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Lewelling Boulevard circle. The proposed gates and fencing appears as barriers to <br />potential pedestrians and bicyclists with the intention to access the City's Open Space <br />with the Bay Trail traversing it and the San Francisco Bay, all public resources. <br />6. The Planned Development Project includes adequate provisions for utilities, <br />services, and emergency vehicle access; and that public service demands will not <br />exceed the capacity of the existing and planned systems. <br />The proposed project has been designed to generally meet emergency vehicle access <br />requirements. The City and Alameda County Fire Department has found the access to the <br />site and internal circulation to be adequate for vehicular, pedestrian and emergency <br />vehicle access. However, emergency vehicle access response time could be increased in the <br />event the gates cause the queuing or back up of vehicles outside of them. A visitor <br />mistakenly approaching the Bayfront Drive vehicle gate, for residents only, can cause a <br />backup of vehicles until it completes a three point turn around or a U-turn and allows traffic <br />to flow again. At the same, visitors in vehicles could be stacked at the Anchorage Drive <br />gate, with the requirement to stop and use the telephone system. Tire spikes on the egress <br />side of the street would restrict emergency vehicle access to the ingress side of the street. <br />Delayed responses are possible even though the Knox Boxes are synchronized to open all <br />three gates. <br />