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<br />COMMENT LETTEfPage ~~ <br /> <br />~ c; <<: ~ 1/ WI ~ Iii1 <br />JUN 1 2 2U07 IJl} <br /> <br />June 11, 2007 <br /> <br />James L. Redman & Christine Barry-Redman <br />5 B.urbank Avenue <br />Redwood City, CA 94063-2922 <br /> <br />CITY OF REDWOO <br />PLANNING SERV!b~r' <br /> <br />City of Redwood City <br />Planning Commission - Jill Ekas <br />1017 Middlefield Road, <br />Redwood City, CA 94063 <br /> <br />COstCD Expansion a.Fueling Station <br /> <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br /> <br />Regarding a previous letter, December 21, 2006 your response to my letter was to put a <br />further traffic signal at Willow & Middlefield. This would additionally create gridlock not only at <br />the 4PM-6Pm hours, but for most of the daylight hours. It would make the situation more <br />dangerous by having more red light runners throughout the day. This unsafe traffic situation is <br />all ready intolerable, by adding a third traffie light it will make the gridlock situation even more <br />unacceptable than it is currently. My primary concern as a school bus driver in Redwood City is <br />the safety of the students on my tillS. Let us not forget the fuel truck accident of April 29, 2007 <br />on the S80/80 interchange. If that type of inferno were to happen at the Middlefield Corridor <br />during peak traffic hours it would a catastrophe with monumental effects. I realize that this is not <br />an everyday occurrence, but the fact that it has happened recently in the Bay Area, makes it a <br />possibility. Please do not let this happen to the school children & residents of this heavily <br />congested trafficked area. Please do what is best for the safety of the community. I fully support <br />the expansion ONLY of the Costeo Warehouse. <br /> <br />A second concern is the idling traffic on Woodside Road at, Middlefield Road, Spring <br />Street, Bay Road and Broadway. These areas are all ready at an unacceptable congestion <br />level. At the noon hour, most weekdays, the southbound off ramp of 101, is backed up at least <br />one quarter mite. The added attraction of the Costeo fuel station would only add to this backup. <br />In the Downtown Project & the Stanford HospitaVClinic Project, the traffic was addressed. The <br />City wants to make the Downtown area mass transit friendly. They have proposed to add bus <br />kiosks, bike racks & bike lanes to accomplish this. Yet, the City is willing to over congest the <br />Woodside/Middlefleld intersection which is only .07 miles from Downtown. I do not see this as a <br />way to promote the use of mass transit or the promotion of an environmentally friendly mode of <br />transportation. In addition, the over congestion on Woodside Road between Middlefield and <br />Broadway will affect the residents of the area, the school children at Hoover School & the <br />patrons of the Hoover Recreational area. They play soccer year round with other sports <br />seasonally. Why should children be exposed & subjected to the added pollutants being emitted <br />from idling vehicles into the environment. As an adult, Ufe long asthmatic, I personally do not <br />want more pollutants added to the air that I breathe. <br /> <br />Has Costee done any research into a hydrogen fueling station? Or installing an electric <br />car charging station? Does Costco have any future plans in these environmentally friendly <br />areas? Let us be aware of the greenhouse gas emissions after all, the State of California is <br />trying to lead the way in reducing greenhouse gases. Your current proposal does not promote a <br />healthy atmosphere or environment. It goes in the opposite direction. The extra added oil <br />seepage from consumers' vehicles will run off into the storm drainage system & eventuany into <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />l <br />J <br /> <br />@l <br />@ <br />1 <br />