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Park & Recreation Commission Minutes of July 26, 2000 Page 2 announced that a recreation leader has been at Stafford for the past several weekends to obtain survey information from the users of the parks. A total of 138 surveys were collected which showed the following: 66% were Redwood city residents, 15% were San Carlos residents, and 19% were from a variety of other cities. The surveys also showed that 81 % of the participants drove to the park and 19% walked. Superintendent Hover noted that the restrooms were in the same location as before the renovation and resident AI Diaz disagreed. Superintendent Hover stated that BFI is now picking up the garbage daily at Stafford Park due to increased activity. Police Sgt. Steve Blanc reported that since June 7, the Police Department has received 11 phone calls about Stafford Park concerning vehicles, noise, drinking and Cosmo jumps. Officers have been doing "walk throughs" of Stafford Park once or twice per day and have issued no citations since June 7. He confirmed that vendors need a permit from the Police Department, but no citations were issued to vendors during this time. No citations were given to people with car alarms going off during this period of time. Officer Steve Pettit reported that from July 3 to July 20, he monitored the area for traffic violations for a total of 18 hours enforcement time. During this period, 23 moving violations were issued or an average of 1.27 tickets per hour which he noted is a typical amount. From the period of July 10 to July 14, the radar trailer was on display for a total of 40 hours. It was placed east and west bound on Hopkins and noted that some speed violations on Lowell and King were observed. No parking violations were issued during this time. He noted that people did double park, but passengers were only dropped off or picked up fairly quickly. He reported that no cars blocking driveways were observed during this time period. Chairperson Davis asked how this compares to other areas of the city and Sgt. Blanc estimated traffic violations were average or a little below other areas. Resident Pam Gearhart felt that the number of incidents in the park have reduced in number since the renovation and said she calls the Police Department less often and feels much safer since the renovation. Traffic Engineer Rich Haygood reported that the city has received many calls from residents about the issue of pedestrian protection at Stafford Park since the renovation. He stated that data collected shows that the average vehicle speed on Hopkins Avenue is 32 mph and that 15% of the vehicles travel at 35mph or more. He noted that there has been one accident in the past four years on Hopkins and King Street. Mr. Haygood stated that installation of a four-way stop sign at Hopkins and King would impact the area to a certain extent and there would be a delay of traffic which would be acceptable according to traffic standards. Data collected shows 7,500 cars travel on Hopkins daily and approximately 750 cars travel on Hopkins and 90 cars travel on King Street between 4:00pm and 6:00pm daily. He stated that a four way stop would impact the neighborhood with increased noise and car omissions. Mr. Haygood said that Hopkins and King intersection does not meet engineering standards for a four way stop, but that the idea is