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TransportationCommission | 2006-03-22 | 4 | Staff Hawkins said that the proposed extension would not take the funeral home but only a couple of parking spaces. In addition, she said that there is a level of service issue at Clement and Park, so there would need to be a capacity enhancement to address this. Commissioner McFarland stated that his understanding is that the capacity issues are the primary concern, not the truck route. Chair Knox White suggested removing the previously recommended language that Council should direct staff and just say that the TC recommends that the City Council prioritize the connection of Clement to Tilden. He noted that the intention of the recommendation is to help ensure the City make a commitment to this project while reviewing the impacts discussed in the EIR. Staff Hawkins said that when it goes to project level EIR, if it's not feasible that it would impact the development of a specific project. Therefore the feasibility of the proposed extension would be discussed as part of a project level EIR. Chair Knox White said that he wanted to respect the wishes of Commissioner Parker, as she raised this issue and was not in attendance, and recommended keeping this recommendation as is. Chair Knox White asked about the tube capacity, which Commissioner McFarland had raised at the March meeting. Staff Bergman said that the handouts discussed the assumptions, as well as indicating the hour by hour traffic counts in the year 2000. Chair Knox White asked if the calculated capacity takes into account the fact that there are stop lights on either end of the tube or just assumes free flow and go on forever. Staff Bergman said that he had talked to Virendra Patel on that and said that the signal on the Oakland side has a very short cycle as well as a free right turn, so there is not much impact on the capacity of the Posey Tube. He noted that on the Webster tube there is a pretty long distance between the exit from the tube and the traffic signals. There is also a split at Constitution, providing additional lanes and capacity. Commissioner Schatmeier said that he was confused about the traffic volume and trip generation. The supporting material chart shows trips and vehicle capacity in the tubes but that it doesn't necessarily correlate to trip generation. He asked if the materials could be clarified to indicate where we are talking about person trips and where we are talking about vehicle trips. Commissioner Krueger agreed, stating that the focus should be on maximizing mobility for people, not just vehicles. Commissioner Krueger suggested adding a clarifying statement to be submitted along with the TC's recommendation about policies to be deleted, which was discussed earlier. Page 4 of 7 | TransportationCommission/2006-03-22.pdf |