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Pleasanton Gateway— Environmental Checklist Site Access The primary public street access to the Pleasanton Gateway property is from Bernal Avenue and Valley Avenue. The `Approved Site Plan for the Pleasanton Gateway Site ", Figure 9 on Page 10 of the Initial Study, shows the public street driveways for the approved development: one right -turn entrance /exit only driveway on Bernal Avenue, two left- /right -turn entrance /exit driveways on Valley Avenue opposite the traffic circles, and a third right -turn entrance /exit only driveway on Valley Avenue. Figure 8, below, is a photograph of the Valley Avenue Traffic Circles. • �w r�in.n rrrci, +wao.ru+r..en, • .�•i� ^ ^. .. Figure 8: Valley Avenue Traffic Circle Opposite Property Driveways. Bernal Avenue and Valley Avenue are two -way east/west and north /south City collector streets, respectively, linking a variety of private and public uses in the areas of the 1 -680 freeway corridor. Bernal Avenue links the Pleasanton Gateway property to 1 -680, a major north /south freeway corridor, and to City arterials /collectors including Foothill Road, Valley Avenue, Stanley Boulevard, and Sunol Boulevard. Valley Avenue links the Pleasanton Gateway property to City arterials including Hopyard Road and Stanley Boulevard. Both sides of Bernal Avenue and Valley Avenue are constructed with continuous bicycle lanes. Pleasanton General Plan' Pleasanton General Plan The 2005 — 2025 General Plan Land Map of the Pleasanton General Plan' designates the Pleasanton Gateway property Retail /Highway/ Service Commercial, Business, and Professional Offices land uses, with a maximum and midpoint Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 60 percent and 35 percent, respectively. Further, General Plan Land Use Goal 2 and Policy 15 will apply to the development on this site: Page 8 of 52 Pleasanton Gateway Initial Study August 2, 2010