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positive to address the people who lived on that street. This was the best the City could come up with to try to meet that need. Ms. Ayala said that what he is actually saying is this was a successful project. Mr. van G-elder said he would personally say it was a successful project because the City has managed the high-end spccds. The City has, in his opinion, made it a safer neighborhood. Ms. Michelotfi asked ifa survey could ask if the residents would want them taken out, would everyone respond? She felt there has to be some value in calming or slowing down traffic. It is similar to ramp metering on the freeways. When Caltrans says, "Okay, we will turn the lights on," the drivers say no. Mr. van Gelder said he would interpret many of the questionnaires to be telling the Council they are not through yet. Residents want more calming devices, rather than taking them out. It would be an excellent question to ask. Ms. Ayala felt residents don't want to pay for it. Mr. van G-elder said this is true. Ms. Dennis felt the program was a success in terms of its' being a demonstration proje~lt because the City learned a lot. The City learned how much the traffic circles really do slow people down. For neighborhoods that are coming to us saying they need a solution, this information is useful. Depending on how committed a neighborhood is to a specific improvement; at least their expectations will be realistic. The problem is always worse if residents don't have to pay for the solution. She thinks the program was a suece~s and thinks the City can go to people and say we have things that you can do. It involves varying cost to residents, depending on the overall community benefit. She thinks this is an excellent outcome for the demonstration project. The City can take the toolbox to the residents in the future and say, "Here are tools that we have tried, here are the results that you can expect and you decide what it is you would like to do." We have information for the residents so that they will have realistic expectations. Ms. Ayala said that by accepting this report the Council is saying that it worked. She felt this questionnaire will be put in the circular file and no one will ever see that part of it. She cannot get to where staffis, that this works. Ms. Dennis said it worked for the people that it worked for. Ray Ghorbani, 3802 Mohr Avenue, said approximately three years ago this discuasion came up. What was going to be done to calm the traffic in his neighborhood? He w~s strongly opposed to putting a stop sign in front of his house. The whole concern of the neighborhood was the speeding in the whole area. As he drives around, he sees that it has not made a whole lot of difference as far as calming the speed. The stop sign is Pleas~nton City Council 25 07/17/01 Minu~s