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The Preferred Project would allow the City Council to gauge changing traffic conditions, the efforts of the City's regional partners to support funding and construction timing of regional improvements that benefit Pleasanton, and community concerns. The Preferred Project allows the City Council to make a determination to restripe the Stoneridge Drive bridges to two lanes in each direction even if all regional improvements have not been completed, thereby vesting the City Council with the freedom to exercise its discretion about how to best manage Pleasanton's roadways. PLANNING COMMISSION On May 26, 2010, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed action items under consideration. By a 5 to 0 vote, the Planning Commission recommended rescission of the existing approvals (other than the certified Final EIR) and then approval of revised CEQA documents, a revised SPA, and rezoning /pre- zoning as recommended by staff. By a 4 to 1 vote, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the non -CEQA based action items (see #3 of the Planning Commission's recommendation on page 2 of this Agenda Report), and careful consideration of revising the San Joaquin Spearscale mitigation ratio, which would be a CEQA based item (see #4 of the Commission's recommendation on page 2 of this Agenda report). Concerning one of the non -CEQA based items whether San Joaquin Spearscale should be planted on the Community Park site —Ralph Kanz with the Alameda Creek Alliance questioned at the Planning Commission meeting the feasibility of planting San Joaquin Spearscale on the site. WRA, the biological consultant for the SEIR, also believes the plants will not thrive due to the soil type on the community park site. On a somewhat related note, in response to comments made by Mr. Kanz indicating that the replacement ratio of San Joaquin Spearscale acreage lost on site should be greater than the 1:1 ratio recommended by the City's biological consultant, the Commission recommended the Council consider carefully whether the 1:1 ratio should be changed. However, the Commission did not recommend a change from the 1:1 ratio. Because replacement of this plant is a CEQA based mitigation, should Council decide on a ratio greater than 1:1, the project developer will be responsible for providing such mitigation. The enhanced mitigation would also need to be reflected in the CEQA Findings and the MMRP. Although the Commission did not formally recommend it, the Commission, in response to one of the speakers, did inquire whether the City had plans to repave Stoneridge Drive with noise attenuating pavement between Kamp Drive and Rheem Drive (in that there is multifamily housing on the north side of Stoneridge Drive); City staff has evaluated this request and is recommending Stoneridge Drive between Santa Rita Road and Kamp Drive be similarly repaved and take place prior to opening to traffic the full extension of Stoneridge Drive. Because such repaving is not CEQA based mitigation, the cost of that repaving will be borne by the City through the use of Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Fees and /or roadway improvement funds. Page 7 of 10