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PlanningBoard | 2007-06-11 | 13 | 10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: Mr. Thomas advised that the comment period on the Harbor Bay Village VI EIR closed on June 5, 2007, and a public hearing had been held by the Planning Board a month ago. Staff had received several requests to extend the comment period, which was extended for another month. He noted that a very large number of letters, comparable to the Target proposal, had been received. Staff and the consultant team had begun to go through the letters and scoping out the amount of additional work that would be necessary to complete to respond to the comments. Staff will meet with the applicant to establish the budget for that process. President Lynch suggested that in staff's discussions with the applicant, that they strongly consider what they had heard so far. Mr. Thomas confirmed that the applicant would reimburse the City as they go through the process. 11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS: a. Oral Status Report regarding the Oakland/Chinatown Advisory Committee (Board Member Mariani). Board member Mariani was not in attendance to present this report. b. Oral Status Report regarding the Transportation subcommittee (Board Member Kohlstrand). Board member Kohlstrand advised that the next meeting of the Pedestrian Task Force would be held June 26, 2007, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. She believed it would be held in one of the conference rooms on the third floor of City Hall. In response to an inquiry by President Lynch whether the task force addressed the physical attributes of the crosswalks, Board member Kohlstrand replied that it was more at the General Plan level. She noted that it had been an unusual process, because the update to the Transportation Element was initiated by the Transportation Commission, rather than staff. She noted that Public Works took the process back under its purview, and believed the next task force meeting would examine a work scope that may be adopted for further pedestrian analysis. Mr. Thomas advised that a Draft Transportation Element update had been prepared by the Transportation Commission, which City staff has begun to review. Staff believed it was a solid first draft, and that a series of subplans for Transportation Demand Management and the pedestrian and transit aspect of the subplans were also to be addressed. He noted that he had met with the transportation planners in the Public Works Department, and they hoped to look at Alameda in two different way: one of the established area of the Island with good pedestrian facilities, and the problematic areas of those facilities; and other large areas of Alameda undergoing complete redevelopment, such as the Northern Waterfront and Alameda Point. Planning Board Minutes Page 13 June 11, 2007 | PlanningBoard/2007-06-11.pdf |