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Ms. Harryman stated that the Chrisman project pre-dated Measure PP. She noted that <br /> this project was on the Council's Agenda at its last meeting, which Mr. Bauer attended, <br /> and this discussion took place at that meeting as well. She affirmed that Measure PP <br /> was approved after the Chrisman project was first proposed and approved. <br /> Commissioner Balch stated, for clarification purposes, that the project was fully <br /> approved and ready to break ground, and then Measure PP or Measure QQ came <br /> along; that the project was already out of the gate and it cannot be brought back. <br /> Ms. Harryman confirmed that is correct. <br /> 2. Junipero Street is No 9 on the list of impacted roads in the City of Pleasanton. <br /> Does Mr. Tassano maintain a list and is that accurate? <br /> Mr. Tassano replied that he does maintain a list, and a resident needs to call him to get <br /> on the list. He explained that staff reviews all the streets on the list every year and then <br /> prioritizes them based on a set of standards. He confirmed that Junipero Street is on <br /> the list. <br /> Commissioner Balch asked Mr. Tassano to briefly explain what those standards staff <br /> considers might be. <br /> Mr. Tassano replied that staff looks at speed, at volume, at proximity to schools and <br /> parks, at accidents, and one or two other criteria. <br /> Mr. Dolan added that if the street makes the criteria for being high priority, then <br /> Mr. Tassano and his team meet with the neighborhood, and one of the issues is that the <br /> neighborhood has to agree on what the solutions are. He noted that the neighborhood <br /> does not always agree, and sometimes something does not happen because there is no <br /> agreement. <br /> Mr. Tassano stated that the City actually had a traffic-calming program enacted on <br /> Junipero Street, although it pre-dated some of the nice tools the City now has like speed <br /> bumps and radar speed signs. He noted that staff and the neighborhood did not really <br /> reach agreement on what to implement, and the neighborhood contacted him again, <br /> and staff came back and they reached agreement. <br /> Mr. Dolan stated that it is also important to point out that as a condition of project <br /> approval, knowing that it was pointed out that our traffic-calming program is <br /> under-funded, there is a condition that has been applied to this project where they <br /> would have to contribute towards the traffic-calming with the idea that, depending on <br /> which option is selected, some of those funds could be used to supplement projects in <br /> these two affected neighborhoods. <br /> Commissioner Nagler inquired, for clarification purposes, if the residents of Junipero <br /> Street or the neighborhood would support implementing traffic-calming measures in the <br /> neighborhood today if the funding existed. <br /> EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, June 24, 2015 Page 26 of 45 <br />