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he was not ready to make it work right now. He wanted to mm the metering on Sunol off at this point in time. He believed metering at the on ramps to the freeway can work and he supported turning them on, but did not want any off ramp metering at Bernal or any other gateway to town at this point. He agreed it was necessary to look at the whole City as part of a General Plan review. A city-wide policy needs to be decided upon and adopted. That is a much broader discussion than a couple of neighborhoods. Again, he firmly believed that metering works, but there is a price to be paid for it. At this point, he acknowledged that it works and it can be used in the furore when necessary. With respect to the on ramp meters, he wanted to tell CalTrans that the City was willing to mm them on for only a fixed period of time to evaluate the effect. If it will not agree, then Mayor Pico felt Pleasanton should wait until the rest of the corridor agrees to metering. Ms. Ayala wholeheartedly agreed with Mayor Pico's comments, especially with a General Plan review and a review of the Circulation Element. We each live in a different part of town. She said she listens to those who live in the Vineyard because they know the area. She lives near Santa Rita and there are many more houses east of Santa Rita than at any of these other intersections discussed. Traffic already backs up. There is too much traffic on the freeway and too much in town. The State wants the City to build 10,000 more houses in Pleasanton. She was convinced the traffic on Santa Rita will back up and affect businesses and all the residents east of it because they will not have access to their homes. She felt as soon as the on ramp meters are turned on, there will be hundreds of residents asking to have them turned off and the City will not have the ability to do that. The meters on Sunol pleased some and angered others. That will occur at every other place there is metering. This is not the time to do this. Mayor Pico clarified that he was in favor of turning the meters on for a period of time as a test, with the right to mm it off. Mr. Brozosky agreed that he did not want to turn them on if they could not be turned off later. He appreciated all the work of Mr. Knowles that showed traffic would flow, but he would hate to be stuck with the meters if it doesn't work. He asked if the City Attorney had had any discussions with CalTrans. Could there be a written agreement for a trial period of three to six months? Mr. Roush said if that is Council's direction, staff would pursue such an agreement. CalTrans will decide whether to provide that option. If the option is not provided, then presumably the decision would be to not activate the meters until the rest of the corridor does it at the same time. Ms. McKeehan indicated the Public Works Director would be having those conversations with CalTrans. Once the concept is clear, then the attorney's office would write some kind of contract. Ms. Hosterman felt this was an exciting concept that she would like to try at some point, but she did not want to do it piecemeal. It does not make sense to do metering at one end of town and not do it in such a way to get the benefit of the full effect. If people are going to be put in misery for their commute home or in the morning, it ought to be for a meaningful purpose. Pleasanton City Council 22 02/18/03 Minutes