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discussion and deliberation regarding the roadway width on Vineyard Avenue between Montevino Drive and Bernal Avenue due to a conflict of interest. Mayor Hosterman recused herself from discussion and public comments regarding the issue of the roadway width on Vineyard Avenue between Montevino Drive and Bernal Avenue due to a conflict of interest. Vice Mayor Brozosky invited public comments relating to the issue of the roadway width on Vineyard Avenue between Montevino Drive and Bernal Avenue. Dave Ash, a Pleasanton resident, urged Council to direct staff to proceed with obtaining a consultant to design Vineyard Avenue between Montevino Drive and Bernal Avenue as a two- lane street with a wide landscaped median and to proceed with resurfacing the street with rubberized asphalt to reduce the noise. Eugene Frank, a Montevino Drive resident, spoke in favor of maintaining Vineyard Avenue at two-lanes between Bernal Avenue and Montevino Drive. He believed the City still lacked a strategy for Vineyard Avenue and believed it was time for Council to establish whether Vineyard Avenue would be a two-lane or a four-way road and to establish a speed limit and improve the beautification of the roadway. Council also needed to provide some consistent priority in the way in which vehicles enter Vineyard Avenue. Gary Twisselmann, a Montevino Drive resident, spoke in favor of the removal of the roundabouts and maintaining Vineyard Avenue at two-lanes between Bernal Avenue and Montevino Drive unless Council planned on making this four-lanes all the way through to Vasco Road which would eliminate the traffic problems on Vineyard Avenue. He asked Council to consider extending Las Positas Boulevard to Highway 84 as an alternative to eliminate some of the Bernal Avenue and Vineyard Avenue traffic. He pointed out that when traffic is going east on Vineyard Avenue and it triggers the stoplight, traffic is stopped in only one direction and the oncoming traffic continues to have a green light. On three occasions he has witnessed major accidents at this corner. Has asked Council to direct staff to change this traffic signal for the safety of the residents. Ned Bassio, a Chardonnay Place resident, said that since Vineyard Avenue was reduced to two-lanes the street has become safer and it has significantly decreased the noise. He emphasized expediting the final solution to this plan, which is to resurface the full roadway with rubberized asphalt and the construction of a landscaped median. When Vineyard Avenue was four lanes, he witnessed on several occasions near misses with pedestrians. Kevin Ryan, a Chardonnay Place resident, spoke in favor of maintaining Vineyard Avenue at two-lanes between Bernal Avenue and Montevino Drive with medians and resurfacing the full roadway with rubberized asphalt. In addition, he requested that the median on the south side between Bernal Avenue and Montevino Drive be landscaped. With Vineyard Avenue being reduced to two-lanes it has reduced the noise and traffic and makes it easier for vehicular traffic to make a left turn onto Vineyard Avenue from Touriga Drive. Chris Peterson, a Pleasanton resident, believed the posted speed limit to navigate around the roundabouts was inappropriate. She expressed her concern regarding the size of the roundabouts and safety of bicyclists in this area. She noted that a median has been added Pleasanton City Council 21 1 0/04/05 Minutes