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SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN UPDATE FINAL EIR CITY OF SAN LEANDRO COMMENTS AND RESPONSES 5-14 AUGUST 2016 TABLE 5-1 COMMENTS AND RESPONSE MATRIX Comment # Date Comment Response of the Cumulative conditions analysis can be found on page 4.13-38. Detailed data on traffic volumes and traffic counts collected during the AM and PM peak periods can be found in Appendix H of the Draft EIR. B03 7/13/2016 Ed Hernandez B03-01 Tom – In the Executive Summary of the Draft EIR, page 1-21, please confirm that E.14 Street and San Leandro Boulevard (#4) is within the Bay Fair BART Transit Village PDA, I believe is incorrect and is not within that area. The commenter is correct that the intersection of East 14th Street and San Leandro Boulevard (Intersection #4) is not within the Bay Fair BART Transit Village PDA. Rather, the intersection is within the East 14th Street PDA as designated by MTC/ABAG. Mitigation Measure TRAF-1A has been revised accordingly, as shown in Chapter 3 of this Final EIR. B03-02 In addition, I would like to understand the Transportation and Traffic Mitigation Measures in the Executive Summary on adding additional lanes where there is no mention of bicycle/pedestrian inclusion in the measures. It is my understanding that the Level of Services may degrade, but pointing only to adding additional turn lanes and acquiring property (or right of ways) for this traffic, seems not sufficient. If the Mitigation Measure estimates the change in the Levels of Service, the addition of lanes cannot be the only measure since we ought to discuss an alternative mitigation measure like adding on-demand bike service, additional transportation options like local trolley/street cars as alternatives to private transportation. Impact TRAF-1 in the Draft EIR identifies impacts to vehicular level of service at intersections and along freeway segments, and Mitigation Measures TRAF-1A and TRAF-1B address those impacts. Impact TRAF-6 identifies potential impacts to alternative modes of transportation. The discussion of potential impacts under Impact TRAF-6 details numerous policies and actions in the proposed General Plan that would support and encourage use of alternate transportation modes. Mitigation Measure TRAF-1A has been revised, as shown in Chapter 3 of this FInal EIR, to reference alternative transportation modes. In addition, included in the proposed Plan is Policy T-2.8: Car-Sharing and Bike- Sharing, which states, “Encourage car-sharing, bike-sharing and other programs that reduce the need for individual car ownership. Such programs should be focused in the Downtown area and near the city’s two BART stations.” While such programs should be focused in the downtown, the policy does not preclude the City from encouraging bike-sharing in other parts of San Leandro. Also included in the proposed plan are:  Policy T-4.1: Coordination with Service Providers, which states, “Work collaboratively with AC Transit and BART to ensure that public transit service remains safe, reliable, and affordable, and to improve service frequency and coverage within San Leandro neighborhoods and employment centers.”  Policy T-4.4: Coordination of Shuttle Services, which states, “Promote the consolidation of private shuttle services to provide more efficient and comprehensive service between the City’s employment centers and major public transit facilities, and to make the expansion of such service more viable. Where shuttle service is provided, it should supplement rather than compete with conventional public transit service.” These policies and the actions associated with them are a few examples of how the proposed Plan could lead to provision of local trolleys/street cars and/or expansion of existing services that are alternatives to private transportation.