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realistic speed limit because that has been shown to produce the safest roadways. Changing the <br />speed in this area enhances our ability to enforce the speed limit. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky said Molar Elementary School is in the same area and asked if there were <br />"25 mph when children are present" signs posted. <br /> <br /> Mr. Knowles said the school does not front the roadway and would not qualify as a "25 <br />mph when children are present" zone within the Vehicle Code. The Municipal Code has never <br />addressed the limits on Stoneridge east of Kamp Drive, and some sort of action needs to be taken <br />in order to establish a speed limit. The recommendation is that it be established so that it is <br />enforceable. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala thought there was a private school on Stoneridge creating eousiderable traffic <br />on the street. There are multiple parks, homes and schools on two sides of the road in this area <br />that should be considered. <br /> <br /> Mr. Knowles stated that in 85 locations the existing speed limit was so close to the <br />recommendations of the engineering and traffic survey that there was no reason to bring it to the <br />traffic committee. The committee looked at all 115 speed limits, originally there were 232, and <br />we looked at every single one and only those identified in the staff report were questionable. <br />Based on the engineering and traffic survey we made the decision not to change any of the <br />balance of the 85. We have never received a request from the school, but if we want to go and <br />formally investigate whether the private school is creating a school zone, there is nothing in <br />changing the speed limit on Stoneridge that affects our ability to post the school zone for 25 mph <br />when children are present. The traffic is already going this speed and we want to enhance the <br />enfomement in order to keep the drivers from openly being reckless. It is not that we want to do <br />anything that encourages people to drive faster; 85 percent of the people are already exceeding <br />35 mph. Forty mph would simply be posting it closer to the average speed of the roadway. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala stated that when the speed limit on a street is changed she believed that it <br />would cause the traffic to go faster. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky said the report combined Stoneridge Drive between West Las Positas to <br />Kamp. Part of this is in the Business Park and part is in a residential area. On the side that is <br />east of Santa Rita, what is the average speed in this area? <br /> <br /> Mr. Knowles said they were surveyed separately and although they are being discussed as <br />one section, there was a separate survey done between West Las Positas and Santa Rita and a <br />separate survey done between Santa Rita and Kamp. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky said he had no problem with raising the speed limit within the Business <br />Park. <br /> <br /> Mr. Knowies said the one thing to realize that in this section of Stoneridge the violators <br />are not people from outside of the city, they are Pleasanton residents that are driving over the <br />speed limit. <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 6 01/07/03 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />