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Mayor Howard called on those people in the audience who handed in speaker's cards. Erin Callaghan, 176 Central Avenue, co-chair of the Redwood Oaks Neighborhood Association, thanked the Council and staff for their flexibility in resolving traffic problems. She said the Council had come a long way in improving the Traffic Engineering Department. Mrs. Callaghan said Dan Smith and Rich Haygood had done wonders, and she said she was thrilled Redwood Oaks Neighborhood was chosen as the test site. She said it was a great start and again thanked the Council. Guillaume Shearin, 113 Orchard A venue, said, "this has been a thoughtful study" that addressed the problems of the neighborhood, and the only minor complaint heard from the neighbors was that the first phase didn't go quite far enough. He said they still wanted staff to consider mitigations for the north/south streets. Mr. Shearin said Orchard Street was the third most traveled street and was quite wide, which led to excessive speeding. He said he was looking forward with further efforts that will address those problems. He commended Council and City staff in their approach to these problems which seemed to plague all cities. Mr. Shearin said he was sure these first efforts would provide positive results. Mayor Howard asked if anyone else wished to speak to this issue. No one came forward. Council Member Bain thanked Mr. Smith and staff for the great Report, and said he was pleased that staff was approaching traffic problems in a new way. He asked that staff come back within six months, or a reasonable time frame, with recommendations for the north/south streets. He said Central Avenue had up to 4,200 trips per day and something had to be done about that street. MEMO 4/28/98 Council Member Claire also expressed concern about the traffic on Central A venue and the need for recommendations for mitigation. He also asked that staff bring back recommendations to Council within six months. Council Member Claire said that after this program was declared a success he wanted staff to take a look at Alameda de Las Pulgas - especially in front of his house where traffic exceeds 150 MPH. He alerted his colleagues that there might be a few people who will call and complain about these traffic control efforts, but staff needed to they know they had Council support and they were all moving in the right direction. Council Member Hartnett said he wanted to make sure that when the Report comes back to Council that staff has had ample time to validate the experiences and judge what else might need to be done. He said if staff could do it in less than six months, it would be very helpful, so the program could be moved along apace. Council Member Hartnett said, "once we feel comfortable that we have done all that we can in this neighborhood... then we have to be prepared to move it.... to other places in the City, and hopefully that won't be too long of a process." REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 APRIL 27, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 422 PAGE 19