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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 the Vineyard Avenue Improvement Project. The improvement drawings provide for the construction of median islands including landscaping, and asound- attenuating pavement overlay on Vineyard Avenue between Bernal Avenue and Leona Place. The plan for the Vineyard Avenue Median/Landscaping and Overlay project consists of a 2" overlay of sound-attenuating pavement (rubberized asphalt or open graded mix) on Vineyard Avenue between Bernal Avenue and Leona Place. Upon completion of the overlay, Vineyard Avenue will be re-striped to provide fora 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. In 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 a public meeting on March 14, 2006, held to discuss the project, residents generally approved of the preliminary improvement plan and expressed the desire to eliminate the parking on the north side of Vineyard Avenue fronting the Vineyard Avenue Mobile Home Park in order to prevent the parking of cars with for-sale signs. In addition, the homeowners of Smoketree Commons Condominiums expressed access concerns; currently, access in or out of the Smoketree Commons complex is through the existing driveway on Vineyard Avenue. The future Bernal Avenue bridge provides for a double left turn lane from Bernal Avenue onto Vineyard Avenue and the residents' access issues to and from their driveway will be further impeded with increased cross traffic. In order to improve access, residents have requested that a signal be installed at the Vineyard Avenue driveway for Smoketree Commons and coordinated with the timing of the signal at the intersection of Bernal Avenue and Vineyard Avenue. Staff has considered this request and is not recommending a signal at this location because of its close proximity to the existing traffic signal at the Bernal and Vineyard intersection. As a result of the March 14th meeting, staff is recommending modifying the pavement striping plans to provide additional stacking space on Vineyard Avenue by extending the median island pavement striping width, which will allow an increased refuge area for vehicles exiting Smoketree Commons. Striping will also be added in front of the driveway to keep the intersection clear by striping the pavement with "keep clear" legends. While the public meeting was taking place on March 14, 2006, a separate meeting occurred among the homeowners at Vineyard Villa Mobile Home Park. The preliminary plan for the Vineyard Avenue Median/Landscaping and Overlay project was presented to the residents. Feedback from that meeting indicated that the homeowners' major concern was to maintain the parking fronting the Vineyard Villa Mobile Home Park and placing a 4-hour parking limit in order to discourage motor homes, boats and recreational vehicles from being parked and advertised for sale. The residents stated Page 2 of 5