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TransportationCommission | 2012-11-28 | 4 | Jon Spangler explained that he was born and raised in Redwood City, which is similar to Alameda in size. He hoped that the community could recognize improvements that could be made through City staff's hard work. He urged staff to consider creating additional adequate disabled parking access for residents in the neighborhood. Also, stop signs on Shore Line Drive and Westline Drive are needed on Shorepoint Court where Westline crosses it and at the U.S. Post Office. Lastly, the barriers for the cycle tracks should be raised similar to the Belgium example for the entire length of the cycle track. Commissioner Vargas asked Mr. Spangler's opinion on delineators. Jon Spangler replied that he would rather see a rigid concrete barrier that is usually found in parking lots to absolutely stop or slightly deflect a car that is spinning out of control. Jim Strehlow was satisfied with the City staff's community process and the way they addressed the community. However, he was a bit concerned on a couple of items. First, he acknowledged a safety issue in Figure 1 at Shore Line Drive, Broadway and Bayview Drive. When traveling down Shore Line Drive, hitting the stop sign and then making a right hand turn on Bayview Drive, there should be more of a buffer like a green box or sharrows. Overall, he did not understand how the flow would work in the area and he is concerned with the pedestrian crossings at Park Street and Grand Street. He urged staff to consider budgeting for yield to pedestrian signs or markings. Lucy Gigli, President of Bike Alameda, she would like to thank the staff for taking the time to engage the community. She felt the project took all community viewpoints into account and the project will be a model for the rest of Alameda County. Her only concern was the cost, which doubled, and may slow the implementation of the project. She suggested phasing and prioritizing actions such as moving the bollards to a later phase. She also suggested reducing the priority for landscaping such as on Fernside Drive and to produce less costly alternatives in the interim to get the project moving along to not lose funding. Warren Vegas, Alameda resident and bicyclist, supported the measure and wanted to see the barrier along the cycle track buffered at 4 to 5 feet. He also asked the Commission and staff to think about adding an additional crosswalk near the McDonalds, which can be dangerous to pedestrians. Randall Block, Alameda resident and bicyclist, felt that Alameda is a great place to bicycle and the proposal creates a separation between bicyclists from cars. He reiterated the belief that City staff had done an excellent job with the community's concerns and question about the project overall. Overall, he was speaking for other bicyclists and families about how phenomenal the project was and how much he fully supported the project. Catherine Egelhoff, Alameda resident and bicyclist, believed City staff conducted a great job with community input especially given resident's individual needs and concerns. Overall, she supports the project. Joyce Larrick, Alameda resident and pedestrian, stated that City staff had done a great job. She Page 4 of 15 | TransportationCommission/2012-11-28.pdf |