Traffic safety

Supported quick safety improvements near Baywood/Aragon schools but criticized the mayor for three years of inaction on a traffic signal at Hillsdale and Alameda after a student was hit.

Presented data showing thousands of speeding vehicles near Carrie School and urged a road diet like Menlo Park's.

Supported the traffic safety grants but urged ongoing funding for more traffic officers, and questioned spending $1.6 million on the Main Street Garage when downtown garages are underused — suggesting some be replaced with housing or recreation.

Concerned about 995 new daily trips on narrow Elkhorn Court where children and seniors are dropped off; asked why the parking entrance couldn't move to 20th Avenue.

Shriner member; reinforced that the dead-end cul-de-sac has no room for 995 more vehicles and asked the commission not to approve without a better safety plan.

Contractor with Asia Shriners; praised the design but called additional traffic on the narrow cul-de-sac plainly unsafe.

Shriner and Masonic lodge treasurer who supports responsible development but says the cul-de-sac can't handle 995 more daily trips; urged denial.

Lives across El Camino; described dangerous speeding at Tilton/El Camino intersection and argued the location is unsafe; suggested looking at commercial-area alternatives.

Urged the council to address reckless speeding that is killing pedestrians and cyclists, and to see the El Camino Real plan as a chance to fix it.