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Mitigation Measure 9 No specific Vineyard A venue Landscape Median project is included in the CIP budget. Until the final lane configuration is determined, constructing standard landscaped medians down the center of the roadway may be premature. If traffic calming measure such as roundabouts are approved, or the two lanes eastbound, one lane westbound with pedestrian refuge islands alternative is approved, Vineyard Corridor landscaping would need to be configured very differently. Staff is recommeding that the ultimate Vineyard Avenue configuration, traffic control and landscaping issues be revisited after the completion of the Vineyard Avenue realigmnent project and the Bernal Avenue brigde at Arroyo Del Valle projects. Mitigation Measure 10 Traffic simulations of Smoke Tree Commons access and egress to Vineyard Avenue indicate that morning queuing along Vineyard Avenue from Bernal Avenue will continue to be a problem due to the proximity of the Smoke Tree Commons driveway to the intersection. As discussed in the July 2000 staff report, the ultimate solution to this problem may require relocation of this driveway. Staff is recommeding that the issue be revisited after the completion of the Vineyard Avenue realigmnent project and the Bernal Avenue brigde at Arroyo Del Valle project. Mitigation Measure 11 - Completed A copy of the July 11, 2000 Vineyard Corridor Neighborhood Traffic Calming staff report is attached. Many of the still outstanding issues involving Vineyard Avenue are discussed in depth in this report. Follow-up Neighborhood Meetings Staff conducted a follow-up meeting in November 2002 with residents to review the status of the eleven traffic calming measures approved by the City. The attendees mostly represented residents from the neighborhoods south of Vineyard Avenue between Bernal Avenue and Montevino Drive. At this meeting, residents endorsed staff's recommendation to remove the remaining two islands from the construction plan due to construction cost overruns. The residents agreed that for the most part, the neighborhood traffic calming measures now completed had significantly reduced neighborhood cut-through traffic. The one exception was Tawny Drive and the northernmost block or Touriga Drive. At this meeting the residents requested that any remaining neighborhood traffic calming funds be reallocated towards measures that would improve pedestrian safety crossing Vineyard Avenue, slow Vineyard Avenue traffic and thereby reduce traffic generated noised, improve Touriga Drive egress to Vineyard Avenue, reduce cut-through traffic on Tawny Drive, and add landscaping along the roadway to improve the aesthetics of the corridor. X:\ADMIN\PGGS\Council2005\MEETINGl00405\SR 05276 Attachment1.doc Page 4