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PlanningBoard | 2007-12-10 | 10 | Strategy 5 - Provide for Internal and External Traffic Circulation Vice President Kohlstrand believed the strategies and accomplishments were multimodal in orientation, and believed the strategy should be renamed so it did not focus solely on traffic. She believed it should be identified as a multimodal transportation strategy that looked at emphasizing pedestrian, transit and bicycle access. Vice President Kohlstrand believed that it was important to avoid "mega-blocks," and to keep the scale of city at a more reasonable 400-500 feet in length so that pedestrians can get from one place to another comfortably. Board member Ezzy Ashcraft noted that page 21, Item 1, read, "Develop an action item list that targets how to spend the collected commercial in-lieu parking fees." She supported a proposal that had been accepted to increase the parking meter fees in Alameda to be more in line with surrounding communities. She noted that the in-lieu fees were not meant for the general fund, but should be fed back into transit and pedestrian improvements, which would bring the business owners online with respect to district improvements. Strategy 6 - Foster New Enterprises Board member Ezzy Ashcraft noted that the Alameda Beauty College had been in place for a long time, and believed that Alameda College would be an ideal location for it. She believed that the Beauty College students might want to take other courses at Alameda College, and noted that there were day care facilities as well. She added that space would be freed up on that block for a more appropriate retail/restaurant use. President Cook would like to see a way to foster new green uses in Alameda, and to find a market for that goal. Board member McNamara noted that was listed in the staff report, "Attracting green businesses into the City." President Cook would like that goal to be incorporated into the plan update. Board member Ezzy Ashcraft noted that it was also at the bottom of page 8, "Develop fast-tracking or reduced fee permitting for sustainable and green businesses and project to encourage their relocation of green businesses to Alameda, and the development of sustainable buildings," Mr. Fonstein noted that they would strengthen the presence of green building opportunities in the document. Strategy 7 - Promote Affordable Housing Board member Ezzy Ashcraft recalled a recent report on NPR, which discussed recent foreclosures. It stated that as developers got into building bigger houses, prospective Page 10 of 12 | PlanningBoard/2007-12-10.pdf |