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PlanningBoard | 2008-11-24 | 7 | unintended consequences and the need to be cautious with what the Board wants to include in the requirements. Board member Autorino commented on the regulations relating to condominium conversions and asked if the second unit could be divided and sold. The Board provided input and guidance to staff on the standards they would like included in the ordinance. M/S/C (Cook/Cunningham) to continue the item to the meeting of December 8, 2008. Approved 6-0-0 (9-B.) Draft Transportation Element General Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Report - Recommendation to Council. A General Plan amendment to update and amend the Transportation Element of the General Plan. The proposed Transportation Element Policies would apply citywide. (AT) Mr. Andrew Thomas presented the staff report and pointed out some of the issues pertaining to the Transportation Element and Final Environmental Impact Report. Board member Cook asked about amendment number five regarding new classifications for school and recreation zones. President Kohlstrand requested John Knox White and Michael Krueger from the Transportation Commission discuss issues in the Transportation Element. Mr. White spoke about road widening and intersections and said that it is important to mitigate future development impacts on traffic. He asked if travel times are really reduced from road widening. He said that most traffic issues are just being pushed off to the future. He wants to see less traffic instead of mitigated traffic issues from new development. He also spoke about TDM and how it can be used to mitigate overall impacts. Michael Krueger addressed the Board and reiterated the comments in the letters on the EIR. He spoke about items in the Transportation Element such as the widening of some streets, implementation of the Transportation Master Plan, and the approval of new developments and the traffic associated with them. He also stated that the Planning Board has the ability to not approve a project if the negative impacts outweigh the positive impacts. Mr. David Kirwin addressed the Board. He said that he is concerned because the Transportation Element suggests that the City will just have to deal with the extra traffic, longer back ups, and lower levels of service. He suggested that every street is a shared street and less emphasis should be put on the marking of streets. He also expressed concern with the implementation of elements of the plan and how they will be paid for. Page 7 of 12 | PlanningBoard/2008-11-24.pdf |