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Mr. Bob Vaughn, 520 Mission Drive, expressed opposition to the proposed school district office site because it was not properly zoned for such and was poor planning and should not be allowed. Mr. Rene Levine, Junipero Street, objected to the office location because the district school office is really a business and the school site is not a business environment, its a homeowners area, and stated the matte~ had not been researched enough~ Mrs~ Sally Quindimil, 590 Mission Drive, voiced strong opposition to the pro- posed school district office site because of the invasion of privacy to their backyard. It was moved by Councilman Herlihy, and seconded by Councilman Kinney, that the public hearing be closed. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Herlihy, Kinney, Mori, Pearson, and Mayor Reid NOES: None ABSENT: None After discussion, Mayor Reid declared this matter continued to the meeting of February 20, 1973, for further study and examination of alternate sites. Since it was past the hour of 10:00 P.M., Mayor Reid declared that Item 14 would be heard at this time. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Mr. Michael Peel, 7898 Oak Creek Drive, spoke regarding the communication sent to the City Council regarding school site west of Foothill Road. He pre- sented a Petition that was being sent to the State of California to deny State funds for the purchase of property and construction of an intermediate school on any site west of Foothill Road in the City of Pleasanton or County property in this immediate area° The Petition was signed by 1134 residents in the area. Mr. Peel stated the main reason for opposition was traffic danger to the lives of children, and he urged City Council influence and support to prevent this structure from being built on the present proposed site. Mr~ Joseph Comerford, 7886 Oak Creek Drive, stated the residents in the immediate area were violently opposed to the location selected by the Trustees of the Murray School District for the following reasons: 1. Any site selected west of Foothill road would constitute an isolated site from the general attendance population of the district~ There are virtually no students residing in this area west of Foothill road. 2. There is extreme danger involving crossing Foothill road to this proposed attendance area° Foothill road is a rural road which winds and twists making visibility extremely limited by motorists. The area presently has a maximum speed limit of Fifty miles per hour which is frequently exceeded by those motorists traveling the road. 3. Installation of a possible caged concrete overpass on Foothill road for crossing is not felt to remedy the traffic safety problems. It would be inconvenient to most students to utilize a crossing of this type and lack of sidewalks on a rural country road would also add to the danger of foot traffic° Inconvenience would cause crossing in dangerous areas. 4~ Ecologically, caged concrete overpasses would significantly destroy the beauty of this rural country road which is one of the few natural beauties of the area. 5. Earthquake faults are reported to be numerous on the west side of Foothill road. Extensive testing would be required which would be very costly on this site. 5. 1/29/73