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strategy is for Vineyard. Is it to reduce cut-through traffic or is to make the road more efficient and to push the traffic through better. Dave Ash, 615 Orofino Court, urged Council to reduce Vineyard to two lanes. Speeds have continued to go up over the years and he felt the only way to reduce speed is to reduce it to two lanes. Iyad Natour, 701 Montevino Drive, supported reducing Vineyard to two lanes. He objected to a traffic signal at Montevino and Vineyard. He felt most of the traffic coming through Vineyard is cut-through traffic with one one-third coming from Ruby Hill. He asked Council to delay installing the signal at Montevino until the effect of the signal at Ruby Hill is known. Tom Philippe, 3239 Chardonnay Place, described how traffic has changed over the last eighteen years. He urged Council to reduce Vineyard to two lanes. He noted he cannot open his windows to get fresh air because of the noise. John Harcourt, 729 Montevino Drive, referred to the special features for traffic signals mentioned by Mr. Knowles. He did not want to risk the safety of children with "trick lights" or "training drivers to stop". He said red doesn't mean safe. It is unrealistic to think Highway 84 will be widened any time in the near future. Cut-through traffic should be diverted from Vineyard to Stanley and he felt that has suffered a major setback. He said traffic only backs up at the stop signs on school days and for only about twenty minutes. He referred to a suggestion he made in a letter to Council to take traffic off Vineyard and he was sorry to hear the bridge at the arroyo has been delayed. Kari de Brun, 722 Montevino, said she has lived here for about a year and in that time the traffic and noise has increased. She felt the problem was where Vineyard becomes two lanes in each direction. People speed up to pass others and get to the stop sign first. She felt if there were a traffic signal, drivers on Montevino would not slow down when they see a green light. She agreed with narrowing Vineyard. Kevin Ryan, 3245 Chardonnay Place, supported narrowing Vineyard to one lane each way. He related experiences when he has been running in the area and noted speeding ears. Sofia Garcia, 708 Montevino, opposed a traffic signal at Vineyard and Moutevino because the lights will shine in her home and yard. She also felt it would affect access to her driveway. People speed through the intersection and she said the vibration sets off the alarm on her car. She has kept track of children crossing Montevino and she said in the last eight days there were only two. Moving the bus stop has helped and she did not think that was an issue anymore. Most traffic is after the children get the bus. She said the traffic backup is only twenty minutes in the morning and twenty minutes in the afternoon. The rest of the day there is not a traffic problem at Montevino and Vineyard. Pleasanton City Council 8 02/18/03 Minutes