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7.A. - Page 4 Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue between the western city limit and Alameda de las Pulgas (over 500 addresses). The meeting announcement was distributed through the Redwood City e-news list serve and was posted widely on a variety of online forums. Staff also contacted Redwood City Unified School District, SamTrans, San Mateo Community College District and Redwood City 2020 about the project. At that meeting, although concerns were voiced about how the new lane configuration could work, others also recognized that such changes could be an improvement to their community. With the feedback received at the meeting — both on preferred alternatives as well as adjustments to them, staff developed a conceptual design for the whole corridor. This conceptual design was taken back to the community for additional input at public open houses on September 25t" at Roy Cloud Elementary School and on October 3rd at City Hall. At those meetings staff received detailed design comments as well as more general comments about the project. A summary of the community comments is included as an attachment to this report. As was brought up at the June community meeting, there are lingering concerns that changing the roadway configuration either would not effectively address the community's concerns or would create unintended consequences (e.g. excessive congestion, unsafe driving). Pilot Proiect Staff considered Farm Hill Boulevard as an opportunity to vet this pilot program concept, because the street will receive a slurry seal coating in spring 2013. However, after further analysis, staff recommends that the City continue implementing the General Plan goals for safe streets on roadways with fewer issues of traffic volume and perception of radical change. There are other streets within the City that can also benefit from the modifications identified for Farm Hill Boulevard that are more likely to be less controversial and disruptive to residents and through-travelers. Funds that would be spent on this specific project can be used to implement the program on other streets staff will work to identify. ALTERNATIVES Council could direct staff to: • Implement the conceptual pilot project. • Pilot a shorter segment of the roadway (e.g. Emerald Hill Road to Alameda de las Pulgas), • Implement the alternative roadway configuration permanently with the slurry seal project (would be less expensive than a pilot),