not just roads. She urged the City to do a new traffic study. Ms. Jill Reed, 2101 Shoreline Drive #146, spoke in opposition to this project. She echoed the other speakers' concerns, and did not believe the project would have no traffic impact. She did not believe a store of this size should be at that side of the Island, and that it was a long drive for people to shop. Ms. Mary Tigh, 2137 Otis Drive #223, spoke in opposition to this project, and spoke on behalf of Rich Perranan who was out of town. She read his letter into the record: "I arrived in Alameda in 1927, and remember when going to school that we had four bridges and the Posey Tube. We still have four bridges and the Posey Tube for access to Alameda. All the streets from those bridges are either one lane or become one land before Otis Drive. The side streets are also one lane:" Versailles, Broadway, Willow and Grand. Otis becomes one lane before Park Street. Otis has become the truck route to the shopping center. Otis currently has 12 exits and ten entrances to the center before Willow and Park Street. Only two each on Broadway, Shoreline Drive and Willow Street. Shoppers not living in the general area of the center have no clue what the traffic is like 24/7. At the St. Francis condo, we have 108 vehicles that use our driveway for access to Otis Drive. At times we have a hard time getting onto Otis because of the traffic backed up at the signal at Willow. There are backups from Versailles to Park Street also. Target's traffic figures on the 112,000 square foot store of 30% and the 300,000 shoppers from off-island are way off base. It would be more like 40% due to the increase in footage of 49,000 feet. Our streets cannot handle this increase. They are having problems now. Our property values will decrease, and will likely have more crime as more people come on to our island each day. Many are not against Planning Board Minutes Page 11 September 25, 2006 | PlanningBoard/2006-09-25.pdf |