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He wanted to report on the first legislation that was being introduced by Congresswoman Tauscher regarding the State Infrastructure Banks for Schools Act. Bill Aston, 4728 Amanda Place, said he has a concern regarding the traffic on Amanda Place. In particular, the left hand turn to Mirador Drive from Bernal Avenue is blocked. In the original plan, the left hand turn pocket was to be open. The residents on Mirador Court showed up at a Council meeting and were quite concerned about this and the left hand turn was blocked. He has noticed that the vehicles are using Amanda Place as a turn around and felt this was an unfair burden on his street. He would like to address the issue of opening the left hand turn pocket. Ms. Ayala asked if the increased traffic was from the school'?. Mr. Aston said it was from all kinds of traffic. Ms. Dennis said she had observed traffic using Amanda Place as a turn around. She suggested posting signs and increasing enforcement to discourage motorists from making illegal U-turns. Ms. Michelotti said the residents from Mirador Court were not the only residents who had an issue. She said there were many concerns expressed by the surrounding neighborhood areas and that the decision not to put in the left turn pocket was not a unaminous Council decision. Ms. Acosta said staff would work with Mr. Aston to try to resolve his concerns. Ernest Jones, 1725 Rose Avenue, expressed concerns about the Fire Department not being able to find his home on two occasions and also his meeting with Stewart Gary. Ms. Ayala asked if Mr. Jones would like a meeting with Stewart Gary and herself?. Mr. Jones said no. He met with a member of the fire department and showed him where the fire plug was near his property. The next day the weeds and grass were cut around the fire plug and he was told the City was going to mark the plug so it could be easily identified. He told Council he was going to try to make his own fire hydrant and pump. Don Temple, 6409 Alisal, said that at the last Council meeting, Roger Smith presented a proposed preannexation agreement for the residents of the Happy Valley/Alisal area. Attached to the agreement were responses from over 80% of the residents. It was the intent that this document would be reviewed by Council and for Council to direct staff how to proceed. The purpose of this document was to show Council that the area residents have a strong consensus in protecting the quality of life. The major concerns were traffic, water, sewer, and the ability to keep animals. The residents specifically requested the access road be built before the golf Pleasanton City Council 6/17/97 Minutes 5