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TransportationCommission | 2017-09-27 | 3 | https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3158563&GUID=FA3FBDE5 B456-4391-8D95-1AC8D71F82AA&FullText=1 Commissioner Soules asked what the timeline is to meet the stated goals. Staff Member Ott said the goals were based on a 15 year timeline. Commissioner Palmer asked what dollar amounts the actual developers are required to contribute to the plan and not just their residents. Staff Member Ott gave examples of contributions that developers have been required to contribute, such as $10,000,000 for a new ferry terminal at Alameda Pt. Commissioner Palmer asked why 2030 was chosen as the benchmark for measuring the plan's success. Bill Hurrell, CDM Smith, said they wanted to pick a horizon that was long enough to allow the plan to have an impact, but not so long that they would not have confidence in predicting what would happen in the future. Vice-Chair Miley opened the public hearing. Christina Hanson, employee of Harbor Bay Isle and Central Avenue resident, said the community is concerned about the proposal to add bus lanes on Island Drive. She said they do not believe this is the right solution for the problem. She said the median and trees are very important to the community. She said there are also safety concerns around the elementary school with adding bus lanes there. Jim Strehlow said we have added 5,000 new homes and asked where the 5,000 new jobs were to go with them. He said the city should be prioritizing job creation but is in fact doing the opposite. He said stopping growth is part of the real solution. He said Alamedans want another bridge or tunnel. He said the public meetings are too rigid for genuine discussion, or speakers are hand picked. He asked that more discussion time be allowed for future meetings on these issues. He said when he drives kids for a non- profit he is a single driver off the island. He said he is mad because this plan is not a solution to the transportation problem. Pat Potter, CASA, said she is concerned about the Transportation Awareness Campaign. She said we need to drill down deep and understand what prevents individuals from changing their behavior. Andrea Wuttke, transportation planner and infrastructure economist, said a bus system is a supplemental mass transit vehicle. She said her plan would be to take 20,000 rides a day out of the system to connect the island to Oakland via an aerial tramway. 3 | TransportationCommission/2017-09-27.pdf |