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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND Residents of the Country Fair neighborhood contacted staff to request the installation of a sign that prohibited the parking of vehicles for sale on Via de los Milagros. Area residents have complained that the vehicles for sale are an eyesore and a traffic hazard. The residents state that potential buyers of used cars use the neighborhood for test driving vehicles and passing motorists slow down or stop on Valley Avenue and Via de los Milagros in the travel lane in order to view the cars for sale. The area of Via de los Milagros is shown in the map below and includes just the 1 block area of the street that is visible from Valley A venue. State law prohibits local agencies from posting parking prohibitions exclusively for "vehicles for sale." The City has installed 4-hour parking in other areas of the City to address the vehicles for sale issue. The four- hour time limit should dissuade people from parking their cars at this location all day and/or weekends in order to advertise their cars for sale. Traffic Engineering mailed a letter, Exhibit 1, to adjacent residents that described the proposed 4-hour parking zone on this block. The shaded area on Exhibit 2 shows the residences that received the notification letter. The Traffic Engineering Division received three emails and two telephone calls in support of the proposed 4-hour parking zone. The resident email responses are shown in Exhibit 3. There were no responses in opposition to the 4-hour parking zone. This item was discussed at the November 2006 Staff Traffic Committee where it was noted that the problem of for sale cars parked on public streets is being "chased" from one neighborhood to another. Once the four-hour parking signs are installed on Valley Avenue at Via De Los Milagros, it is likely that another location in Pleasanton will start to experience weekend parking of for sale vehicles. Page20f3