Measure BB Science And Technology Building

23 June: Public Scoping Meeting

Project Manager Shannon Daniels is our guide: Go to http://www.smmusd.org/measureBB/index.html Then at the top of that web page you will see a tab that says “Campus Improvement.” Put your mouse arrow over “Campus Improvement” and you should see a drop down menu. On the drop down menu, put your mouse arrow over “Santa Monica High School.” Then you will see another drop down menu, put your mouse arrow over “Individual Initial Study” and then “Initial Study.”

The direct way for the initial study is here, and the wisely separated title page here

Here are some points to raise
1) Insufficient Outreach, low numbers attending, badly scheduled after school is out, cannot find study file with the link provided
2) Include bike workshop with auto workshop.
3) TDM programs to reduce car trips to include students and staff.
4) Make sure that the present project does not impact on the planned 7th Street pedestrian bridge
5) 7th Court Alley is an inappropriate space for high volumes of traffic, serious conficts with pedestrians on Michigan, sightlines,
6) accomodate bicycle traffic at drop off and pick up times on Michigan in a safe manner, which enhances the role of Michigan Ave as Bike Access and Bike Boulevard through the site
7) Need about 300 safe bike parking spaces (CHPS standards)
8) Cut out for drop-off on Olympic would cut into pedestrian area and decrease efficiency of existing drop off along Olympic. May need to relocate further west to avoid danger of east bound cars traveling at high speed exiting I-10 onto Lincoln
9) Baseline traffic counts in the area should include non-motorised transportation, including skating, boards, etc, as they are quite prevalent around the school, and pose their unique challenges
10) Baseline air quality measurements from I-10 traffic
11) Consider to narrow East Bound Olympic traffic lanes and widen pedestrian areas to create less of a speed inducing environment. Olympic should receive the same treatment the street has already received West of 4th Street


If you did not hear about the meeting in advance and want to make your own comments, please send them by email to measurebb@smmusd.org by Thursday 9 July 2009