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Police Department would treat the area as it does any other area. There is increased patrol ability with the off-road bikes. However, he could not guarantee there would be increased surveillance over a specific area. Ms. McKeehan said the City does not do that in any area of town for a particular issue. When there are concerns, there is increased attention to an area for a while. Ms. Dennis asked if the City or East Bay Regional Park District had the volunteer bicycle patrols on the trails on the Ridge? Mr. Wolfe said the City had a volunteer bike patrol group on the Ridge. That was to be transitioned to the responsibility of the Police Department at the request of the Police Chief. The volunteer group likes to ride up there. The Police Chief wanted more of an enforcement ability in the event there are incidents. Staff wanted to have a more scheduled type of service and the volunteers were not able to provide that. Ms. Dennis had no problem with the fence heights suggested, but wondered if the homeowners could build any type of fence they wanted on their property. Mr. Wolfe said the existing Code allows people to request specific fence types. One difficulty with this mitigation item was that it wanted a fence "without individual discretionary review, public hearings or other burdensome planning process." Staff had difficulty giving blanket approval for people to put in whatever height fence they wanted. There is an established process and the Planning Director said it is unusual to deny this type of application, but if a neighbor had an issue with a particular fence, there should be the ability to allow them to comment. It is not the fence height, but the process to allow review. Ms. Dennis felt the one contentious issue was compensation for the property owners. The actual impacts on these properties is speculative at this point. She was concerned about committing to a specific financial compensation, until the trail is opened and people use it, and the neighborhood and the City knows the actual impact. She felt the City would be giving public funds to build fencing on private property and that was not a good precedent. If anything, she felt a fence should be built on the Zone 7 property, from one public agency to another public agency. Mr. Wolfe said on the City staff level, there has never been opposition to the gates. That is an issue to be resolved with Zone 7. Ms. Ayala pointed out that half the cost of the fencing would be about $88,000 and there is only $115,000 in the trails fund. She said the City has not built fences for other houses that back up to the Arroyo. She was much more interested in spending money on the trails than on fences. Pleasanton City Council 25 04/16/02 Minutes