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<br />Mitigation Measure 9 <br />No specific Vineyard Avenue Landscape Median project is included in the CIP budget. Until <br />the fmallane configuration is determined, constructing standard landscaped medians down the <br />center of the roadway may be premature. If traffic calming measure such as roundabouts are <br />approved, or the two lanes eastbound, one lane westbound with pedestrian refuge islands <br />alternative is approved, Vineyard Corridor landscaping would need to be configured very <br />differently. Staff is recommeding that the ultimate Vineyard Avenue configuration, traffic <br />control and landscaping issues be revisited after the completion of the Vineyard Avenue <br />realignment project and the Bernal Avenue brigde at Arroyo Del Valle projects. <br />Mitigation Measure 10 <br />Traffic simulations of Smoke Tree Commons access and egress to Vineyard Avenue indicate <br />that morning queuing along Vineyard Avenue from Bernal Avenue will continue to be a <br />problem due to the proximity of the Smoke Tree Commons driveway to the intersection. As <br />discussed in the July 2000 staff report, the ultimate solution to this problem may require <br />relocation of this driveway. Staff is recommeding that the issue be revisited after the <br />completion of the Vineyard Avenue realignment project and the Bernal Avenue brigde at <br />Arroyo Del Valle project. <br />Mitigation Measure II - Completed <br />A copy of the July 11, 2000 Vineyard Corridor Neighborhood Traffic Calming staff report is <br />attached. Many of the still outstanding issues involving Vineyard Avenue are discussed in <br />depth in this report. <br />Follow-up Neighborhood Meetings <br />Staff conducted a follow-up meeting in November 2002 with residents to review the status of <br />the eleven traffic calming measures approved by the City. The attendees mostly represented <br />residents from the neighborhoods south of Vineyard Avenue between Bernal Avenue and <br />Montevino Drive. At this meeting, residents endorsed staff's recommendation to remove the <br />remaining two islands from the construction plan due to construction cost overruns. The <br />residents agreed that for the most part, the neighborhood traffic calming measures now <br />completed had significantly reduced neighborhood cut-through traffic. The one exception was <br />Tawny Drive and the northernmost block or Touriga Drive. <br />At this meeting the residents requested that any remaining neighborhood traffic calming funds <br />be reallocated towards measures that would improve pedestrian safety crossing Vineyard <br />Avenue, slow Vineyard Avenue traffic and thereby reduce traffic generated noised, improve <br />Touriga Drive egress to Vineyard Avenue, reduce cut-through traffic on Tawny Drive, and add <br />landscaping along the roadway to improve the aesthetics of the corridor. <br />X:\ADMIN\PGGS\Council 2005\MEETINGl00405\SR 05276 Attachment1.doc <br />Page 4 <br />