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60 Mr. MacDonald stated that the Chamber of Commerce was opposed to diagonal parking and strongly recommended proper irrigation to the trees, if planted. There being no further testimony, Vice Mayor Tarvet declared the public hearing closed. Bill Eastman, Chief of Police addressed the issue of diagonal parking. He pointed out that in the past Main Street had the highest number of collisions and injury rate per mile than any other street in Pleasanton. Through engineering, policing, and Council decisions, the rate had dropped considerably through out Pleasanton. He indicated that the thoroughfare of Main Street serves Pleasanton, not only downtown. The Police Department was strongly opposed to diagonal parking. He explained that this type of parking was easy to park into but harder to get out of. Chief Eastman referred to staff report items 7, 8, and 9. He stated that the Police Department was opposed to item 7 list and agreed with item 8 list with certain precautions. Ms. Scribner stated that the Task Force visited other cities to study the issues that made their downtowns work. All of the downtowns that were successful had angled parking. The Task Force came to the idea of the flexible zone because it liked diagonal parking and wanted outdoor dining as well. She liked the option of having outdoor dining whether it was used or not. She stated that the Task Force's main concern was consideration of people and cars were secondary. She recommended Option B-C because she felt that it was a good compromise. It was moved by Ms. Scribner to adopt Option B/C. The motion died for lack of a second. Ms. Mohr commented that Council had read the TJKMreports and were told that without an alternative north/south route, Main Street would remain a thoroughfare. Although she agreed with Ms. Scribner's suggestion, she felt that she could not support it at this time. She was aware that retaining the two-way traffic on Spring and Division Street would reduce a few parking spaces but believed the shared parking that would be coming with the reconstruction should resolve that problem. She felt that the construction of Main Street needed to get started. Mr. Tarvet supported retaining the options for Ray and St. John realignment but was not in favor of moving in that direction unless it was absolutely necessary. He supported getting the construction of Main Street started. Ms. Scribner felt that retaining the Ray Street/St. John Street realignment in the plans for future option should be a low priority. 6/2/92 6