Hot Topics: Egan Traffic, Traffic Commission On Council Agenda

School pedestrian safety and the city's Traffic Commission as it relates to the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)—both controversial topics—kick off the night's agenda for the Los Altos City Council at 5 p.m.

The first meeting in the Council Chambers at 1 N. San Antonio Rd. is a study session that features an assessment of pedestrian safety around Egan Junior High, also the site of Bullis Charter School.

Student safety is of particular concern of late after a , prompting the City Council to vote for a crossing guard at the site.

During the Sept. 13 council meetings, concerned citizens also brought up Egan as a potentially dangerous spot for students.

, as well. Earlier in the year .

It was immediately after that Sept. 13 council meeting that the chair of the Traffic Commission, Preston Tollinger, quit the commission, reportedly because the council voted for the crossing guard without sending the matter back to the Traffic Commission first.

At tonight's 5 p.m. study session, the Traffic Commission and BPAC will present a joint report in which members express concern over a "lack of transparancy as to how TC/BPAC advisory communications and recommendations are dealt with by Council, staff and other commissions."

At 7 p.m. the council gathers for its regular meeting. One of the matters on the agenda is a report on the widening of Loyola Bridge over Foothill Expressway. The bridge is due to be replaced and widened, which will have impact on South Los Altos residents who use the bridge to get back and forth to Loyola Corners.

Proposals for the bridge also include possibly creating one-way streets in Loyola Corners, to facilitate traffic flow.

All the agendas and staff reports are available on the city's website.