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Pedestrians: Sidewalks connecting the hotel, the retail uses, and the fast -food restaurant are in place within the Pleasanton Square II Shopping Center area. The applicant is proposing a walkway to connect the project site to the sidewalk next to the Smart & Final retail store thus completing the pedestrian circulation system within in the shopping center. Trip Generation and Roadway Improvements Programs of the Circulation Element of the General Plan state the following: Program 2.2: Require site - specific traffic studies for all major developments which have the potential to cause the level of service at one or more major intersections to exceed Level of Service (LOS) D, and require developers to implement the mitigation measures identified in these studies. In general, require development to improve congested intersections adjacent to such development or to pay its pro -rata share of the cost of such improvements, and to pay traffic development fees for use in mitigating traffic impacts in other areas of the city. Program 5.1: Gateway intersections are exempted from the citywide LOS D standard (constrained gateway policy) but consideration may be given to improvements at gateway intersections when it is determined that such improvements are necessary and are consistent with maintaining visual character, landscaping, and pedestrian amenities. A project- specific traffic impact analysis, dated November 4, 2013, was prepared by Hexagon Transportation Consultants, for the purpose of identifying the potential traffic impacts of the proposed project. The traffic study analyzed the following traffic scenarios with and without the project traffic: 1. Existing conditions - The existing conditions scenario is based on traffic counts conducted from the year 2012 and obtained from the City's Synchro database. 2. Existing plus project condition - the existing plus project conditions were estimated by adding to existing traffic volumes the additional traffic generated by the project. This scenario was used to identify short-term project impacts to the transportation system. 3. Existing plus approved conditions - The existing plus approved project scenario includes the existing traffic conditions plus traffic from all approved but not yet built projects including the Housing Element update. This scenario does not include the proposed project. 4. Buildout conditions - The buildout scenario consists of traffic from approved but not yet built projects plus traffic from development that has not received approval from the City but has been identified to be completed in the long term with the buildout of the 2005 -2025 Pleasanton General Plan and the Housing Element update. The buildout traffic volumes do not include the proposed project. 5. Buildout plus project conditions - The buildout with project conditions were estimated by adding the traffic generated by the project to the buildout traffic volumes. The P13- 2533/PUD- 100/PUD- 96- 13 -02M Planning Commission Page 17 of 27