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10. Directed staff to determine the feasibility of raised island for Smoke Tree Commons, as part of Bernal A venue Capital Improvements 11. Appropriate $10,000 from the General Fund to increase the Traffic Calming Budget in Fiscal 2000/01. (If the conversion of Sauterne Way is approved, additional funds may be needed depending on the design chosen to implement the conversion. ) Staff has completed eight of these eleven recommendations. The remaining three recommendations are: Overlay of Vineyard A venue with rubberized asphalt, the installation of two landscaped median islands on neighborhood streets, and the incorporation of a Vineyard Corridor landscaping plan in the CIP budget. At an "After Study" meeting, the Vineyard Corridor residents present requested that all remaining funds be reallocated towards measures that would improve pedestrian safety crossing at Vineyard Avenue, slow Vineyard Avenue traffic and thereby reduce traffic-generated noise, 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. It should be noted that the installation of the fIrst three landscaped islands on Montevino Drive and Cresta Blanca Drive had little affect on vehicle speeds or volumes, and the residents at the last two neighborhood meetings agreed that remaining funding should be allocated towards Vineyard A venue improvements and that the last two islands could be striped instead of raised medians. Vineyard A venue Resurfacing and Narrowing East of Bernal Avenue The 1996 General Plan shows Vineyard Avenue from Bernal Avenue to a point 4,000' to the east as a 4-lane divided road. The Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan included the possible narrowing of Vineyard Avenue to two lanes between Bernal Avenue and Montevino Drive as part of the traffic calming plan to reduce cut-through traffic and noise near surrounding neighborhoods. The plan also included the repaving of this section of Vineyard Avenue with new materials that help reduce traffic noise. In February of 2003, City Council approved the temporary striping of Vineyard Avenue as a 2-lane roadway with improved median areas for traffic exiting Touriga Drive and increased pedestrian safety. This test was recommended by staff so that feedback could be gathered from the community prior to beginning design work on the roadway overlay and landscaped median project. The majority of comments received by traffic staff support the existing 2-lane Vineyard A venue operation with comments that this layout has reduced traffic noise and has improved egress from Touriga Drive. Staff has not noticed any increase in queuing or congestion with the 2-1ane roadway striping, and vehicle speeds have been reduced slightly even with the removal of the 4-way stop at Montevino Drive. If City Council determines that staff should proceed with the design of a 2-lane Vineyard A venue rubberized asphalt resurfacing project with wide landscaped medians at this time, staff has selected a consultant subject to City SR:05:294 Page 3 of 4