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Ordinance No. 1765 Page 10 Council may review and make adjustments to the net traffic improvements costs and peak hour trips as necessary. The net traffic improvements and total peak hour trips shall be determined as follows: 1. Net Traffic Improvement Costs. a. The City Council shall determine the traffic improvements which are necessary to implement the Circulation Element of the General Plan and reduce the adverse impacts caused by the increased traffic volume generated by future growth. For purposes of determining the amount of the net traffic improvement costs, the City Council shall not include the cost of traffic improvements required directly of development pursuant to Title 18 (Zoning), Title 19 (Subdivisions), and Title 20 (Building and Construction) of the Municipal Code. Such direct development requirements, improvements, and dedications in addition to or in lieu thereof, shall continue to be imposed in accordance with Title 18, Title 19 and Title 20, as appropriate, in addition to the traffic development fees imposed pursuant to this Chapmr. In addition, the City Council shall take into account the similarly situated traffic improvements provided and funded by the North Pleasanton Improvement District #3 CNPID-3") in determining the net traffic improvements requiring funding, and the rate of the fee for properties within the NPID-3. b. The City Council shall make a reasonable estimate of the total costs necessary to construct, renovate, or provide the traffic improvements. c. The City Council shall estimate the current and anticipated funding available to satisfy the costs of constructing and implementing the traffic improvements. In determining the amount of funding available, the City Council shall include funding from other governmental entities to the extent the receipt by the City of such funding is reasonable, and City revenues appropriated for construction or implementation or traffic improvements, if any. d. The City Council shall attribute the need for the traffic improvements between new development and existing development. e. The City Council shall determine the difference, if any, between the estimated costs of the construction and implementation of the traffic improvements and the estimated funding available therefor. The extent to which the cost of such construction and implementation exceeds the funds available, or expected to be available, therefor shall be the "net traffic improvement costs".