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TransportationCommission | 2007-05-23 | 7 | Commissioner Krueger noted that he would like to see the ridership potential to Fruitvale examined. Mr. Bruzzone noted that there was concern about the impact of the opening and closing of the bridges on operations. No action was taken. Public Comment There were no speakers. Close public comment. Item 7A (continued) Chair Knox White noted that the Transportation Commission was limited in its comments as to the adequacy of this DEIR. Commissioner Krueger inquired whether the Commission would be able to comment on the transportation design and impacts of this project. Chair Knox White noted that the DEIR addressed the impacts. He added that the future plan and the design of the project were not part of this item, and inquired whether the TC will be able to comment on the improvement plans once they are prepared. Staff Khan noted that was not usually done, but if the Commission requested it, he would be amenable to providing that. A discussion of the baselines and their time horizons ensued. Commissioner Ratto inquired why the proposed bike connection described in the Bicycle Master Plan would not be implemented. He strongly supported the bike connection. Staff Khan replied that was also a major comment made by staff, and that they would like to push for it as well. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Ratto whether any appeals had been filed by neighbors, Staff Khan replied that staff submitted the comments in September/October 2006, they received the administrative draft, made comments and found that those comments were not incorporated in the revised DEIR. He noted that staff is working with the consultant to resolve these concerns; they should be addressed by early June. With respect to level of service, Commissioner Ratto noted that the second paragraph of TR-1 (page 3.12-16) stated, "Because the proposed project would not affect existing level of service at any of the 13 intersections in the study area, the impact to intersection level of service would be less than significant." He noted that when an intersection has an existing level of service of F, and it was slightly changed, he supposed that would be somewhat true. He believed that a 15- Transportation Commission May 23, 2007 Page 7 of 12 | TransportationCommission/2007-05-23.pdf |