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TransportationCommission | 2006-11-15 | 6 | ask staff to notify the neighbors as early as possible so they will have time to prepare for meetings. Chair Knox White wished to stand by his statement at the previous meeting regarding the stop in front of the Otis School. They had requested that the Police Department return with an actual safety consideration for the stop in that location, and they have submitted a letter indicating that there was no safety consideration for the buses and the school children. The police felt that the concerns were more due to parents double-parking, as well as other behaviors that have since been mitigated. Chair Knox White noted that he had voted last time to remove the stop for other reasons, and did not want to sound callous with respect to safety. As the father of a six-year-old and an eight-year-old, he emphasized that safety was very important to him. Chair Knox White wished to clarify that a marked crosswalk would be installed at Pond Isle; two unmarked crosswalks already exist at that location. Commissioner Ratto stepped out of the Chambers. 7A. PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON TMP SCHEDULE DUE TO RECENT CHANGES IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Staff Khan presented the staff report, and recounted the outcome of the October 17, 2006, City Council meeting, wherein it authorized the presentation of a General Plan Amendment to analyze the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) policies proposed by the Transportation Commission. He noted that some changes must be made in the TMP schedule, but staff's goal at this time was to ensure the changes would be minimal, and that delays would be reduced as much as possible. The report also mentioned that two specific sub-plan schedules would be provided; there were currently staffing concerns and they wanted to make sure the schedule presented could be realistically followed. He noted that when the City Council approved the General Plan Amendment (GPA) process last month, staff also presented a tentative schedule that would require returning to City Council in September 2007 to present the GPA for City Council's consideration. Staff Khan noted that with respect to the pedestrian plan, some specific related policies had already been proposed by the subcommittee. Staff would consider including the specific sub plan policies in the GPA process in order to address and analyze the policies expeditiously. Once the GPA was completed, staff intended to move forward with other sub plan development processes, including specific policies for other future sub plans. He noted that Attachment 2 presented a revised pedestrian plan timeline, which demonstrated it the pedestrian sub plan to City Council in March, 2008. By December 2007, staff will be able to have initial document of the plan. Staff has also worked with the Planning Department on this plan, and they supported having the plan move forward; they believe the December 2007 deadline is realistic. Chair Knox White noted that the Transportation Commission had discussed bringing back the policies as part of the environmental review for the pedestrian plan, but he did not | TransportationCommission/2006-11-15.pdf |