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■ �, ■ ■ n ■ n speed bump, more aggressive enforcement, and use of photo radar. He concluded � with a request to the City to consider painting curbs red in front of neighbofiood houses so that people cannot biock residents' driveways. Council thanked Mr. Donnelly and tf�e other neighbors trr calling this issue to the Council's attention, and inquired whic�� direction the traffic, is primarily coming from. Mr. Donnelly responded that it was coming from both directions, but was a bit worse from the West because drivers were entering from the hill. David Chow added that the Canyon Road neighborhood doesn't have McGarvey Avenue's jumping problem, but does have a considerable speed issue. He mentioned numerous spinouts on Canyon Road, and asked what the proper steps were to take to pursue this matter with the City. Dr. Gregory Smith that McGarvey Avenue is frequently utilized as a shortcut to Farm Hill Road by commuters seeking to get to I-280. He advocated that the ideal situation for the neighborhood would be a radar camera. Dr. Smith stated that he didn't want to inconvenience law-abiding citizens who weren't speeding with additional stop signs or speed bumps. Roman Soshan said that he felt that added stop signs would not help the McGarvey speeding situation, that he is not in favor of speed bumps, b�t that he felt that photo radar would be the best way to pursue the situation. He commented that his family is regularly awakened by the sound of loud motorcycles and trucks that throttle to speed •�.,, up as they go by. Council comment: The Mayor/Council thanked the residents for their comments, and requested that the Police Chief and Traffic Engineers follow up with residents of McGarvey and Canyon. Due to the number of citizens pursuing this topic, the request was made for Staff to respond to Mr. Peters for the McGarvey Avenue matter and to Mr. Chow for the Canyon Road matter. City Manager Everett stated that he had heard of the speeding on Canyon Road, and that officers are already listed to be pursuing speed infractions there. He stated that the City would pursue ticketing and would follow up with radar trailers in the area. M/S Ruskin/Hartnett to waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances, and approve other items. The motion passed by a unanimous roll call vote. 6.1 Section - Motions A. Approve the Regular City Council meeting minutes of March 8, 2004, as submitted; MINUTE ORDER 04-42 � JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND MARCH 22, 2004 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PAGE 3 MINUTES