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TransportationCommission | 2021-10-27 | 7 | Commissioner Kohlstrand said she supported this program and thought that it fit in with the city's overall objective of reducing greenhouse gases. She did have concerns about Versailles and San Jose after hearing the comments. She stated that since Versailles and Gibbons were used as collectors they needed to be evaluated as part of the street classifications in the General Plan update. She wanted staff to do more exploration in the neighborhoods around San Jose and Versailles, and to see if Pearl could be a better alternative to Versailles. Commissioner Weitze wanted to see how this program would work in a post-COVID world for at least a year. He pointed out that it was confusing at the intersections where Slow Streets end and wanted to see better signage here. Commissioner Nachtigall was in support of the Slow Streets Program. She also wanted to see signage that clarified where the slow streets began/ended and for them to connect to the Cross Alameda Trail in JSOSP. Vice Chair Yuen supported the staff's recommendations and thanked everyone for their comments. She recommended that staff keep the survey open to gather additional comments for the remainder of the year. Commissioner Weitze expressed concern for fatigue if people felt that a street was being cut off for them, and that frustrated drivers were not safe drivers. Chair Soules supported the original concept but struggled with the extension due to the skewed data and issues with inequities. She wanted the parallel streets to be considered and wanted to follow established processes with more community outreach. Commissioner Weitze wanted Pearl to be studied but did not want to remove Versailles. Vice Chair Yuen wanted to see more data collected through the Active Transportation Plan (ATP) process to leverage the existing planning process and use the more traditional approach to outreach. She wanted to study Versailles as part of the ATP process. Chair Soules made a motion to approve the staff's recommendation with the amendments to evaluate Pearl St as an alternative to Versailles and to have more community input specifically from parallel streets along with the ATP. Commissioner Weitze seconded the motion. A vote was taken by a raise of hands and the motion passed 6-0. *Commissioner Weitze had to excuse himself. There was still a quorum to continue the meeting. | TransportationCommission/2021-10-27.pdf |