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located in front of his house. People ignore it and mn the stop sign. He said that actually, sometimes they go faster because they know there is no enforcement there. In the years the sign has been in front of his house, there has not been a single police officer sitting there. Basically it has caused nothing but disservice to the peace and quiet in front of his home. People come to a slow stop with their loud music, and the young drivers are spinning the tires, night and day. The only enforcement that he sees that will work is when he is walking from his door to his car and there is a car going by. They see him and they might stop at the stop sign. Perhaps the speed radar gun used by the neighbors might be the answer. He said the stop sign was put in front of his house at that time on a trial basis to see if it would work. He assured Council that it is not working and would like to put in a request to review this situation to see if there is a possibility of removing it or putting in a circle. At least with a circle there will not be people running the stop sign. If they come to a circle they will have to slow down. It has not made any difference, but it has affected his peace and quiet. He called the City about 18 months ago and asked about the status of the sign. He was told that the sign was in the study process. He would appreciate it if Council would take a strong look at this and do something about it. With the Pumpkin Patch (Busch Property) project this is going to come up again. He does not feel it is fair to him to pay this price for a trial situation. Ms. Michelotti asked if the stop sign were to be taken out, would one of the calming circles work because it would slow drivers down? They would not stop, but it would eliminate the noise. It was on a trial basis. She asked if he was asking for a calming circle now. Mr. Ghorbani said he was asking for a calming circle if the stop sign is not going to be removed. He thinks it is going to have a better effect if you have the circle there rather than having the stop sign. He has children and he is concerned about the speeding. There is an incorrect conception that people are going to make a stop, but it is not going to happen, especially on that comer because there is no traffic. It is just there for the concept that it is going to slow down the traffic, which it is not doing. Jeff Renholts, 7489 Aster Court, said people have been hearing for years how the traffic is really bad at many of the major intersections and the City wants to get traffic through town faster and faster. Now the City is going to go ahead and make the traffic go slower and slower. He thinks the City is at loggerheads to txy to have drivers go slower in the neighborhoods. This will get more traffic onto the collector streets and arterials. Any of these proposals he has seen in staff reports seem to actually contribute to the potential for worse traffic than better traffic. This is especially true in some of the areas called "chokers" where there are two lanes that come down to one lane. At some point people try to zoom ahead to get ahead of the other drivers. West Las Positas at the approach to the 1-680 overpass is a good example of it happening right now. Traffic circles that are landscaped like parks are an attraction for kids. Sooner or later the kids in the neighborhoods are going to use them as parks. Sooner or later someone is going to come through there, possibly with a very large vehicle, and not negotiate the traffic circle. A big accident will occur and then people will respond by saying that they do not want the traffic circles because they have caused accidents. He asked what is the City's Pleas~ton City Council 26 07/17/01 Minutes