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TransportationCommission | 2020-11-18 | 3 | Stefan Schuster also introduced: Jennifer Cheung of CDM Smith Michael Bjork of CDM Smith Szu-han Chen of CDM Smith Jake Gunther of CDM Smith Commissioner Clarifying Questions for #6A Commissioner Weitze asked questions about the plan overall. Chair Soules asked staff to clarify the current stage of the plan and what comes next. Staff Payne responded that the 35 percent drawings are complete. Staff is looking to obtain overall project approval before spending effort on developing detailed designs. Mr. Schuster added that more details will be developed for roundabouts with all stakeholders. At this time, the City is looking for approval of the corridor-wide concept with the roundabouts. Commissioner Weitze stated that there are points of friction that are not totally addressed such as in front of Encinal High School and at the transitions from two-way bike path to single-sided paths, and he is not sure why these choices were made. Staff Payne responded that Encinal School area is confusing today because drop off/pick up is under construction and there will no longer be a parking lot there. This project will create room for a center turn lane, and a bus pull-out for a bus to wait out of the traffic lane, just west of the jet and so we expect it to function better than it does now. The City team is coordinating with the school on the design. As for why there is a change from a two-way to bike lanes at Eighth Street, this was analyzed in 2015, and there are too many driveways east of Eighth St, which creates a visibility issue and takes away a lot of parking. The number of driveways also means the center turn lane is more valuable here. Also, this is Caltrans right of way, so the City needed to be more conservative. Mr. Schuster added that the width is constrained and there are large heritage trees that need to be protected. Commissioner Weitze clarified that he was talking about the change at Central/Pacific from two-way protected bike lanes to standard bike lanes. Staff Payne stated that on Main Street, one can use bike lanes or the multi-use pathway on the west side of the street. Staff Wikstrom added that the two-way cycle track does merge into a multi-use path. The longer-term plans are for the cycle track to continue north of Pacific Avenue along Main Street. Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes - November 18, 2020 3 | TransportationCommission/2020-11-18.pdf |