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financing is in place, they will extend their contract and look forward to coming together. They are working very hard on the permitting process and obtaining the necessary right- of-ways. John Nunes, 2016 Murdell Lane, Livermore, said his purpose in attending was to bring to attention the increased density of bypass commuter traffic along the residential corridor of Vineyard and Bernal Avenues. He thought that adding an elementary school and a couple of hundred homes without first fixing the increasing bypass commuter traffic through Pleasanton residential neighborhoods will likely lend itself to future residential complaints with safety and quality of life issues. The City of Livermore has made road improvements and gave examples of how this has impacted the roads in Pleasanton. He believed a concerted effort should be made to alleviate these situations. Mayor Pico indicated that complaints are already coming to the City. He said by the year 2020 there will be 331,000 trips per day coming towards Pleasanton from Livermore through the Altamont Pass. It is a very difficult situation and included in the Regional Transportation Plan for Alameda County that between now and 2020 is the realignment of the Vallecitos Road to 1-680. That will add passing lanes and that particular project is seriously underfunded, as are most other transportations projects in this region. Councilmember Michelotti commented by saying she has been following the Highway 84 improvements for a number of years and there was a suggestion that three lanes would allow for a middle lane to be used to change direction in order to accommodate commuter traffic. She is hoping that eventually this will take place. Terri Carl, 2161 Pomezia Court, said that an upturn in the economy is here. Unemployment is getting better with recent numbers at 5.4%. She cited other figures showing the healthy economy. This means that people will be looking for places to move and schools for their children. She said there are many funding opportunities available. Meribeth Detweiler, 553 Santel Court, said that the community has been waiting nearly eight years for a nearby school and they were told when they started their move to Pleasanton that an elementary school was going to be just down the road. Many people assumed that the people moving into the Ruby Hill area would be empty nesters, which has proven to not be the case. There were then problems with acquiring the school site property. Then PUSD documents said that the school would be coming online in 1998. This did not happen. In January of 2000 new school boundaries were drawn up in anticipation of other schools opening. At that time the Board said they were taking into consideration the new boundaries and that by 2001, or 2002 at the latest, there would be a school opening. Now the delay is until 2003 and there are still more discussions of delays. Now there are carpools going all over town, multiple carpools on the same street. Families are having to split up the carpools in order to accommodate their children's school attendance. She wanted to remind people that in the General Plan for Pleasanton that was done several years ago it is discussed that the City would provide neighborhood Pleasanton City Council - PUSD 2 03/11/02 Minutes