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<br />Councilmember Santos asked if the committee looked at other city monuments. Kathy explained <br />that they did look at other cities but wanted something that is unique and representative of the <br />City of San Leandro. Most of the other cities use images of white male public safety officers. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant had some concerns with the wording on the monument not representing <br />that our job is safety. Kathy explained that the wording could certainly be changed to be more <br />direct. Councilmember Grant feels that it should say that we are here for your safety. She also <br />stated that she appreciates that a lot of people are involved in this project. <br /> <br />Councilmembers agreed that the committee should move forward with the project and asked the <br />timeframe for its completion. 10hn lermanis said the monument should be completed hopefully <br />before summer, 2007. <br /> <br />2. Discussion Regarding Citywide Engineering and Traffic Survey <br /> <br />Keith Cooke gave a PowerPoint presentation on the Citywide Engineering and Traffic Survey. <br />He explained that Reh-Lin Chen has been working to move this process forward. The survey <br />shows the speeds people are driving in various areas, but in order to make enforcement work, <br />there has to be a balance between posted speeds and what is actually being enforced. <br /> <br />Keith explained that there are challenge areas with regard to speed problems. Discussion ensued. <br />Councilmember Grant inquired as to why the speed limit can't always be 25 mph when driving <br />in school zones. Uche Udemezue explained that it is a state traffic law issue and that tickets <br />could be challenged ifnot compliant with the 85th percentile rule. <br /> <br />Councilmember Starosciak expressed her concerns for allowing people to go faster than what is <br />safe and feels we are accommodating people who just naturally drive faster. Councilmembers <br />expressed many concerns for specific areas such as Estudillo near the Library where there are <br />many people crossing the street, and Alvarado where a truck recently ran into a house due to <br />excessive speed. Councilmembers would like to see the results of the survey and asked if there <br />were any streets found in the survey where speeds can be lowered. Keith explained that many <br />stay the same, but none will be lowered. <br /> <br />Uche explained that more people are challenging tickets, and it is a dilemma that we face. There <br />are now web sites devoted to beating a traffic ticket. There are some streets that have different <br />speed limits on specific sections of the street. When you go from one environment to another, <br />people behave differently and the speed limit changes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant feels that because people are going faster doesn't make it right. She feels <br />that the Citywide Pace Car campaign from 2 years ago is now somewhat hypocritical if we went <br />from campaigning to drive 25-30 mph and now we're raising it. Uche explained that the City is <br />trying to modify the behavior or the community. If everybody goes slower, we can drop the <br />speed limit, but we can't change the law. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant would like to raise awareness through an ad campaign regarding speed <br />increases. She would like state policies to change where city don't have to do this. She feels <br />that we are lowering expectations. Councilmember Starosciak agrees that we want to have high <br />