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volume concerns will be the completion of the Happy Valley Bypass Road and the closure of the temporary access that is currently in operation. (The Happy Valley Blue Ribbon Committee selected the preferred ultimate alignment of the bypass road and plans are moving forward on the design, although no timeline has been established for construction). At the direction of City Council, staff held a Traffic Calming Kickoff meeting with the Happy Valley residents in the Fall of 2006. This meeting was held to provide staff the opportunity to listen to the concerns of the residents, describe the traffic calming program and form a Steering Committee to guide the development of the traffic calming plan. At this kickoff meeting, staff also presented speed and volume data from Sycamore Road, Alisal Street and Happy Valley Road, which was collected both before and after the golf course was opened. The data collected showed that Sycamore Road and Alisal Street have critical speeds around 36 -39 mph, which is considerably higher than the 32 mph speeds commonly recorded on Pleasanton neighborhood streets. The Police Department conducted several zero tolerance enforcement efforts both before and after this initial traffic calming meeting, and while there was an initial speed reduction, the speed is still above the expected speed of 32 mph. Given the high speeds, the residents requested a Traffic Calming Plan be developed that would install low cost solutions to the speeding vehicles. DISCUSSION At the Kickoff Traffic Calming Meeting, staff invited the residents from the neighborhood to share their traffic concerns and assist with the development of solutions. From this meeting, several areas were identified that were in need of improvement. The main concern from the residents was the increase in travel speed on the roadway. A steering committee was formed from the residents at this kickoff meeting with a representative from each of the main roadways. The committee consisted of: Al Schorno — Alisal Street Tom Smith — Happy Valley Road Kevin Close — Sycamore Road. A Steering Committee meeting was held in January of 2007. Numerous devices and approaches were discussed to try to find a solution to the speed increase including turn restrictions, stop signs, radar speed signs and speed lumps. The Steering Committee felt that the best approach was to move forward with a plan that included a combination of speed lumps and radar speed signs. The committee developed a plan that consisted of 4 speed lumps and 2 radar speed signs on Sycamore Road and 3 speed lumps on Alisal Street. No traffic calming devices were recommended for Happy Valley Road at this time. The committee wanted to minimize the number of devices installed in the neighborhood and developed a plan that would Page 3of6