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Ms. Dennis indicated the stop sign at Montevino was installed because of the ntm~ber of accidents at the intersection and the visibility problem due to the hill. She believed the stop sign was necessary to allow traffic to get onto Vineyard. Mr. vm~ Gelder agreed there were concerns about sight distance and agreed there are speeding problems. Ms. Dennis felt one of the problems on Crestablanca was separation of traffic because those are wide streets. She believed people cut the comers and do not slow down much. She felt entry islands would work to slow vehicles, but was not sure about the middle median on Crestablanca. She preferred the islands to be of river rock instead of brick. She was excited about the discussion of using rubberized asphalt because of its assistance to the recycling program. She tbought there were grant moneys available li'om the Waste Management Authority for a project like this, Mr. van Gelder said staff could investigate that. More projects are need using rubberized asphalt to spread the cost around. It is very expensive because of the equipment necessary. He felt a policy should be established on using this product on residential or arterial streets. Ms. Dennis believed that some of the traffic to the school would go away when the new school on Vineyard is opened. Ms. Michelotti asked if the median was at the top of the hill and visible. Mr. Tassano said it was. Staffpreferred to have trees in the median to make it more visible. Ms. Michelotti agreed with the suggestion to have river rock in the median. Ms. Ayala preferred to review the results of the original pilot projects for traffic calming before voting on this proposal. She did not want to spend money on a prQicct if it will not accomplish what is wanted. Mr. van Gelder said if there is a well-traveled street like Montevino, the first reaction is to put in stop signs at every intersection or to put in speed bumps. If stop signs are put at neighborhood collector streets, the findings indicate people slow down at the stop signs, but the speed between stop signs are higher than before. When a physical obstruction is in the mad, it does slow the traffic. Police enlbrcement is only a temporary solution. The City of Livermore considered trullic calming and rejected it. An additional six police officers were hired instead. Ms. Michelotti indicated she has had questions from the beginning about the amount of money being spent and how further prc%icets would be funded. Some of these programs are absolutely appropriate. She had no problem with medians in the middle of Crestablanca. In her neighborhood there had been a problem with people turning comers Pleasanton City Council 21 07/11/00 Minutes