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TransportationCommission | 2007-07-25 | 2 | houses because of this situation, which she believed would get worse. She would like to see discussions of permit parking to begin for this neighborhood. Chair Knox White requested comment from staff regarding potential parking permits. Staff Khan advised that he had spoken with Development Services Department, and that they were working on a parking study. They had been collecting data since last year, and were preparing memos and data to be presented to the Transportation Commission in September or October; following that, it would be presented to the Planning Board and City Council. In terms of residential permit parking, staff has noted that such programs have resulted in a substantial drain on resources in other jurisdictions. They had found that the creation of residential permit parking required a funding source to establish enforcement, processing and collection of fees. The results from the parking study would be available upon its completion. Matthew Anderson, 924 Grand Street, noted that everyone he had spoken to on Grand Street was opposed to its redesignation as an island arterial. He believed the redesignation would be detrimental to their neighborhood and to their efforts to deal with traffic and safety issues on Grand Street and the surrounding areas. He added that he spoken to Mr. Khan about a recent incident where a blind man was struck by a vehicle turning off of Grand Street, which reignited people's interest in the safety issue. Staff Khan noted that the street functional classification system was part of the Transportation Master Plan policies that are moving forward at this time. The City has hired Dowling Associates as the consultant to work on the General Plan Amendment; their first task was to do the traffic model and develop the scenarios and analysis. Following that, they will go to the CEQA process that will require the City to produce a programmatic EIR, which will involve an ample public comment period. He noted that the issue would come before the Transportation Commission several times. 6. OLD BUSINESS There were none. 7. NEW BUSINESS 7A. Current Status of the Broadway/Jacksor project. Discussion. Staff Khan presented the staff report, and noted that the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA) and the project consultant (Kimley-Horn) were present in the audience. He summarized the scope and layout of this project, and noted that a feasibility study was completed in April 2006, following by the examination of various alternatives in improving access from Alameda to I-880, as well as access and circulation in both Alameda and Oakland. Since the feasibility study has been performed, ACTIA has hired consultant Kimley-Horn to work on the evaluated alternatives; they will move forward with a Project Study Report (PSR) as required by Caltrans. The goal of the task to the consultant was to produce the PSR, which will be approved by Caltrans. Transportation Commission July 25, 2007 Page 2 of 10 | TransportationCommission/2007-07-25.pdf |