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Adam Weinstein From: Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:17 AM To: Adam Weinstein Subject: Planning commission meeting. Dear Adam, I live in Ventana Hills on Hopkins Way and attended the first hour and a half of last nights meeting. I wanted to get up and speak, but didn't feel comfortable doing so. I thought Andy Albritten did a wonderful job speaking for our development and what I had to say was becoming too heartfelt. With no prepared speech I risked being an emotional mess. When I moved to Pleasanton the road to Middleton had not yet opened. It opened about 3-6 months after my family settled in. Of course the big difference is the traffic that started going past my house...mostly it is at commuter times like; early morning, school ending, and of course after the work hour. I have made some friends from that development, one in fact has become like a sister to me. I would hate to have to circle around to drive to her house or vise versa but life would go on if I had to. My point last night if I spoke was going to be the drive- by traffic. I think that is really the only issue that the Bridle Creek development is really worried about but is banking on "environmental shissue" to hold more water. It is a concern but one that could be addressed and address some II/realistic fears. When you drive down a hill, you pick up speed and many of the occupants from Middleton neighborhood have zoomed through at one time or another and I must also say that they mostly do not stop at the STOP sign at corner of Hopkins and Independence. They slow down but stopping is not something that is happening much the time. Let me also add that many of them have slowed down after some of our residents have gone up to speak with them. Sometimes you can't slow the kids down but they go to college and then the threat of them running something or someone over is no longer there. I think that this fast driving issue needs to be taken in consideration when building the new roads. People don't get tickets in our neighborhood for speeding through even though as a person living here I see it is very dangerous. Like others in my neighborhood I have a small backyard and when my kids were young they played a lot up front. Many of the houses in Ventana Hills are not that far from the street, especially on Independence. I do not think that the people who speed through are aware of the dangers they are imposing on the people whose homes they are driving by. We have dogs and cats and children and no one wants anyone to get hurt, Not the people living there and not the people driving. I have a few suggestions that might help out like speed bumps going down mill, a sign that tells you when we are exceeding the speed limit and certainly at least a sign with the eed limit posted would be helpful. I saw a sign in a neighborhood in Dublin that said...."Drive Like your Children Live Here" I loved that! >