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before the houses am constructed. She felt there had been many impacts on Ray Street due to construction at Ruby Hill and she complained about traffic on Ray Street. She believed Council should take cure of the entire community and be more careful in considering the impacts on the community from further development. There were no further speakers. Ms. Ayala asked in what ureas additional security could be required to give a greater comfort level to Council that they will be performed. There was discussion about whether to include additional security for the winery, traffic improvements, and certain mitigation items. Ms. Dennis asked if there was a necessity for a contingency? Mr. Lum indicated when staff developed estimates for the intersection improvements, contingencies were 'added above the normal requirement. So there is a 20% contingency for completion of improvements. However, there are no guarantees the improvements will stay within the estimates. The rationale for accepting cash now is that there is an agreement to use the money for other improvements if the desiguated improvements are not built. In addifion the City' has the cash in hand and does not have to try and get the money from a developer in the future when the improvements are actually constructed. The right turn pocket on First Street/Vineyurd will probably not be done. The Vineyard to Tawny widening is uncertain, definitely not in the neur future. Mayor Tarver felt the reason for a deferred improvement agreement was that the developer was not happy with stafl~s estimates. Mr. Lum said there had been some recent changes in design based on field observations that has raised issues not included in the earlier estimates. That would raise the costs of the project and Signature has asked for the deferred improvement agreement until those issues can be resolved. Mr. Pico relbrred to the estimate of $1.66 million for the Vineyard roadway improvements. If the Vineyard roadway improvements were excluded, since they would be covered by the deferred improvement agreement, what is the total amount of cash or bonds for all the remaining mitigations? Ms. Seto said that based on the credit due to Signature Properties from its work on the Vineyard "S' curve, balanced against the outstanding traffic mitigations, it is nearly a wash in terms of cost. With regurd to the habitat mitigation, the estimated costs are $166,000, with an additional $20,000 for the buffer. Mr. Pico summurized that staff's recommendation would be that Signature would give the City $186,000 in cash as security and the Cotmcil would approve the final map. Pleasanton City Council 15 10/03/00 Minutes