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Planning Commission D FT/UNAPPROVED Ffikary 24, 2000 Minute No. 2000-04 (Excerpt) Page 5 of 16 retail corridor. The Transportation Division has recommended that the dedication is necessary to provide the right-of-way, but that the actual widening would be triggered if the area transitions to a more retail and employment-oriented area rather than some low- intensity use. Associate City Planner Weisbrod noted that the development of Fairway Drive overpass over the I-880 Freeway to Alvarado Boulevard had taken some of the traffic off Marina Boulevard. Vice-Chair Reed responded that such planning was short-sighted. He said that there was going to be major development on the old Hudson lumber site and at other sites served by Marina Boulevard. He said there had been a battle when the City required other property owners to widen Marina Boulevard and asked if the City was now prepared to give the property that had been taken for street widening back to the businesses it had been taken from. Secretary Hom said the issue could be discussed with the Transportation Administrator. He said that similar to other cities, we could require an agreement with the property owner that commits them to future street improvements when they occur. Commissioner Collier asked if Chovanes Ford would have to pay for future street improvements if no agreement was signed with them at this time. Associate City Planner Weisbrod said that Chovanes Ford would not be liable for the cost. He said the City would have to pay and would probably utilize Development Fee for Street Improvement Funds. He noted that Chovanes Ford was granting land to the City by dedicating an easement, and was also paying for the installation of driveways and the closing up of abandoned driveways and was paying an underground fee to cover the cost of installing underground utility lines. Commissioner Collier noted that it would be cheaper today than tomorrow to widen the street. He noted that the proposed project would need some room for stacking traffic entering the dealership. He said that, with the existing traffic pattern, a motorist coming down Marina Boulevard at thirty miles an hour talking on a cell phone or sipping a coffee while on the way to work was sure to plow into other vehicles that had slowed down to five or ten miles an hour in order to enter the dealership. Associate City Planner Weisbrod said that the matter could be reviewed with the Traffic Administrator prior to the March 6 City Council hearing. Commissioner Mahoney noted that he had studied the traffic impact report prepared by Fehr & Peers Associates, Inc. He expressed concern that the report cited "not acceptable level of service F during afternoon peak hour" and that the project also said the project G:\MINUTE S.PC/2000/2-24-2000 2/29/2000 4101