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Councilmember Olson agreed Council has the responsibility to deal with this matter, indicated opposition to tearing up the street but felt if Council approves the request for new software, the City could move in the right direction to reduce some of the delays the data indicates. He reported he will support staffs recommendations. Councilmember Pentin commented on change being hard, noted the process has been very transparent and the push towards a TOT environment was the goal. He reported Owens was a six-lane freeway, before changes were made and agreed with the improvements that have been made and spoke in support of staff recommendations, noting this could change in the future. Councilmember Brown stated she would never have approved the reduction of eastbound lanes on Owens Drive, noted there are other options and reported the need to find routes that will be safe for pedestrians and bicyclists. She reported a speaker stated there were 900 who signed a petition to restore eastbound lanes on Owens Drive and felt the City needs to have a long-term view of the issue. She added there are approximately 900 homes that may be coming to that area of Pleasanton and spoke in support of proceeding with restoring eastbound lanes on Owens and noted Traffic Impact Fees are in place for purposes like this one. She would like to see two lanes of traffic eastbound, and two lanes westbound. MOTION: It was m/s Pentin/Olson to accept staffs recommendation to not make any additional changes on Owens Drive and encourage staff to pursue grant funding to obtain new cameras and software. Councilmember Narum commented on a prior Council wanting to develop the site as a TOD to promote more and safer use of alternative transportation around BART. People are using alternative ways to get to BART and stated she cannot justify spending $1 million to widen Owens Drive to gain 22 seconds. The data indicates cars can get through intersections in a single-light cycle and she spoke in support of obtaining the adaptive software and would like to see Hacienda TOD guidelines modified to say that any changes contemplated to Owens Drive in the future, would require a public hearing or would be part of the public hearing of a project. Additionally, she suggested directing staff to establish a monitoring program and note wait for grant money to proceed with purchasing the adaptive software. Councilmember Pentin accepted the amendment relative to not waiting for grant money to purchase the adaptive software. He added any project coming forward would go through a full vetting and questioned the need to modify the Hacienda TOD guidelines as there is already a structure in place to address it. Mayor Thorne stated he cannot justify spending $1 million for 22 seconds. He added he has concerns regarding what the state is up to relative to the future, noting legislation is being considered to require increased density without going through a public process. He encouraged staff to monitor legislation, going forward. AMENDED MOTION: It was m/s Pentin/Olson to accept staffs recommendation to not make any additional changes on Owens Drive and encourage staff to pursue grant funding to obtain new cameras and software, but not wait for the grant fund to purchase them; direct staff to establish and monitoring program and modify Hacienda TOD guidelines to require a public hearing for changes contemplated in the future. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Narum, Olson, Pentin, Mayor Thorne Noes: Councilmember Brown Absent: None RECESS/RECONVENE City Council Minutes Page 7 of 9 January 16, 2018