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has tripled. It is not fair to expect one residential neighborhood to bear the brant of the increased population. Traffic has increased 83% in the last eleven years. She did not feel there was a need to accommodate commuters from outside of Pleasanton. She supported the metering and would like to see it expanded on Stanley Boulevard in the morning. She felt a statement had to be made to those cutting through the City that they were not wanted and should take another route. Glen Weinberg, 6636 Amber Lane, said we all live in this world together and people who don't live in Pleasanton are just as good as those who do. He felt NIMBYism runs two ways. He said it is nice that the people on First Street have a better life now, but he has a worse life now. We all live here, we all pay taxes, and we should look at the overall situation. If we really want to wall off Pleasanton and send a message, then build a wall to clearly say what is trying to be accomplished. He personally did not want to live in City that behaves that way. He hoped for a reasonable arrangement to optimize the situation for as many people as possible as opposed to shifting problems around. He realized that with traffic, the only options are shifting it around. He noted the tool for metering traffic didn't exist until a year ago. None of these problems existed for him until recently and he did not appreciate the fact that instead of traffic backing up on First Street that is now backs up on Sunol in front of his front door. He was extremely concerned about the effect of the fall traffic and noted there is a big difference in traffic between August and September. He said it increases after Labor Day, stays that way for two months, then decreases for the rest of the year. He was concerned that if we focus too much on the Pleasanton situation and the backup on the freeway gets too bad, it will just force him to go to Niles Canyon, which is someone else's cut through problem. He said he was also affected by the "no turn on red" sign, so he is doubly affected by this metering. Jay Lof~house, 6028 Alisal Street, said he is not pleased with the metering. It does reduce the City's problem, but moves it to his area. He was happy to see effo~s to get a sign to warn people about the metering. He has been in two near-miss rear end collisions. It used to take him two minutes to get to his home, now takes about 15 to 20 minutes, lie is now taking back roads to get to Happy Valley and Alisal along with others. He asked if studies had been done regarding traffic on Happy Valley. Mr. Knowles said counts had been taken on Alisal, and on Sycamore and Arlington as they meet Sunol, to see if there were people making u-tums. He would have to review the counts to determine the volume. Mr. Lofthouse said he was seeing mom drive by traffic in front of his house. People are not slowing down and he noted there is a blind comer where Alisal meets Sycamore. The City can stop growth or improve the roads, but he felt it was doing neither. The City is widening Sunol Boulevard, but limiting traffic at the same time. He did not understand that. June Blanchette, 393 West Angela, felt Pleasanton has the most congested highways in the Bay Area and city traffic is not better. She noted that 79% of the people who work in Pleasanton do not live here. If there were more affordable housing, it would help the traffic situation. Measure V was a backwards step to housing, as well as to the issue of allowing five acres for senior housing and twenty acres of affordable housing out of 318 acres. Pleasanton City Council Special Meeting Minutes 11 08/22/02