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Karen Gonzales From Maria Lara on behalf of Mayor and City Council Y Y n the S tv a,.dl3FIC,l] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:19 PM To: Pleasanton City Clerk; Maria Hoey f E ° '•Sfrt] 4dt4,)Y+ �4 •'ackW Subject: FW: Are Roads Structures? Maria Lara Assistant to the City Manager (925)931-5009 City of Pleasanton P.O. Box 520 Pleasanton, CA 94566-0802 www.pleasantonrecycles.org Original Message From: Lisa Corsetti [ Sent:Tuesday,April 16, 2013 11:15 AM To: Mayor and City Council Subject: Are Roads Structures? Hello Pleasanton City Council Members, I'm writing to express my views on the issue of whether to consider roads structures or not. I believe the city needs to be objective in deciding this issue and not simply decide that all roads are structures and should therefore be prohibited by measure PP or vice-versa. Being objective requires that the decision be made on a case by case basis. For the Lund II development in particular, I am not familiar with the stability of the hillside where an access road might be built. I am also not familiar with the environmental impact or the impact of the road on aesthetics of the landscape. While those are important considerations, the safety of our children and other residents of the Mission Hit Park neighborhood has as much, if not more import than aesthetics. My evening commute home from Livermore used to take me through Junipero St. past Mission Hills Park. On days when children/families had sports activities in the park, so many cars lined the north side of Junipero street that there was only room for one car at a time to pass safely Also, traveling toward the west past the park, a driver is presented with a blind curve. On days when the park was crowded with children and their families, my biggest fear was that a child would dart out from between parked cars on that blind curve. I can only see the danger increasing with an increased volume of traffic from the future Lund II development. One of the responsibilities of the city council is to preserve (or enhance) the quality of life of the citizens they serve. My home is on the corner of Junipero Street and Sonoma. This is an intersection with a four-way stop. Depending on the time of day, it can require a small degree of patience for me to back in to my driveway as there can be a queue of cars at the stop sign blocking my way. I only see the situation becoming worse with an entire new develoments worth of cars traveling on Junipero Street during commute hours. In closing, I ask you to consider whether a road should be allowed to be built on a hillside objectively-on a case by case basis and to please take safety of our children at our community parks as a huge consideration in deciding. Thank you, Lisa Corsetti + Kathleen Bertron 1