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December 5, 2023
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Carrie Gallagher, City Clerk ~
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Item 11 -Approval of Consultant Agreements with Linscott, Law & Greenspan, Engineers and Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services, RFP No. 24-006
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December 5, 2023, Item #11
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Chris Cruse
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Dec 5th, 11. Approval of Consultant Agreements with Linscott, Law & Greenspan, Engineers and Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services, RFP No. 24-006
Monday, December 4, 2023 9:36:08 AM
Linscott, Law & Greenspan prepared numerous "traffic studies " for The Farm Specific Plan and the LifeTime Fitness Center proposal. They took deductions in the average daily traffic trips counts due to being near public transportation, which they knew was a bus that only ran twice a day, on school days.
They also used a "CAPCOA" deduction, subtracting thousands of daily car trips because the project was a "mixed use" project, even though the residential density of the specific plan area was not sufficient for them to take this deduction.
Jon Collins from Kimley-Hom signed off on these deductions.
Because of their involvement in what I consider to be bogus traffic studies, I do not think the community can trust that any of the consulting work from these two groups is valid. I oppose these appointments. They will undermine public confidence that any traffic studies are forthright and honest.
Sincerely,
Chris Cruse
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RFPNo. 24
Inc., for As-Needed Traffic Engineering Services,
December 5, 2023, Item #11