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Councilmember Brown's question regarding options and opportunities for speed reduction, City Traffic Engineer Mike Tassano reported the width and use by pedestrians will force bicyclists to reduce their speed. In reply to Councilmember Pentin's question, Director of Engineering Kirkpatrick confirmed staff uses other plans as guides, including the Downtown Parking Strategy and other specific plans and stated that eventually, there will be other plans for connections through the corridor and added options for parking. City Manager Fialho stated the goal was to emulate what has been done at the Firehouse Art Center, as much as possible, and using other plans as guidance. He added the Downtown Trails Master Plan called for maximizing parking along the stretch and had more-narrow paths for cyclists and pedestrians. Councilmember Pentin referenced various plans and noted references to the size of the Class 1 trail, the railroad corridor through downtown and how it connects to other regional planning zones being at a minimum of ten feet with two feet on each side. The current plan calls for at a minimum, it could be a minimum of eight feet with two feet on each side. He wondered if it could have been done differently. City Manager Fialho stated staff paused, maximized parking, designed to the standard presented by Director of Engineering Kirkpatrick, staff received feedback from stakeholders and the matter is being presented now, before the City invests more money in design, because now is the time to pivot. Mayor Thorne opened public comment. Mark Dedon, Co-President, Valley Spokesman Bicycle Club, spoke on behalf of their 500 members, in support of the design of the public right-of-way to include bicycle and pedestrian multiuse trail around ten-to-fourteen feet. The trail is a key part of a long-term vision for a connected trail network in the Tri-Valley and would benefit many stakeholders by providing high- quality, multi-use trail facilities and spoke in support of a larger width. Steve Van Dorn, President/CEO, Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, spoke in support of staffs recommendation and commented on the importance of parking and trail connections to provide access to downtown. The addition to parking will help in supporting continued growth and vitality in downtown and he believed the eight-foot minimum width will provide the needed connectivity. He added the staff proposed design is creative and efficient and is the best use of the City's resources. David Fisch felt the City needs to look at the total amount spent on this project and determine whether it meets the needs or not. Converting and old railroad corridor to a parking lot, to the extent that it compromises a multi-use corridor is short-sighted and a miss use of money. He felt the proposed parking lot is more-likely to be underutilized, the City's future needs for parking are going down and if the City builds something that will impede better options, it will be a mistake. He noted people are using alternative ways to get to their destinations and felt the City should encourage projects that facilitate other options. Sharon Piekarski believed the goal of this plan is to provide a safe, convenient way for more people to travel downtown. She indicated she is not opposed to providing more parking spaces but noted the need to support more alternative transportation in supporting goals of unclogging streets with traffic and reported bicycle access and pedestrian improvements as top priorities in developing the plan. She asked Council to support the 107 parking stall plan. Todd Nelson agreed with the need for additional parking downtown but disagreed with the plan as recommended. He expressed it will not relieve parking on Main Street and noted there are other ways to get to downtown, via alternate modes of transportation. He referenced a five-minute walk buffer and reported as used in the report it is considered a driving metric, not a parking metric. He addressed utilization of various parking lots around downtown and felt a three-hundred foot metric should be used for this application. City Council Minutes Page 6 of 10 June 18, 2019