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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND At the meeting of December 6, 2005, City Council approved an engineering design contract with Bellecci & Associates for completion of the engineering construction drawings for Vineyard Avenue improvements. The improvement drawings will provide for the construction of median islands including landscaping, and a sound-attenuating pavement overlay on Vineyard Avenue between Bernal Avenue and Leona Place. Vineyard Avenue Median/Landscaping and Overlay Improvements The preliminary plan for the Vineyard Avenue Median/Landscaping and Overlay project consists of 1.5" of sound-attenuating pavement (rubberized asphalt or open graded mix) on Vineyard Avenue between Bernal Avenue and Leona Place. In addition to the overlay, the Vineyard Avenue street improvements will include a 13-foot wide travel lane in each direction, a 7-foot wide bike lane and a 3-foot buffer zone on both the north and south sides of Vineyard Avenue. At the middle of the street, new raised concrete median islands with landscaping features will be constructed that will resemble the existing median landscape island between Grapevine Drive and Clara Lane. Discussion During the public meeting in March, the residents generally approved of the preliminary improvement plans and expressed the desire to eliminate the parking on the north side of Vineyard A venue in front of the mobile home park in order to prevent the parking of cars with for-sale signs. In addition, the homeowners of Smoketree Commons expressed access concerns; currently, the only way in or out of the Smoketree Commons complex is the driveway on Vineyard Avenue. With the Bernal Avenue bridge being constructed in the near future, providing for double left turn lanes onto Vineyard Avenue, the residents' access issues will be compounded. In order to allow improved access, they have requested that a signal be installed at the Vineyard A venue driveway for Smoketree Commons which they recommend be coordinated with the timing of the signal at the intersection of Bernal Avenue and Vineyard Avenue. Staff is not recommending a signal at this location because of its proximity to the light at Bernal and Vineyard. City staff mentioned to the residents that the existing emergency driveway on Bernal Avenue can be opened and improved to allow primary access into and out of Smoketree Commons; and the driveway on Vineyard A venue can be striped as a right in and right out only, to accommodate the future volume of traffic when the Bernal Avenue bridge is built. The access SR 06:132 Page 2 of5