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means nothing to theme. She stated that these people have no problem going 60 miles per hour on Independence Drive, and her neighborhood was never intended to have this type of traffic. She added that she is sure the Commission has heard many times that people cut through on Junipero Street all the time going 60-70 miles per hour, whipping around the park that has blind sides to it. She noted that if Independence Drive is opened up, which would be Lund Ranch Road, the City will not only be breaking promises that were made to their neighborhood, but also the neighborhood cannot possibly handle this traffic. She further noted that it is already dangerous, they already have the police patrolling the neighborhoods, and she and many others have had to make calls because people just love to go racing up and down Independence Road, and they were promised no more traffic. Ms. Saxton stated that she finds it very convenient for people of Bridle Creek and Sycamore Road to push the idea of Measure PP to include roads. She indicated that nobody wants additional traffic; however, the difference is, before they bought their houses, they were told they were getting these roads; they knew perfectlly well they were getting this development that would be coming through their neighborhoods. She noted that in contrast, she and her neighborhood were told they would never have to have this additional traffic because that was a promise made to them over and over again since 1991. She asked the Commissioners to consider again that when they make promises to certain neighborhoods, and they break those promises, no one is ever going to trust them again. Carol Spain stated that she came before the Commission in January as a member of the Ventana Hills Steering Committee from its inception and wanted to go on record that she too supported the fact that a road is not a structure. She indicated that she and her husband did vote for Measure PP, as did many people of Pleasanton and as many people that have been in here who have said they voted for that thinking that it included roads. She noted that she did not believe it included roads, and with that said, she thinks that without it being stipulated, people voted for it in different ways. Ms. Spain stated that she believes a road is an infrastructure and not a structure. She added that whether or not traffic was going to be routed through Ventana Hills and onto Junipero Street through Mission Hills or not, the fact is that traffic flowing through Ventana Hills and Mission Hills is something that is extremely important for the Commission to consider when determining if a road is a structure or not, because she believes all of the options should be kept open to make sure all of that traffic does not route through Ventana Hills and Mission Hills. She stated that these roads are not designed to take additional traffic and, apologizing to the residents of Bridle Creek as she does not want to push traffic on anybody's neighborhood, added that Sunset Creek Way and the roads through Bridle Creek were designed to take additional traffic, with some setbacks and bike lanes. She indicated that this was the intent of the previous agreements with the City that they had spent a lot of hours discussing with the City to get these agreements. She added if these agreements are not honored, then this entire process is just a joke and it does not allow them as neighbors and members of the community to want to work with the Commission going forward. She asked the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 13, 2013 Page 17 of 35