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Mr. Tassano replied that he did not know and that it would take a petition. He explained <br /> that some of the difficulty lies in the fact that people are not in support if the tool were <br /> placed in front of their home. He stated that if a resident does not want the <br /> traffic-calming measure in front of his/her home, then staff will go to the neighbor's <br /> house; and if they do not like it, staff will keep moving down; and if staff cannot find a <br /> suitable location, then staff concludes that it probably is not a big enough issue. <br /> Commissioner Nagler asked Mr. Tassano if he has had a conversation with that <br /> neighborhood recently to give him any sense of whether they would support the <br /> measure. <br /> Mr. Tassano replied that was correct. <br /> 3. The question of road width has come up, and Commissioner Balch stated that it <br /> is his understanding that there is a point where Junipero Street becomes a wider <br /> road. He added that he saw a lot of"No Parking"signs up on the other road <br /> being violated by a lot of landscapers yesterday and today. <br /> Mr. Tassano replied that staff has had this question on numerous occasions, so Traffic <br /> Engineering staff went out and measured each of those locations. He then presented <br /> some slides showing the roadway widths: 40 feet through Junipero Street as well as on <br /> Independence Drive, all the way down to Lund Ranch Road. He noted that Sycamore <br /> Creek Way was designed wider and has the bike lanes, with no parking on one side. <br /> He added that he believes there is no parking on either side closer down all the way by <br /> Sunol Boulevard, and that there are no other restrictions in the rest of that <br /> neighborhood. <br /> Mr. Tassano stated that 32 feet is a roadway width staff uses when there are under <br /> 1,000 vehicles per day. He noted that there are roadways that are 30 feet wide with <br /> parking on both sides, for example, Pleasanton Avenue, but the volume is such that if <br /> there happens to be a car coming in the opposite direction, the other car either yields or <br /> slides by. <br /> Commissioner Balch inquired if, under Option 3, gaining approximately 180 trips on <br /> Sunset Creek Lane and 260 on Sycamore Creek Way, a 32-foot road width statement <br /> would exceed the 1,000 trips. <br /> Mr. Tassano said no. He stated that the current volume on the end is 100 trips, and <br /> Hanifen Way is 130. He noted that the volume increases as more vehicles come onto <br /> the roadway because there are more homes. He added that the highest volume count <br /> that staff had in the traffic report was about 580 closer to the end of the residential <br /> street, so adding traffic there on that distribution would bring it closer to that 1,000. <br /> Commissioner Balch inquired if that would be at the larger width. <br /> Mr. Tassano said yes. <br /> Commissioner Balch noted that Junipero Street seems to be already at 2,800 trips a <br /> day, based on the report. <br /> EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, June 24, 2015 Page 27 of 45 <br />