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TransportationCommission | 2008-05-28 | 5 | Chair Knox White noted that he would entertain a motion asking that the design guidelines be sent to City Council. Commissioner Krueger moved to direct that the design guidelines be sent to City Council after presentation before the Transportation Commission. Commissioner Schatmeier seconded the motion. Motion passed 6-0. Absent: Commissioner Ratto. Staff Bergman noted that the estimated cost of crosswalk lights of $50-75,000 were generally correct, and wished to clarify that those projects had been funded by grants. City funds comprised between 10-20% of those funds. Chair Knox White inquired whether that grant money could be used for other projects. Staff Bergman replied that the funding depended on the priorities of the funding agencies, and how they ranked various projects. Staff Khan noted that was a good point, and that in this case, the lighted crosswalks came from Safe Routes to School funding, and that the funding contained that restriction. He added that further discussion could take place in July. 6B. Review of Multimodal Evaluation Methods to Determine a Project's Potential Impact on Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transit Modes. Staff Khan presented the staff report, and noted that there must be an EIR document to identify the impacts and clearly disclose them to the public. He noted that one of the existing significance criteria was the Level of Service D for vehicles at an intersection, which translates to an average delay of 35-55 seconds. Staff had worked with the City Attorney's office and Planning Department staff, and have gotten feedback from them to ensure the report is complete in developing the criteria. He noted that this information would be used to create quantitative methods to evaluate impacts for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit. He described the various methodologies used in the report, particularly in determining future conditions on Webster Street, Park Street and Central Avenue. Staff Khan noted that staff was struggling with how to resolve conflicts, particularly between modes. He noted that in addressing transit impacts, they could add a queue jump lane at an intersection to improve transit service, but at the same time, that would mean the pedestrian crossing time and pedestrian delay would be impacted. He noted that they must choose between two modes for the higher priority. He noted that the City Council has the option not to mitigate significant impacts, if they approve a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and that an EIR must be in place to be able to make that decision. He noted that depending on how significant impacts are defined, even small changes such as striping a bike lane could require a full-blown EIR, which could be very expensive for the City. Staff hoped that when the street functional classification system was examined as recommended by the Transportation Commission, that classification system could guide the City in resolving some conflicts. Staff hoped to identify the streets by a specific mode and their priorities. He noted that some districts faced similar challenges, such as the commercial districts of Park Street 5 | TransportationCommission/2008-05-28.pdf |