Dear Colleagues,
We write to propose an agenda item to remove the Council policy requiring street parking on Fair Oaks Ave be preserved.
The staff "drop" recommendation for DPW 24-02 (Complete Streets Redesign of Fair Oaks Avenue) reads:
The Study proposes contiguous bicycle lanes for the entire length of Fair Oaks Avenue and the removal of Class Ill Bicycle Route between Ahwanee and Evelyn avenues.
Although the City's General Plan Land Use andTransportation Element (LUTE) Policies LT-3.8 and LT-3.9 prioritize the use of City streets for the movement of vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians over non-transport uses such as parking, these proposed study issue elements conflict with prior City Council action. In June 2017 (RTC No. 17-0502), City Council voted to preserve on-street parking and to install Class Ill Bicycle Route on Fair Oaks Avenue instead of installing Class II Bicycle Lanes from Old San Francisco Road to Evelyn Avenue, Kifer Road to Arques Avenue, and Wolfe Road to Ahwanee Avenue.
This item would void the 2017 Council decision barring removal of street parking on Fair Oaks Ave. It would not make or propose any other changes to Fair Oaks Ave. This would ensure that future studies such as a potential refresh of the ATP or a successor study issue to DPW 24-02 could consider street parking removal on Fair Oaks.
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