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Council Member Hartnett announced that he would not take part in the discussion of this item nor Council direction as he had a client on East Bayshore Road and a possible conflict of interest might exist. Council Member Hartnett left the dais at this time. MEMO 5/19/98 A. Route 84 (Bayfront Expressway) Extension: Marsh Road to Seaport BoulevardIWoodside Road (702) REPORT: Engineering and Construction Manager Patterson, May 18, 1998 Manager Patterson said this item had come to the Council in early 1997 and February 1998, and subsequently had been presented to Harbor and Friendly Acres Neighborhood Associations. He said the concerns raised at every presentation were the same: Where does the traffic go when it gets to Woodside Road, how does it affect my business or residence, and what will this do for flooding. Manager Patterson said Council was being asked to endorse the Route 84 Extension with the following provisions: The entire Measure A Project be designed and funded with the following changes: 1. No decking of Woodside Road; 2. The Maple Street Interchange be removed from the project; 3. The storm drainage be taken care of as part of this project (affecting the mobile home parks and Friendly Acres); 4. Bicycle access be provided across the Bayshore Freeway; 5. The noise and visual impacts be minimized, through a redesign or change of alignment of the roadway. Manager Patterson said this would be the largest public works project that the City would probably ever see, now estimated around $60 million, and the additional interchange at Woodside Road would add another $20 million. Manager Patterson used a map to show the new alignment that added two lanes to Woodside Road. He showed the current design for Route 84 extension that now goes to Seaport Boulevard and stops. He said the work the City is doing begins at Broadway and Woodside Road and goes just past Middlefield Road. He said there was no work being proposed for the Woodside Interchange. Manager Patterson described the difficulty of having traffic come off the Route 84 Extension and stopping at Seaport Boulevard. Manager Patterson described the enormous increase in traffic trips the Route 84 Extension would create at the Woodside Interchange. He said that late last week, there was a meeting at Raychem where there was a renewed interest expressed for train service REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 MAY 18, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 494 PAGE 16