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is 80% of vehicles making the illegal turn to cut through the neighborhood. There was limited enforcement of the turn restriction in February and March. After consultation with the Police Department, it was determined that without constant police enforcement the existing turn restriction is unlikely to create a significant change to the driving patterns that we recorded in January and March. Both traffic engineering and police department field observations indicated that drivers ignore the turn restriction to attempt to save time on their commute when there is no heavy enforcement by police. In May of 2017 staff reconvened the Laurel Creek Drive Traffic Calming Steering Committee to share the study results and determine what, if any, additional steps they would like to pursue. After extensive discussion regarding the various options and tools, it was decided by the committee to circulate a petition to determine the level of support for a half street closure (including a restriction prohibiting left turns from Laurel Creek onto Dublin Canyon Road) or full street closure of Laurel Creek Drive at Dublin Canyon Road. Over the summer of 2017 two petitions were circulated to gauge support for additional measures. The full closure of Laurel Creek Drive was not supported by the neighborhood, but the half street closure did gain the required 67% of support from the neighborhood. The map to the right shows the 145 homes petitioned, of which 99 homes signed the petition in support of the half street closure. A public meeting was held on December 7, 2017 to share the results of the petition with the neighborhood and to gather feedback on the final design of the half street closure. Approximately 30 people attended the December public meeting and a few expressed support for the proposed half street closure, but the majority in attendance were not in favor of the closure. One of the common theme requests was to allow the left turn out of the development or to try to develop a way to allow the left turn in from westbound Dublin Canyon. A sample of the petition that was circulated is included as Attachment 1. The half street closure image shown on the petition envisioned a white split rail fence across half of Laurel Creek Drive to serve as a barricade to close the entrance side of the roadway. After discussion with the Fire Department, a traversable delineator solution was selected so that the Fire Department would have the ability to have access to Laurel Creek from Dublin Canyon. Flexible spring loaded polyvinyl delineators were selected as an alternate to the split rail fence. Page 3 of 4