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to be on Farm Hill Boulevard and the danger of being rear-ended while waiting to turn left onto his street due speeding. He spoke in favor of the pilot program, doing what works to save people's lives, and if it is a success to keep it, or if it is not, to reverse it. Heidi Von Briel spoke in favor and appreciation of this topic and being able to incorporate the improvements downtown and information from the work PG&E has done with changes in the lanes. In regards to the road designs, she said it ended at Stulsaft Park in 1956 and that the width was created for people in that community to get down (the hill) rather than for the traffic to get to and from the highway, which was not connected/expanded until the 1960s. Jennifer Grillo, and her ten-year old daughter Anna Grillo, both spoke in support of the pilot program noting that the traffic in the area is unsafe and scary with parents wearing bright coats and carrying signs to try to slow drivers down. Ms. Grillo (parent) spoke of the need for data for improvements, suggested installing a light and asked for approval of this program to help improve safety for children going to school. Matthew Reeves, Safe Routes to School Coordinator with Redwood City 2020, spoke in support of the pilot program. He noted that traffic is unsafe from Eden Bower onto Farm Hill and around the Roy Cloud School and that this is why parents do not allow their children to bike or walk to school anymore. He opined that this program has positive potential in making things safer. Andrew Boone shared his past experience on being part of other (Complete Streets) working groups and noted that the details are similar to other lane conversions from 4 to 3 lanes where the data showed that the numbers of collisions decreased and more lives have been saved. He spoke in favor of Complete Streets and opined that this is proven to be safer and allows people to walk and bike making streets usable by all. Tye Tyson spoke in opposition to the proposal citing the statistics on travel speeds and opined that the proposed lane reduction would create more traffic and onto other streets. She suggested that the proposed funding for restriping be used for police enforcement to reduce speeding instead. Matthew Self spoke in support of this project as a measured approach to deal with these issues of speeding and collisions. He noted that finro years ago, Council received a lot of input on this and since then there has been a lot of community input and some alternatives have been tried. He spoke in favor of doing something to improve safety, reduce liability and opined that the recent PG & E construction resulted in little impact. Bob Page said he frequently walks on Farm Hill Boulevard, and opined that the current configuration looks and feels like an expressway that does not allow pedestrians and bicyclists to enjoy. He spoke in favor of the pilot program to improve safety, see what happens without spending much, and to address these serious issues. Gladys Dieger Lemon spoke against the road diet and opined that safety is important but there other ways that should be looked at. She opined that people may drive slower, but then use the safety lane to get through or around it. She expressed safety JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD January 26, 2015 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 10 MINUTE BOOK NO. 65 Page No. 319