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Bryan Moran, 725 East Angela, felt Neal Street should be a through street. He said the traffic problem is when the Church lets out on Sunday. He asked if the fee would be a one time fee or an assessment. He would not mind paying a one time fee. Ms. Ayala said it is proposed as a one time fee. Mr. Moran felt it was a mistake that the traffic burden was on East Angela so he felt he should not have to pay to correct the problem. But he would pay if he needed to. Carole Varela, 3858 Mohr Avenue, felt this issue should not have been discussed on an election night. She felt the poor design of the streets have created the traffic problem. She pointed out that the recommendation by Ms. Noyes is not what the neighborhood wants. She talked about the signatures collected and the Ponderosa referendum. The survey asked the residents if they wanted to pay for the whole program; pay for part of it; have the city pay for it or have the developers pay for the program. She said there is no developer. Many residents petitioner to get the stops signs at Mohr/Kamp. She said originally Mohr Avenue was designed to take 15,000 cars. But the design was changed making the street narrower. She was not · objecting to the program. She agreed that Kamp Drive has a problem. She said there is also a traffic problem at the comer of Mohr and Kamp Drive. She asked if Rheem Drive, the west portion, heading towards Stoneridge Drive had been looked at. She felt Council needed to listen to the residents. Ms. Ayala asked if she would be willing to financially support the program. Ms. Varela said no. Pamela Alpert, 1847 Harms Drive, supported traffic calming devices. She asked if the demonstration projects would be 100% funded by the City and would the demo~mtration projects include three traffic circles and the landscape medians next to Orloff Park on Kolln. Ms. Ayala said yes and the proposal is that the City would pay for the whole demonstration program. She said a survey would be sent and 67 % of the neighbors around the traffic calming devices would have to approve. Ms. Alpert thought the City should pay for the initial demonstration program, but in the future only residents who lived within 500 feet would be expected to pay 10% of the cost. She talked about the need for pedestrian safety going to and from the neighborhood park. She also had a concern with needing support of 2/3 of the residents. She felt decision making should be made through the public hearing process. Petitions, surveys, and informational cards are wonderful tools but the decision making should be left up to the City Council. She said she would be willing to financially support traffic devices but the costs should be spread out over the whole neighborhood. She felt a better solution would be to connect Stoneridge to E1 Charro. Pleasanton City Council 15 6/2/98 Minutes