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15 MPH signs have been posted. She thanked the Police Department for frequently visiting her area and writing tickets for those that exceed the speed limit and proceed through the stop sign without stopping. She said the cut-through traffic is the problem. She said there are seven houses in the area and most of the time in order to get out of the driveways the residents have to wait a significant amount of time before there is a pause in the traffic or for someone to let them back out. She said the neighborhood was not told that a day care was planned for this church. She said she is representing the seven homes on Ridgewood and Del Valle on the 90 degree curved road and has started the process to get Harvest Road closed. She said one of the neighbors had three cars totaled. Ms. Ayala asked if this was before or after the stop sign was installed. Ms. Klinko said before. The curve is blind coming from both directions. She has a video tape of real life scenarios of what happens when a child enters the street. She said the addition of a bank at Stanley and Del Valle will add to the traffic congestion. Harvest Road is a cut-through for many people. She said a traffic count was done of her area for one day that counted 900 cars on Harvest Road. She said the report claims the traffic volume is well below the General Plan level of service for a two lane neighborhood street. But the report does not mention it is on a 90 degree blind curve. She does not have a problem with the day care, but rather the increase in traffic. She is asking if the day care is approved would it be possible to close Harvest Road or at the very least close it temporarily and do a traffic study. She said she attended the Planning Commission meeting regarding the day care and was told to go to the Traffic Department. She said her past experience with the traffic committee has left her insulted and offended. Leadership within that committee has suggested that in order to address the safety concerns, the community should not let its children play in the streets, suggested that the children should not play in their own front yards, and hold your children's hands when crossing the street. She said the children do not play in the street or front yards now. She said her son, who is nine years old, and her daughter, who is seven, does not need to be walked hand in hand to school. Ms. Ayala asked if the children could cross at the comer and how far her house was from the comer. Ms. Klinko said the comer is too risky. She said there are seven houses between her and the comer. Her house overlooks Del Valle and Harvest from her bathroom window and Del Valle and Ridgeview from her living room window. She is trying to open the eyes of the City. Ms. Ayala said the map showed her house as being one house from the comer and could her children not walk to the comer and cross where there is perfect sight. Pleasanton City Council 24 08/18/98 Minutes