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SB 343
Senate Bill 343 mandates supplemental materials that have been
received by the City Clerk's office that relate to an agenda item after
the agenda packets have been distributed to the City Council. be
available to the public.
The attached document was received in the City Clerk's office after
distribution of the October 24, 2011 City Council special meeting
agenda packet.
10-24-11
From: Michael Harris [mailto:mph5sg@att.net]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:12 PM
To: Caroline Soto
Cc: Dora Ramirez
Subject: re: public comment for file #410-20
Caroline,
Thank you for allowing me to comment on the posted report from Urban Land Institute's TAP for the
Downtown Dublin Specific. Plan.
My name is Michael Harris and I reside at 7964 Gunshot Ct, Dublin, CA.
Concerns I have about the recommendation centers around traffic -specifically Village Parkway and
Dublin Blvd.
There will be major traffic impacts if the number of lanes were to be reduced. There is already a high
volume of traffic, not only inner city, but also from the 580 East commute bypass. I am not sure what
the term "calming" refers to, however it appears slowing the traffic would divert cars into lower density
streets and clog them as well. Reducing Village Parkway to one lane would impact the businesses as
well. For Dublin Blvd., the current set up is for big box retail requiring a lot of vehicular traffic. This
would conflict with pedestrians with the long line of cars and would depend heavily upon traffic signal
timing. There is also a separation with the 680 that separates Village Parkway from the remainder of
downtown. Providing access between the end points of Amador and Dublin Blvd would encourage
more pedestrian traffic between the downtown entities (along with unifying it). With the new BART
station, traffic would increase and discourage casual access to that station along with businesses.
Thank you,
Michael Harris
(408) 690-6877
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