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Ms. Ayala said her goal was to have that signal installed first. She would love to see Neal School built as well and encouraged the residents to attend the School Board meeting. She supported narrowing Vineyard to two lanes and asked where that would start, going east. Mr. Knowles said the ultimate plan is to have two lanes coming offBemal and to widen Vineyard to receive the two left turn lanes. Ms. Ayala said the question that was raised is are we trying to push more traffic through on Vineyard or to slow it down. She wanted to slow it down. Mr. Knowles said in any event, two left mm lanes are necessary from Bernal. He described the turning patterns and the signal timing required to be most efficient. With regard to narrowing Vineyard, it could start at Touriga. Ms. Ayala inquired about flashing lights that would warn drivers that pedestrians are crossing the street. Mr. Knowles said there is a signal to be installed at the trail crossing of Vineyard. Ms. Ayala asked if there would be a problem with waiting to install the signal at Montevino until the effects of the Ruby Hill signal, narrowing Vineyard, etc. are known. Mr. Knowles said it depends on how the signal at Ruby Hill is operated. There are about 1000 cars coming in from Livermore on Vineyard and there is plenty of capacity on Vineyard whether there is a signal or not. He requested Council direction whether to limit the number of cars that come from that direction. In addition, the signal at Ruby Hill is so far away from the Montevino/Vineyard intersection, that any benefits would break down before reaching it. With only stop signs, there would still be problems entering from side streets. Mr. Brozosky commented that when the traffic calming in this area started a few years ago, it was because of the mt-through traffic on Touriga and Montevino. The second lane was added at the stop sign to allow traffic to flow better. That solved the cut-through problems in the neighborhood. If you go back to a single lane at the stop sign, that problem would be back. Mr. Knowles acknowledged that a signal with one lane would work because it has more capacity, but a stop sign with one lane would cause traffic to back up. Mr. Brozosky believed the road could not be narrowed to two lanes unless there wer~ a traffic signal. The Ruby Hill signal will help a lot in the morning if there is metering, but would not help in the evening. He felt a signal at Montevino will make it safer for crossing the street. He believed the best thing to reduce the noise would be the installation of the rubberized asphalt. He said Vineyard is an arterial street and much of it is for Pleasanton traffic. It is necessary to accommodate that traffic, but not make it too attractive for Livermore cut-through traffic. There is still development that will occur in the Vineyard Corridor and Ruby Hill and that traffic needs to be accommodated. Pleasanton City Council 10 02/18/03 Minutes