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Highlights of the Facilities and Transportation Committee Meeting of November 3, 2015
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
CITY COUNCIL FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
November 3, 2015
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
Sister Cities Gallery
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee Members: Mayor Pauline Cutter, Councilmember Corina Lopez, Councilmember Ursula Reed
City Staff Present: Reh-Lin Chen, Keith Cooke, Kirsten Foley, Teresa Mallon, Lianne Marshall, Austine Osakwe, Debbie Pollart, Michael Stella, Nick Thom, Chris Zapata
Public Present: George Tucker of the Bay-O-Vista Improvement Association and California Senior Legislature
1.B. Announcements
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Discussion Regarding Complete Street
Keith Cooke presented a review of Complete Streets Implementation for San Leandro. He reviewed the current implementation status and then answered questions from Committee Members.
Chris Zapata added that Kittelson & Associates, a transportation, engineering, and planning firm that is part of the consultant team, was asked to consider technology (driverless cars, license plate readers), railroad crossings and aesthetics on its evaluation of the impact of Complete Streets.
K. Cooke provided a timeline for Complete Streets and said that it will go to full Council, then to Planning and in September/October 2016 back to full Council. Kittelson created and implemented a similar program for Baltimore, which will be used as a model for San Leandro.
Arterial and collector streets are the priority to be identified and residential streets reviewed on an as-needed basis. Staff will work with Alameda County on cross-jurisdictional streets and identify respective priorities. Staff will take the lead on identification of modes.
When asked by Mayor Cutter, K. Cooke said the bulk of...
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