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stated he felt he needed to follow the recommendation of the General Plan Steering Committee, or the Council would be not respecting the process. Ms. Michelotti stated that the recommendations of two previous Councils was to open Mirador. She then asked Mayor Tarver if it was his decision previously to send the process to the General Plan Steering Committee. Mayor Tarver said that his intent was not to change the existing General Plan without respecting and going through the review process. Ms. Michelotti stated she has always supported the opening of Mirador. Ms. Michelotti stated that she represented everyone in Pleasanton, the people who live on Mirador who will be impacted, the people on Angela who will be impacted, and everyone in the entire neighborhood. People a half block from their homes will not be able to access the main thoroughfare to get home. Ms. Michelotti stated that from a planning perspective, staffs position, and from the studies that were done, it made sense to keep Mirador open with no restrictions. She stated that every school brings local traffic and it is normal and expected to use local streets in order to get to the school. Ms. Michelotti encouraged safety and will support stop signs along Mirador. She stated that she could not support any motion that put turn restrictions to and from Mirador. She supported staff investigating restriping and whether two left hand turn lanes were a possibility. She also felt a deceleration lane turning right on Mirador (coming down the hill) is a necessity and hoped staff would look into that. Ms. Mohr felt that this is a no-win issue. She felt that there are equal numbers of people who want Mirador open and those who want it closed. She stated that the issue was whether one street deserves more consideration than another. Ms. Mohr stated that Angela will still take a considerable amount of traffic if there are left turn restrictions. She felt the people who live on Windmill and Angela deserve consideration since they have carried the traffic overload for years. Ms. Mohr stated Miradot should be opened without restrictions. She also stated that she felt staff gives Council regular reviews on traffic counts. Mr. Pico felt he also represents the community but could not blindly accept all the staff recommendations; he has a responsibility to challenge and to question staff when he felt it was appropriate. He stated that the staff report on this issue did not address the safety issue and he had definite concerns. Mr. Pico stated that he will vote to open Mirador but with the following conditions: a four-way stop at Neal, a three-way stop sign at Del Sol, side by side left turns lanes on Bernal, and more speed limit signs at Angela, Miradot, and Adams. He also wants speed bumps to slow the traffic down, a separate left turn lane from Neal onto First, and signs to prohibit cut through traffic. He felt these are things needed for the neighborhood, will increase safety and improve the flow of traffic, and will discourage cut-through traffic. Ms. Mohr stated that Mr. Pico knows the neighborhood well and all his issues probably need to be done, but she felt that this was not the appropriate time to do that. She preferred to address the Mirador question and as a second motion, to ask staff to bring back 06/27/95 - 10-