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little closer to the "big brother" concept because there is nobody present while that is videotaping. Ms. Michelotti stated that what we are implementing is not designed as surveillance as far as speed goes. It just determines whether someone, when the red light went on, entered the intersection. She feels very strongly about not having too many controls. She is weighing this against the safety factor and that someone is entering an intersection when the light is red which is a violation. Ms. Dennis said that looking at this sheet full of accidents that are caused by people running red lights, it is not only the right of the person who is running the red light not to be observed by a camera. That actually doesn't concern her anywhere near as much as the injury accidents that are caused by people who are not observing the traffic signal and are taking advantage of the fact that it is a difficult intersection to have traditional enforcement at, and there is a habit building up with people not paying attention to the light. If we were to do a baseline we would probably find that the same people are doing it over and over again just because it is a habit. She feels responsible to people in the future who might be impacted by this particular violation. Even if you just have the red light hold, you are just enabling the violator without calling attention to the fact that they are really doing something that endangers others. The procedure only takes the pictures of the people who enter the intersection when they shouldn't. The statistics that we have on this make this an unusual intersection that really merits an extra enforcement that is difficult for us to have by traditional means. Mayor Pict asked if there were any other comments. He thought that we are a society of governing laws and that we have to enforce the laws and he does not feel that he is going to violate someone's personal freedom to mn any red light that they like and to put the others at risk. If we can improve the safety of this intersection it is an appropriate action to take A motion was made by Ms. Michelotti, seconded by Ms. Dennis, to review the bids received and award the contract for the project to Nestor Traffic Systems and authorize the City Manager to enter into the contract. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Dennis, Michelotti, and Mayor Pict NOES: Councilmember Ayah ABSENT: Councilmember Campbell ABSTAIN: None Pleasanton City Council 22 Minutes 04/17/01