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PlanningBoard | 2007-11-26 | 8 | 11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS: a. Oral Status Report regarding the Alameda Point Advisory Task Force (Board Members Cook/Kohlstrand) President Cook noted that there had been no further meetings. Mr. Thomas advised that the next meeting would be held December 13, 2007, at the O Club. He noted that practical multiple scenarios would be presented. b. Oral Status Report regarding the Oakland/Chinatown Advisory Committee (Board Member Mariani). Member Mariani noted that the November meeting had been cancelled. She added that during the October meeting, there had been some discussion about the focus of the Committee, and whether it should address Chinatown alone, or Chinatown and the extended surrounding areas. Mr. Thomas noted that the City of Alameda had taken the lead for seven years on attempting to get the County and Oakland to examine different scenarios on improving the connection between the Webster and Posey Tubes, and the I-880 freeway. He noted that the area was built-up, and that a 2000 study concluded that there was no good solution. He displayed and described the proposed transition from the Tube to I-880 and to Fifth Street. He noted that traffic and speed control issues had been discussed. Member Lynch inquired how many doors and roofs the City of Oakland had approved in the last 10 to 15 years, and how many were currently working their way through the City of Oakland's Planning Department. He would not want to allocate or spend any more funds on further studies on this particular issue. He believed the issue was being talked around, and that the core of the issue was not being addressed; he believed that was a waste of public funds. Mr. Thomas suggested that this item be agendized. He recalled the origins of the traffic study in the Oakland Chinatown area, and noted that because the 880 freeway was constrained other options such as pedestrian and transit must be studied. He believed it was important to bring in other regions to the study as well. b. Oral Status Report regarding the Transportation subcommittee (Vice President Kohlstrand). Vice President Kohlstrand noted that a meeting for the Pedestrian Task Force had been held two weeks earlier, and added that Gail Payne, who joined the City as the bicycle and pedestrian coordinator, presented her first draft to the subcommittee. She identified the missing links in the pedestrian network, and would establish a criteria system to make an Page 8 of 10 | PlanningBoard/2007-11-26.pdf |