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Mayor Tarver stated that the people on Mirador will be turning left to Bernal against the people turning left from Bernal to Independence. He stated there was no divider. Mr. Van Gelder stated that was correct. Mayor Tarver declared the public comment period open. Charlotte Severin, 4513 Mirador Drive, spoke in favor of the General Plan Steering Committee recommendation to open Mirafor with right turn only restrictions. She stated that safety was the compelling issue. She felt the turn lanes were not long enough and that speed and multiple vehicles would cause problems. She stated that the Cat Trans standards for just two vehicles (either stacking to turn left or one in either direction) should be 420 feet and only 190 feet is available. She stated the General Plan states that no new development shall impact an existing neighborhood, and opening Mirador (part of the new Shappell Development) without restrictions will have a major impact on the existing Pleasanton Heights/Mirador Drive neighborhood. The General Plan also states that local streets are designed to serve only adjacent land uses and are intended to protect the residents from through traffic. Mrs. Severin stated that opening Mirador Drive without turn restrictions creates a major conflict with that policy and invites through traffic to cut across to Valleyview School, thereby not preserving the existing quiet residential neighborhood. She felt that she could accept a compromise to open Mirador Drive with right turn only restrictions. Jim Duncan, 617 Angela Street, asked that Mirador be open with no restrictions. He felt this area has been operational for seven months and felt that all the safety concerns have not been borne out. He stated the independent traffic survey and the staff recommendation are to open Mirador with no restrictions. Mayor Tarver stated that the Council received a petition with 444 names in favor of the Subcommittee's recommendation. He also stated he had received 11 phone calls in opposition to the General Plan Steering Committee's recommendation. Joan Tenbrink, 4265 Mirador Drive, stated that along Mirador there are 10 children under the age of 18. She stated that the trips that children make to their friends homes are not included in the traffic report because the trips are by foot, bicycle, roller blades, skateboard or some other type of transportation. She asked about safety for the child pedestrian. Mirador has two schools using that street as a school corridor. Ms. Tenbrink asked why is there a need to encourage cut-through traffic where children are at play. Ms. Tenbrink preferred Mirador not be open at all but would agree to a compromise of right turns for the Mirador in and out, four way stops at Neal and Mirador and a three way stop at Del Sol and Mirador. James D. Duncan, 4681 Third Street, stated he would like to see Mirador Drive open with no restrictions. 06/27/95 -5 -