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Mr. Wilson said the total cost of this project is approximately 1.4 million dollars, which included the cost for installing the rubberized asphalt and medians. The funds for the rubberized asphalt overlay options have been included in the existing Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget. Mr. Thorne asked if there would be adequate room for a bicycle lane with the two lanes of traffic and if a wide median was being installed. Mr. Wilson said yes. Ms. McGovern mentioned Council received a letter from the California Integrated Waste Management Board regarding a seven million dollar grant for rubberized asphalt concrete. She asked staff if rubberized asphalt concrete was going to be used for the roadway. Mr. Wilson said yes. Ms. McGovern asked if the City could apply for the grant? Mr. Wilson said yes. Ms. McGovern said she recently drove this section of the roadway to try and gain an understanding of the major problems. She believed the bicycle lane changed in size up and down Vineyard Avenue. She asked if there was a way to adjust the median size to ensure the bicycle lane would be accessible for motorists pulling over in case of emergencies. Mr. Wilson said the bicycle lane in this section is wider than the new section and there is an opportunity for a vehicle to pull over into the bicycle lane in an emergency situation and still have sufficient room for another vehicle to go around it. He asked Ms. McGovern is she was requesting additional paving for parking and the bicycle lane? Ms. McGovern believed no parking signs should be posted along Vineyard Avenue. She wondered if would be a good idea to try and create a bicycle lane that is the same width the entire length of Vineyard Avenue to ensure that a vehicle could pull over to the side to allow an emergency vehicle access. Mr. Sullivan pointed out there are two landscaped median islands in neighborhood streets and asked if this was a part of staff's recommendation. Mr. Wilson said it was not a part of staff's recommendation. Staff is planning on doing additional landscaping on Vineyard Avenue and there is only one potential location for landscaping on a neighborhood street, and the recommendation is not to landscape Sauterne Way. Sauterne Way is currently striped but the Fire Department has raised concerns with installing a median, as it does not provide a two-way access. Vice Mayor Brozosky invited publiC comments. Deborah Madnick, a Pleasanton resident, was in favor of retaining the two-lane roadway on Vineyard Avenue between Montevino Drive and Bernal Avenue which has worked well to keep traffic at a steady 35 mph pace and eliminated racing and passing. She advocated to keep Vineyard Avenue as a rural street as stated in the Specific Plan; a two-lane road set up to Pleasanton City Council 25 10/18/05 Minutes --- .---