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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 19, 1993 Page - 17 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Council Member Perry said the residents believe most of the traffic on Donna was pickup and delivery service. She said Traffic Engineer Deane Howland said a traffic engineering study showed 703 trips. She asked where the traffic counter was placed, what time period, etc. , and said he mentioned no cut-through study was done. Mr. Howland said the counter was at the north end of Donna Street. Council Member Perry said it did not necessarily catch cut-through traffic that uses the Dorothy/Donna route to avoid the MacDonald's and Post Office traffic. She said the counter would register right-turn traffic but not left- turn traffic. Mr. Howland said that was possible. He said this was done on a weekday, the traffic was at the high end of typical residential traffic, and no cut-through study was done. Council Member Perry said cut-through traffic is of concern in that area. Council Member Faria said there was the same kind of problem on Halcyon. He said the turning movement was stopped and seemed to work well . He asked if there was any way to do the same kind of thing in this area. Mr. Weisbrod said Halcyon is a single street with no feeders. He said this street has quite a number of other streets that feed into it, and any kind of diversion would still need to be accessible to residents. Council Member Myers asked if it would be possible to install signs at both ends saying, "No Through Traffic" . Mr. Howland said such signs might be a deterrent but would not be legal . He said the southbound right-turn lane would help a lot. Council Member Polvorosa said stop signs at Dorothy and Donna might help. Council Member Perry said another issue is that cars from MacDonald's, the Post Office, etc. , park in the neighborhood and asked if that was looked at. Mr. Howland said it was brought up in the Public Hearing, and it was noted that restrictions could be put on the parking through the petition process. Mr. Weisbrod said, if 700 of the residents requested it, restrictions could be imposed; but they would also apply to the residents. Council Member Perry asked if guest parking could be designated as part of the Precise Development Plan. Mr. Weisbrod said it could. Council Member Perry asked if the need for fire access would change the configuration of the 6-foot, wrought-iron gate. Mr. Weisbrod said a 5- foot gate was recommended for appearance. He said the gate would be screened, attractive, and fit in with the residential area.