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BACKGROUND The City Council approved the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan on June 1, 1999. Among other changes proposed for the area was the re-alignment of Vineyard Avenue, with the expectation that Old Vineyard Avenue would "remain paved but would be closed to through-vehicular traffic and would revert to use by mostly pedestrians, bicyclists, equestrians, emergency vehicles, and utility maintenance vehicles." The proposed improvements would consist of a 12- feet wide paved surface for pedestrians, bicycles, and utility, emergency, and maintenance vehicle access. The adjacent trail would consist of a 10-feet wide area for equestrians created by pulverizing the existing road section. The limits of the Old Vineyard Trail as contemplated in the specific plan are from the Shadow Cliffs Regional Park back entrance at the west end, to the Machado Court/Vineyard Avenue intersection at the east end. Construction has been divided into three phases due to funding limitations. Phase One is the center section from Vineyard Terrace at the west end to Mingoia Street/Heinz Ranch Court at the east end. Phase Two is from the Shadow Cliffs Regional Park to Vineyard Terrace. Phase Three is from Mingoia Street/Heinz Ranch Court eastward past Fire Station Five to Vineyard Avenue. Funding was allocated for Phase One in the Capital Improvement Program in 2013/14. These phases are shown graphically in Attachment 1. Initial Resident Meetings On August 26, 2013, staff presented the conceptual trail plan for Phase One to the Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Committee (BPTC). Mailers were sent out notifying residents in the VCSP area of the meeting. The purpose of the presentation was to re- introduce this project that has been in the planning stages for several years to the BPTC and the public, and to receive comments from the Committee and the public prior to designing the project to a level necessary for construction plans and specifications. The BPTC requested that the easterly limits of Phase One be extended from Mingoia Street/Heinz Ranch Court to Machado Court if funding allowed. This was incorporated into the plans as an Additive Bid item to be recommended for award if the budget allowed. On December 16, 2013, staff presented 50% design drawings to the BPTC. At the meeting, members of the public raised concern regarding construction of the eastern part of the trail and closing Old Vineyard Avenue from Mingoia/Heinz Ranch Court to Machado Court. They expressed concern that closing this section of roadway would require all traffic accessing their housing development to enter/exit the neighborhood at the intersection of Safreno Way/Vineyard Avenue. The residents wanted to continue to have the option of using Safreno Way or Machado Court. The Committee members expressed a desire to hear from Traffic Engineering regarding these concerns when the final plans were prepared. On April 14, 2014, a petition was received from the residents who live on the eastern end of the proposed trail project opposing closure of the old roadway to vehicular traffic between Mingoia/Heinz Ranch Court and Machado Court, stating the same concerns expressed at the BPTC meeting. Page 2 of 6