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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 18, 1990 Page - 10 - ORDINANCES PASSED TO PRINT (continued) : speed limit not recommended for an increase was Springlake Drive, due to site- distance considerations at Peninsula, which may be a hidden problem to drivers. He also said the other seven streets had been re-evaluated and reviewed and recommendations are still the same. He pointed out the speed of vehicles does not change with the change of the posted speed limit and that the courts are more sensitive to the 85th percentile and can invalidate enforcement with radar if speed limits are not posted in accordance with the study. He recommended approval of the speed limits based on the legal requirements of the Vehicle Code and the results of the study. Council Member Perry pointed out an error on page 180 of the Agenda related to Halcyon Drive and said the wording should have said Halcyon from Washington to Hesperian and Floresta from Washington to Fremont. Mr. Clausen noted that this would be corrected. The public was invited to comment on the matter of this Ordinance. Gordon Green, said he was concerned regarding the recommended increase in the speed limit on San Leandro Boulevard, particularly because of the curves in the street and problems at Park, Best, and Peralta. Glenn Hilton, President,' Best Manor Homeowners Association, said he also felt 30 miles an hour was too great a speed for San Leandro Boulevard. Clark Brown, 747 Lewelling Boulevard, spoke regarding Doolittle Drive. He said he felt the survey which had been done on Doolittle Drive five years ago and the one that had been done now did not conform to State guidelines. He said the 85th percentile is 40 miles an hour and that different conditions exist along Doolittle because there are differences in the number of lanes and the width of the street. Kent Myers, President, Associated Homeowners of San Leandro, Inc. , spoke regarding Williams Street from Aurora to Doolittle. He said there are three blocks with two different speed limits. He said Doolittle Drive, from Fairway to Farallon, goes to one lane and there is a great deal of pedestrian traffic related to apartments and shopping centers. He said on Neptune Drive there was a great deal of traffic and there was also a great deal of pedestrian and bicycle traffic and he recommended that the speed limits not be increased on any of these streets. Larry Norry, President, Mulford Gardens Improvement Association, said he felt the speed limits should not be increased on Williams Street or on Doolittle Drive. Gordon Green, 196 Farrelly Drive, asked if there is a State law that bans the use of radar. Steve Meyers, City Attorney, said radar can be used on streets where there is no speed-zone study but it would be invalidated in court. The City Council asked questions regarding what would happen if the speed limits were not changed. In response to this question, Steve Meyers described a speed trap, as defined by the State. He said if the City still used radar for which