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127 | support a walk and roll event every year to show and emphasize the need to be healthy and safe. He also said the City of Alameda has worked hard to partner with them on numerous fronts and he along with his colleagues support the plan. Commissioner Schatmeier stated that he thought staff did a good job on outreach and the presentation was conducted well. He said Jennifer Ott talked about safety improvements and the disproportionate number of collisions the corridor is responsible for and he felt that was an interesting case. He wanted to know if there will be a report on the before and after statistics as a result of the project. Staff Payne replied she would like to report back about the impacts after construction. Commissioner Schatmeier stated that the presentation commented on the delays in traffic in the year 2035 and he wondered how much of the delays and growth attribute to traffic growth that would take place if the City did nothing. He wondered if that would be a similar level of delay and growth. He also wanted to know if staff attributes the delay growth to the project or the fact that the City will get bigger and there will be more traffic in the year 2035. Staff Payne replied the numbers for the year 2035 do assume that all the planned development is within the estimate including no mode shift and the project is built. Commissioner Schatmeier replied the data reflects the assumption that the project is built, but does the data also assume growth delays in the corridor if the project was not built so there would be no net impact on delays. Laurence Lewis, Associate Planner Kittelson and Associates, said the comparison that Staff Payne mentioned was in addition to the growth that would happen from upcoming development. He explained there was a comparison with the same level of traffic in the year 2035 meaning existing conditions and with what was proposed without mode shifts. Commissioner Schatmeier said the benefits listed included the improvements to bus access and he wanted more detail regarding this. Staff Payne replied the west end of the island where there is the two-way bikeway on the west side of the street would have bus islands on the west end of the street to accommodate the existing bus stop and staff would move the island a little bit north to the far side of that intersection. She also mentioned that on 8th Street there would be a bus bulb-out for the westbound bus stop with benches and shelters and that type of improvement along the corridor. Commissioner Miley stated that looking at the Encinal High School side, he was happy to see staff partnering with the school. He confirmed with staff that the reconfiguration of the school's parking lot, which is the staff parking lot, will have no loss to parking spaces. Staff Payne replied there is no parking loss. Commissioner Miley replied since the parking lot is the staff's parking lot, where would the rest of the encroachment of the existing school's facilities take place. Page 3 of 17 |