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Highlights of the Facilities and Transportation Committee Meeting of July 5, 2017
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
CITY COUNCIL FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
July 5, 2017
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
(Sister Cities Gallery)
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Pauline Cutter called the meeting to order at 4:11 p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee members present: Mayor Pauline Cutter and Councilmember Deborah Cox
City staff present: Senior Transportation Engineer Reh-Lin Chen, Engineering & Transportation Director Keith Cooke, Administrative Services Manager Kirsten Foley, Assistant City Manager Jeff Kay, Metropolitan Transportation Commission High School Intern Nadia Ralston, Principal Engineer Michael Stella, City Engineer Nick Thom and City Manager Chris Zapata
Public present: None.
1.B. Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Discussion Regarding Crosswalk Policy and Prioritization
Reh-Lin Chen presented information on the proposed crosswalk policies and guidelines. The presentation included a set of proposed criteria that can be used to evaluate future requests for crosswalks and pedestrian safety enhancements at intersections.
Committee Requests/Direction to Staff:
Mayor Cutter requests the following: 1) addition of the date of the request to the Crosswalk Request List, as well as scoring at the time of the request; 2) record requests for each location as well as when locations are scored as not eligible; and 3) post the final List online on the Engineering & Transportation webpage so that residents can refer to it.
Councilmember Cox also requests to add street improvement project coordination information to the List (Item I on current matrix).
Mayor Cutter asked staff to increase educational outreach to neighborhoods - review prioritization policies and the process at town halls, at schools, at public neighborhood meetings to increase awaren...
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