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TransportationCommission | 2020-10-28 | 6 | Alamedans think of density and land use. She would like to see a special workshop meeting or sub- committee to capture all the different perspectives of the commissioner members. She would like more emphasis on transit in that a higher percentage of trips are on transit compared to bicycling and walking, especially getting on/off the island. She is unsure how to proceed with housing obligations until we know what happens with Measure Z. Staff Thomas: He said that Measure Z will impact how the City can proceed with residential density. The City needs to meet the state's housing obligations. Commissioner Kohlstrand: She stated that she would like to consider doing sketch planning with Measure A or with something more rational. Chair Soules: She agreed, and would like to have more comments on the General Plan with a sub-committee process. Commissioner Weitze: He would like measurable actions agreeing with Commissioner Yuen. He would like to set an actual goal for the percent of trips going on and off the island such as car-free to help with funding projects. Chair Soules: She stated that the surveys need more quantification. For example, the survey responses are heavily skewed towards white. The report does mention the groups that are underrepresented, and it needs to report back on how the gap would be reduced. She would like to have more prioritization of projects as well as timing. It is important to have rigor in the objectives and metrics. Transit moves the most amount of people, and transit needs to come back strong. She would like to see another Planning Board and Transportation Commission joint meeting to better understand zoning and development agreement requirements and to ensure coordination. Commissioner Yuen: She likes the idea of the joint meeting with the Planning Board, and supports the transit first idea, and would like to lift it up in the update. The survey results are lacking, and the charts are confusing. She would like an expert to look at it who knows qualitative research. There needs more outreach effort to harder to reach demographics such as the Active Transportation Plan's statistically significant survey as well as other opportunities, which is difficult during a pandemic. She agrees about the importance to set targets and to have performance measures and metrics. Micromobility could be better highlighted to provide greater access to transit. She is pleased to see more consideration of equity. Chair Soules: She wants to better assess if the projects can accommodate given the projected population and density on the west end such as Central Avenue. Staff Thomas: He said that the City does not have the rigor for prioritizing how public funds are used. It ends up being a mix of politics, planning and cost/benefit analysis. We have multiple problems - a housing crisis and inadequate transportation. Chair Soules: She stated that we do not want to quantify and study what is not helpful. We will have more traffic volumes so she is unsure if these projects will work for bicycling once Site A is developed. Transportation Commission Special Meeting Minutes - October 28, 2020 6 | TransportationCommission/2020-10-28.pdf |