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From: Jeremy Smith To: PublicComment Cc: GRP -City Council Subject: 4/27 CC Meeting Items 7A and 8A Date: Monday, April 27, 2020 5:51:18 PM First, thank you so much to the incredible work that I assume staff has been putting in to address urgent needs from the community and allow for remote public input and remote governance. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Here are my questions for item 7A: Thank you for laying out the projects for the CIP study. I have questions regarding what causes the Theatre Way closure to cost $400,000. What is wrong with the current closure, it seems to work well from an access perspective with the temporary barricades at Middlefield? Are you considering use of automatic rising bollards or other type of limited access infrastructure? I'm just not sure that should be the city be investing in the closure if the current system is working just fine. I'd rather use the funds to be used for other road closures. If improvements are instead focused on pedestrian and ADA compliant accessibility, for example, regrading the steps to allow for better/safer pedestrian and wheelchair circulation, then it seems more justified. Here is my comment for item 8A: Council. Thank you for your leadership during this crazy and scary time. It is clear that you care about addressing the needs of our city's most vulnerable. The proposed safe streets program seems like a great idea, particularly from the frame of environmental justice. I think we all know how important it is to be able to recreate (alone or with kids) in this time of sheltering in place. Some places in the city feel dangerous to walk around. Sidewalks can be narrow and make physically distancing difficult. Additionally access to parks, where physical distancing is easier, is not equal and especially bad in areas with the densest amount of people. While there is a significant amount of people in the city who are lucky enough to have a car (sometimes multiple cars) and can drive to parks and open spaces to breathe fresh air and clear their head, not everyone is that lucky. The proposed safe streets program helps address this inequity by using low-cost solutions to partially close streets that are not popular thoroughfares. I also think there could be potential cost -savings by using cheaper barricades (think about what's used for block parties) and by using a volunteer labor force (call it the safe streets team) for which I volunteer myself. Thanks for your work on this proposal and let's keep the ideas coming!.. Perhaps a similar effort could be worked on with the Downtown Businesses to allow for more physical distancing that could aid in the recovery process. Sincerely, Jeremy Smith For contact information purposes only, please do not read aloud 184 Opal Ave, Redwood City, CA 94062 Cell: (650) 400-2562