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//� Y AGENDA (continued) ACTION TAKEN (continued) rum REPORTS OF CITY MANAGER (continued) REPORTS OF CITY MANAGER (continued) Item No. 1 (continued) future potentials, while Phase II will cover investigation of precise alignments in greater depth, including refinement of cost estimates and physical facilities required as well as development of representative line cross-sections. Engineering would be Phase In response to questions, Mr. Coleman said that the kind of "ordinance" he had in mind on page 54 of the summary report would be a condition of building permit approval; that TSM (Traffic System Management) could be made a condition of approval of development, citing the experience of the City of Thousand Oaks; that provision could be made for income from TSM; that developers in Redwood City contribute to traffic signals; the possibility that TSM deed restrictions may reduce, or ! could increase, value of property; and the encouragement by prospective employers of vanpooling, flex-time, etc. Discussion followed and City Manager Fales and Mr. Coleman commented and replied to questions t concerning the fact that Redwood City is the first city on the Peninsula to address the cumulative effects of development on traffic; the fact that regional, state and federal agencies must cooperate; the fact that other Peninsula cities have proceeded with development without regard for its impact on iftswg traffic conditions; the fact that CalTrans figures were used instead of ITE figures because national trip rates are generally too low for California; the unique increase in jobs in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties and resultant traffic increases; whether a report by SRI in the San Jose Area which projects an 11% decrease in traffic by 1990 could be accurate; the fact that gasoline prices may not rise much and that technological improvements in automobiles relating to gas 1 consumption may cause increased traffic; whether it is realistic to consider increasing Bayshore Freeway to ten lanes since CalTrans does not have the funds or apparent inclination to improve freeways; and the necessity of recognizing traffic problems in , order to identify and solve them eventually. 1 Councilman Bury, Council representative to ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) reported that consideration has been given by that agency to encouraging location of jobs in the area where.more housing is available than on the Peninsula. In response to question, Mr. Coleman advised that consideration was given to encouraging people to live near their jobs, but that even if they wished to do so, there are so many new jobs in the area that they could not all be filled by people able to live nearby. Reg.Mtg. 7/20/81 Page 2 • rl-