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Mr. L!; n, en~ sol s ne ; s ~.:.>csec tz an, .' ce've] c~men~ ; n ~a~ e-ea. he ~elt *h8~ i~ 4 ares are ~ ..... - '- ~a'.,ored ~:ee~ino tr.e ~-5~ e.~ 2 lanes: "E'SIF]~ Oe. velO;.mer,~; and " keep the r'L~S~i~ iQO~ eS mJZR ~-.S ",-,', Fc, otr-,: ~ ] Roe. 5, st~t~,a that sr, e i s cpp~seO b { o~t 0i i,.e i aries on ootn si des o~ tR~ l~OaQ ~ Llu% wQu] d + avon a eike lane Qr, Gne side only. She se. iO that she has lived Foothill Road ~or a long time: bo~ever. she old not think that It i~ as unsafe as is being port~-ayed. She +elt that i~ the speed limits were set lo~er aria enforced tbat so+sty ~ould not be sucm an issue. She stressed s~e did net ~ant a 4-!one eut ~elt that 2 lanes ~ould be satis+'actory. Four lanes would take away her dnive~ay. The public nearinq was cl=sed. Chairman Mahern a~ked the Commission ~bether they ~eit they nod enough in+ormation to make a oecision tonight or ~hether the case should be continued. The Commission agreed they could make a decision tonight. Commissioner HDvingh said he personally had two options: His preferred option would be to support sta{~'s recommendation 4-lanes (where ~easible); his second option would be i~ 2 lanes are retained he would recommend a moratorium on all ~evelopment -- west o~ Footbi i 1 Road, i ncl udi ng improvements. He ~oui d prohibit rally bikers i~ it remains a 2-lane road, as the City o{ Livermore did. He ~elt i~ it should remain 2 lanes that the maximum right-o~-way should be allocated in some way pDssib!e ~uture widening. He did not think that aesthetics sbou!d prevail over safety and lives. Commi. ssioner Micheiotti maintained that she would still wish retain the rural character o~ the road; she had no prDb i em regarding the installation ~ curbs and gutters. She would ~avor an improved sa~e 2-!one road, but would try to preserve space ~or widening i~ ~uture traffic numbers increase aromatically- She would wish to preserve the character o~ the area as much as possible, especially around F'uri Court. She would not ~avor 4 lanes, even like that on the new Bernal Avenue section and ~elt that would' take away ~ron, the rural look. it was decideO to have something that was ~iviOeO with a Berna! appearance, she would ~avor a rolling, no-curb, median w~ere trees could be planted. However, s~e had been told that trees are put in the meOian that cars would ~it the trees. She would strongly support ~ike/peOestrian lanes anO ~eeis t~ey are absolutely necessary. MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION August 8, 1 F'age 5