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PlanningBoard | 2012-01-09 | 10 | Board member Kohlstrand also referred to page 6a in section b on the right hand side. She wanted clarification on why it stated private sidewalk and public sidewalk. Mr. Thomas stated the dimensions are correct, but the labels between private and public are reversed. President Ezzy Ashcraft referred page 8 of 15 under the Bicycle Circulation and Facilities. There are three bullet points and the first bullet point under the last sentence states "All bicycle lanes are 5' feet wide and parallel parking spaces are 8' feet wide. When she last talked to Mr. Thomas, she wanted to know what the two have to do with each other. Mr. Thomas replied there is an 8' foot-parking lane and a 5' foot bike lane with a total of 13' feet. The real issue was brought up by Lucy Gigli, President of BikeAlameda regarding bicyclists encroaching into the door zone. Obaid Khan, City of Alameda Supervising Civil Engineer, stated in a commercial area like 5th Street staff recommends not using wide edge line usually seen as a bike lane by itself and a stripe with an edge line running parallel that defines the parking lane. One of the ideas staff is promoting under Alameda's Bicycle Design Guidelines is to extend the T's along the parking area into the bike lane to define the door zone. The practice has been implemented in the city of Oakland and has been helpful. He included the design into the Design Guidelines and the Board will be able to review the guidelines soon. Board member Burton stated he is glad to see the Board's comments incorporated into the new plan. He referred to page 3 the Pedestrian Circulation Plan where the pedestrian can access Buildings F to Building A on the east edge of the property. The illustration shows the secondary pedestrian circulation hugging the property, but he suggested flipping the secondary circulation on to the other side of the major axis along there. So, instead of pedestrians coming out of Building F and coming down the row of compact parking spaces, there should be a walkway along there in order to eliminate the pedestrian trying to cross in front of the loading zone and reduce pedestrians coming in off of Stargell Avenue. Regarding the Bicycle Circulation section, he was pleased to see bicycles going through the center or main street of the project, but he would like to get a bike lane to the front of the Target or Building A. He suggested a condition to the bike- parking plan, which would state that secure and well-lit bike parking, shall be required within visual proximity to the entrance of all buildings. Furthermore, he suggested that deliveries to the loading zone in Building A be limited for to non-store hours. President Ezzy Ashcraft stated that the building has the potential to be divided into three different spaces and the loading zone illustrated would cross the pedestrian pathway. Mr. Thomas stated that staff and design team looked at the loading zone conflict and some debated whether to remove the crosswalks altogether. However, Alameda South Shore Center's loading does occur off hours and Board member Burton's suggestion of Approved Meeting Minutes Page 10 of 14 January 9, 2012 | PlanningBoard/2012-01-09.pdf |