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Attachment C THE CITY OF ` ~ CITY OF PLEASANTON ~:r.: ~. ~ i ~ emu. I~ L£ ~S~4NT~No JUN 16'1999 MEMORANDUM Date: June 16, 1999 To: Deborah Acosta, City Manager From: Randy Lum, Director of Public Works ~~~ Subject: Response to Questions at CIPBudget 6/8/99 Workshop CITY MANAGER The following responds to questions from the 6/8/99 Council workshop. 1) Foothill Road at the Merritt Property For most of the City's history, Foothill Road has been an arterial two lane rural roadway. Over the years, portions of this roadway have been widened and improved as adjacent new development occurred. However, there still remain significant portions of Foothill Road which remain unimproved which operate safely. The portion of Foothill Road in front of the Merritt Property is one such example. As with other portions of Foothill Road, the expectation has been for this segment to eventually be improved when adjacent development occurred. Improvements were anticipated to provide a slight "straightening" of the roadway alignment, turning and bicycle lanes, landscaped parkway strips with a separated bicycle and pedestrian pathway on the east side of the road, improved drainage, and a traffic signal at Muirwood Drive south. (See attached Excerpt from 9/23/98 Planning Commission Staff Report) Perhaps the biggest concern of most motorists is with the intersection of Muirwood Drive south and Foothill Road, which would have been improved with turning lanes and a traffic signal. Widening of the street and the provision of turn lanes facilitates local access by providing refuge to slow down and store vehicles prior to turning from the relatively high speed arterial street. The installation of a traffic signal at this location would have provided further mitigation for the additional peak hour trips generated by the new development. However, staff believes that the intersection operates satisfactorily in its present condition. Review of the recorded accident history for this segment of roadway appears to confirm our assessment, as the portion of Foothill Road in front of the Merritt property has averaged only 1 accident annually for the past 5 years, with 4 of these occurring at the intersection of Muirwood Drive south. Three of the accidents at Muirwood Drive were rear end accidents occurring at 7:55, 7:54, and 7:47 am, and appeared to be related to vehicles stopping due to school traffic. The fourth accident involved a driver under the