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the reverse in the evening where the office traffic is leaving and the majority of traffic is coming in." Mr. Daisa said the traffic around Sandpiper School was not part of the specific study, but he did look at it generally. He said the land use of the subject property did not change the traffic impact, but the problem with the school "is that there is an on-site circulation problem which affects (traffic) in and out at the driveways" due to a lack of adequate drop- off capacity. He concluded that additional traffic from any use on the subject site would increase the exposure of pedestrians to traffic. He said, "the best solution for children going to school is to have an adult crossing guard at intersections, and there is a guard now at Egret and Redwood Shores Parkway." Mr. Daisa suggested that sidewalks be put in on the south side of Redwood Shores Parkway directing children to the Egret intersection, and that a "safe route to school be identified." Mr. Daisa said, "in terms of vehicular mitigation measures, voluntary measures identified to us included development of TDM (Transportation Demand Management) programs to reduce peak hour auto travel" which would reduce it from 5-15%. TDM includes flex hours, carpools, preferred parking, ride share matching, etc. He also suggested participation in shuttle bus programs and financial participation in a traffic capacity increases assessment district. Mr. Daisa said the Redwood Shores Transportation Improvement Assessment District has about $6 million slated for capacity increases, including widening Redwood Shores Parkway and intersection changes. He said that regional improvements proposed included work on the Holly and Ralston interchanges and auxiliary lanes from Whipple to Highway 92. He said the problems at the interchanges are mitigated if the auxiliary lanes are built. Viee Mayor Ruskin said, "Reading the report through, looking at the chronology, my take on this, my way of interpreting what is happening... is that in 1992 when this zoning occurred because of the low economic activity at the time there was an assumption about what was likely to happen in the future, and so a zoning ordinance was passed to zone this area in a particular way that had... a more broader vision been taken, something else might have been done. Understanding what happened I feel like the City made an error in the way that it looked at this. I realize that there were other parties involved, the Homeowners Association was there from time to time, the Owners Association and the Planning Commission was involved, and other groups and people, but since it is ultimately the City's responsibility, it seems like it was the City that made the ultimate error, and now we are in a situation where we are looking at something at this point trying to redress it..." Councilman Claire said, "I was there, and I want to respond to the comment... I was a Councilman at the time... The issue, which I have gone back and looked at my notes, had very little to do with a mistake being made. It had to do with the fact that SBSA was extremely sensitive to having residential very close to their borders. SBSA is in fact an industrial use. You can't look at it any other way. SBSA was very concerned and made a very strong effort to make sure that residential was not put in there. The compromise that was worked out through the Planning Commission and later through the City Council, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 NOVEMBER 17,1997 MINUTES Page No. 042 PAGE II