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From: Council -Diane Howard To: Vivian Crisman; GRP -City Council; PublicComment Subject: RE: Proposed Slow Street Closure - concern with Redwood Shores street Date: Monday, April 27, 2020 10:13:22 AM Dear Ms. Crisman, Thank you for your email and your very thoughtful comments. As you have likely seen, the City Council will be hearing a staff report presentation at it's meeting tonight on a potential Phase I implementation of a Slow Streets Program. The initial phase could include 11 street segments geographically distributed throughout the community and based on specific criteria such as housing density, communities of concern where access to private and public open space is limited, traffic volumes etc. The streets would not be closed but rather signage would be posted that the public is accessing the street's right of way during the shelter in place order. Emergency vehicle access, access to residences and deliveries would still be permitted. The Cities of San Mateo and Palo Alto are also considering similar measures. I hope you will consider joining us for tonight's Council meeting as we discuss this item. You can stream us live at www. redwood city. org. In the meantime, may you and your family stay healthy and safe. In community spirit, Diane Howard Mayor of Redwood City (650)208-4774 From: Vivian Crisman <vhcrisman@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 10:33 PM To: GRP -City Council <council@redwoodcity.org>; PublicComment <publiccomment@redwoodcity.org> Subject: Proposed Slow Street Closure - concern with Redwood Shores street Dear Council Members, Thank you for considering closure of some streets to help promote social distancing while exercising outdoors for residents. I am writing to express my concern for the street identified in Redwood Shores, Bridge Parkway. Please do not close this 1/2 mile section of Bridge Parkway because it is a high traffic street used by many who reside in the western section of the Shores as well as a dangerous street to have one -lane in each direction. Bridge Parkway is the busiest street in RWS used to connect Redwood Shores and Marine Parkway, with two large subdivisions (Dolphin and Marlin Park) feeding off its center. The walking pathways are already plenty wide and as a daily walker in this area, very rarely is it busy that pedestrians have dangerously close situations. We are not a densely populated community, and I have not found significant issues with social distancing. This is also a route used by SamTrans.