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schools, shooting for a maximun of 600 students. Now we have close to 700 students in each elementary school. The City does traffic studies on the flow of traffic in and out of school. She urged everyone to consider the General Plan and the answers that the community needs with the school situations. Laura Danielson, 2349 Romano Circle, said she wanted to reinforce the fact that Vineyard Avenue is a hazard in the community, especially to those in Ruby Hill. They have been very patient and are looking forward to this getting done as soon as possible. Dr. Colleen Schwartz, 2345 E. Ruby Hill Drive, said she has been attending the boundary meetings and cannot understand why there is such a wait for this new school to be built. Everyone is waiting for everyone else. She wants to see this go forward. She supports Mayor Pico with his concern for the traffic and road safety issues, and also supported the PG&E collaboration being discussed. Uma Kale, 664 Varese, said she moved here because of the schools. She would prefer that her three children not go to three different schools and appealed to those present to take care of this tonight. The reputation of the community is at stake. Julie Testa, 3494 Torlano Court, indicated that it was hard to understand how we are impacted as families with this school situation. The school has been promised and people thought it was being done. These dates for opening a school have been progressively changed and the community has been patient. Boundaries were re-drawn and we have been asked to be more patient. Creative carpools were worked out with the understanding that the school would be a reality very soon. She asked that Councilmembers read the General Plan, 10.2, where it states that schools should be within walking distance. This supported the importance of neighborhood schools and elementary schools of 600 students. There are very few schools in Pleasanton that are under 600 students. Families are being split up and they feel like a political football. She felt that the road is very important. She is asking the Councilmembers to make sure the road is a priority for the safety of students and residents. Laura Carthell Wu, 1907 Zenato Place, said this situation needs to be taken care of immediately. Almost every other school in the District is at capacity. Everyone needs to be concerned about every child and student in the community. She read a letter from the Ruby Hills Homeowners Association addressing this situation. Kathy Lund, 463 Cabonia Court, has five sons in three different schools. She said this does affect not only the neighborhoods and the resale of homes, which needs to be considered. Her first priority is the road safety and she is traveling the road approximately nine times per day. When the city approved the development of homes in the area it knew there needed to be safe facilities and infrastructure. Now is the time to put those in. The public hearing was closed. Pleasanton City Council - PUSD Minutes 3 03/11/02