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throughout town and not pushed to major constricted arteries that are already being impacted by r- development today. He urged the Planning Commission to consider proposal A and continue with building the West Las Positas Interchange. Mike Pirozzoli, 5925 Via Del Cielo, advised that he is for Plan A. He stated that this is an issue that needs a City vote. He advised that it appears that this is an attempt to satisfy a neighborhood area, rather than doing what is best for the City, in general, and all of the neighborhoods. He noted that the Committee's consensus was not to build the interchange at West Las Positas, but if it is built, they will come, so that must mean that it meets a need. He stated that with whatever plan is considered, there will also be a safety issue. He asked why West Las Positas is so unique with cut-through traffic. He noted that he feels every street in town has a question about that. He also stated that he thought there was money available to build the West Las Positas Interchange and he questioned whether there are funds that would come from the State that would help defray costs if the City proceeds with building the interchange. He noted that he has made use of the Hacienda interchange off ofI-580 a few times and he is glad that it is there. He stated that this is a City-wide issue and maybe all of the neighborhoods need to be involved. -- Connie Cox, 3934 Petrified Forest Court, stated that she agrees that this is a City-wide issue. She advised that she feels the West Las Positas Interchange will encourage people to get off of the freeway, drive through town, and get back on the freeway. She stated that if the improvements are made to Highway 84, this will cut-down on the traffic coming through Pleasanton, and if that is the case, she thinks the braided ramp at Stoneridge should be constructed and see if there is a decrease in cut-through traffic. She stated that she does not see how the West Las Positas Interchange will benefit the citizens of Pleasanton; it will just benefit a lot of people getting off of the freeway and cutting through Pleasanton. She expressed concern about the impacts on the safety of children. She noted that while the West Las Positas Interchange was in the 1964 General Plan, the Stoneridge interchange was not in that plan, and there were not four schools in the area. She commented on information provided by staff regarding noise impacts at one of the Committee meetings. She stated that she does not feel the Committee has had the data it needed to make proper recommendations and she doesn't feel that the City is adequately prepared to make decisions on what to do at this point. She reiterated that it is obvious that the braided ramp needs to be done. Mr. Pretzel reported that he has given a resident of Springdale all of the information he has to try to try to get the people in the Stoneridge/Stonedale area up to speed. He advised that he believes that there are "win/win" opportunities that exist, but have not yet been explored. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED Commissioner Sullivan noted that in reading the report he sees the basic problem is being able to get traffic out of North Pleasanton onto 1-680 northbound, which causes traffic to back up into Pleasanton and increases LOS. Mr. Homolka confirmed that this is accurate, especially in the P.M. Commissioner Sullivan stated that both Alternatives A and C include the braided ramps at Stoneridge, and differences in B, C, and D are, primarily, the widening of Stoneridge at Hopyard and 1-680 and the additional widening over the overpass. Mr. Homolka confirmed that the cost ;-- PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES April 9, 2002 Page 10