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Ms. Dennis asked him to address the issue of the location of the crosswalk that Mr. <br />Mullins raised about the students crossing the driveway and why the crosswalk was not put on <br />the north side of the entry way. <br /> <br /> Mr. van Gelder said the traffic enters the driveway from the right hand southbound turn <br />lane or the northbound left hand turn pockets on Santa Rita and this is where the pedestrians are <br />crossing. Staff had to come up with a safe location for the crosswalk that would work. He said <br />students cross the driveway presently and it seemed to be okay. <br /> <br /> Ms. Dennis asked what the difficulty would be to put the crosswalk on the north side of <br />the driveway. <br /> <br /> Mr. van Gelder said it was not advisable because of the left hand turn lane. <br /> <br /> Ms. Michelotti asked if the option of a no right turn on red signal could be installed. <br /> <br /> Mr. van Gelder said yes if the school was interested. Another option could be to create <br />a carpool/vanpool driveway only. <br /> <br /> Ms. Michelotti appreciated Mr. Mullin's effort. After observing the traffic in the <br />Amador parking lot after an event, she did not agree with having only one way to move the <br />traffic out of the driveways. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mullins said the only driveways into the Amador parking were the thirty foot <br />driveway and the twenty-one foot driveway. <br /> <br /> Ms. Michelotti asked Mr. Mullins how many parking spaces were removed in his <br />proposal? <br /> <br /> Mr. Mullins said he removed some but moved them elsewhere. He said he gave the <br />reconfiguration of the parking lot to Mr. van Gelder for review. When he surveyed the site he <br />noticed forty extra spaces available around 10:00 a.m. He did not come here this evening to <br />debate the issues. He felt if Council approved the pedestrian crosswalk without any input from <br />the School Board, it would only make matters worse. <br /> <br /> Ms. Dennis asked if the City could install a "no fight turn on red" sign to improve <br />pedestrian safety without the School District's approval? <br /> <br /> Mr. van Gelder said anything that is done needed to be in partnership with the School <br />District. He said significant improvement could be done without the School Districts <br />involvement but a better job would be done if they were involved. <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 3/03/98 <br />Minutes 8 <br /> <br /> <br />