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Grapevine Drive without any right of way to enter onto the road. She asked Council to consider first and foremost the safety of the children when making its decisions regarding Vineyard Avenue. Written communication was received by Art Baggett, a Pleasanton resident, who supported the staff recommendations. He believed the roundabouts are an effective means of traffic control measures and should remain in place. He believed Vineyard Avenue should be resurfaced with rubberized asphalt, remain as two lanes and be landscaped as promised by Council several years ago. Written communication was received by Meribeth Detweiler, a Pleasanton resident, who believed the overall reduction to two-lanes on Vineyard Avenue between Bernal Avenue and Montevino Drive was adequate. She did not support the idea of spending a significant amount of money to install medians along this stretch of the roadway. She expressed her concern related to the traffic signal at the junction of Old and New Vineyard Avenue. She believed it was reasonable to indicate bicyclists and pedestrians should use the sidewalk to reach the traffic signal at Montevino Drive. She would prefer the City not spend the money to install a traffic signal and instead apply it to the solution of the roundabouts. She requested the removal of the roundabouts, particularly for those Ruby Hill residents who have to navigate the roundabouts, which were designed for a non-existing school. Written communication was received from Dr. John Casey, Superintendent, Pleasanton Unified School District, and on behalf of the School Board he stated that this time, while individual boardmembers may have an opinion about roundabouts, the Board as a whole would defer to the City the decision of whether there should be roundabouts. If the Board of Trustees were to take a position on whether roundabouts should be retained or removed, the Board would want to hear from the traffic engineer which option would be the most beneficial to a future Neal School. Mayor Hosterman continued this item to October 18 for additional public comments and Council discussion and action. 6d Review of Communitv DeveloDment Block Grant (CDBGl Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation ReDort (CAPER) for fiscal vear 2004 (04105), (SR 05:275) Steven Bocian, Assistant City Manager, presented the staff report. Mayor Hosterman opened the public hearing. There being no public comments, she closed the public hearing. It was moved by Ms. McGovern, seconded by Mr. Brozosky, to direct staff to submit the CAPER to HUD. The roll call vote was taken as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Brozosky, McGovern, Thorne, Sullivan, and Mayor Hosterman NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None Pleasanton City Council 23 1 0/04/05 Minutes