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Fri, 13 Jan 2006

TAC Meeting

  • Call meeting to order
  • Public Comment
    • Previous secretary said thanks
  • Agenda Updates
  • Commissioner Comments
    • Sir Peter Hall, Address, nifty ideas about transit
    • There was an interruption on the gold line, MTA responded, There was questions about what the MTA did for the rose parade
      • MTA managers at stations to respond the accident, quickly set up bus bridge
    • They're going to be quite busy for the next 6 months, number of big projects.
  • Westgate , Robert ?, vincent gonzeles, Draft EIR
    • Green/Delacy/Del Mar/Pasadena, 11.94 acres
    • 820 residental units
    • comment period ends feburary
    • Impacts (Minor)
      • there are underground storage tanks which need to be evaluated for being closed and for whats in them
    • Imapacts (Significant)
      • Air Quality, construction, operation,
      • Public Services, multiple projects are going to put a drain on police & fire
      • Traffic, construction of this project, and others in the same area increased vehicle trips
    • Traffic (Traditional)
      • evaluated to 2015 using models from the general plan
      • Yay metioned bike parking (according to bike plan)
      • trip reduction plan according to city trip reduction ordanence
    • Comissionars comments, review EIR, bring comments in writing
      • is the staff going to bring the report back to TAC
      • roger wants to see the Pedestrian and bike data because its in transit zone? They don't have it.
      • Carolyn Naber, Annual report card, evaluate how well mitigation measures work
        • record scoping standards
        • project travel times needs to be done, but doesn't necessarily need to be in the EIR
        • discussion
        • why the consultant didn't come up with clever things for net zero traffic increase
          • Arts system contributions?
          • Page 60 of traffic study
          • project is going to contribute to nexus project 50-60% to transit
          • Lake zone has plans to offer residents passes for 1st year
  • Fuller EIR
    • 60 day review Feb 21st
    • corsen to union/ madison el molino
    • 857 Units add to campus walnut /corsen
    • more academic space
    • 500 space parking strucure walnet/madison
    • mitigation
      • traffic camera
      • extend traffic links
      • expand fullers road share program
      • some bike parking spaces, improved bicycle racks
      • installation of a 1 countdown traffic signal
    • comments,
      • perhaps flex car system for students
        • variance because of a city traffic ordances
      • commisionar impressed with
        • pedestrian corridor
        • 1.5 persons per car trip (aparantly very high)
  • My general Questions?
    • anyone done trip surveys of various pasadena resients? personal trip logs?
    • what about trying to get in the pay as you go car insurance programs
    • Whats ITS program

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