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• viewed as undesirable, property values are impacted by much broader economic conditions rather that individual projects. Also, staff is unaware that City park improvements have generated neighborhood complaints in neighborhoods adjacent to a City park. • Traffic —The City Traffic Engineer reviewed the proposed traffic on West Lagoon Road and provided that AM peak hour vehicle traffic is currently 150 to 175 vehicles per hour. Assuming that all of the 25 parking spaces were eventually constructed (not the 12 proposed at this time); this could result in an additional five vehicles per hour which would be unnoticed by the neighborhood. The amount of traffic impact on Bernal Avenue is also insignificant and there is capacity to adjust the traffic signal at West Lagoon Road should that ever become necessary. • Noise — Staff conducted an analysis and determined that the noise from the park would not exceed existing City noise standards. Nevertheless, staff understands some of the concern from the residents residing at some of the properties at Foothill Place (the closest homes range from 200 ft. to 275 ft. away from the park) and anticipates that if park visitors are raising their voices to get the attention of their dogs and if dogs are barking that some of these residents would hear some of this this activity. Staff does not anticipate any noticeable noise impact to West Lagoon or Meadowlark residents whose homes are approximately 500 ft. away from the dog park. To address these matters, staff has proposed the following: • Remove the second shade structure and plant extra trees and install two roundabout benches as noted above. • Pull back the south western edge of the park approximately 10 feet to create more distance from the homes along Foothill Place • Install additional plant material on the western edge of the park to assure there is a visual barrier between the park and the Foothill Place residences The final conceptual plan includes all of the above changes. However, staff seeks direction regarding their inclusion, particularly, the modification to the western edge. Respectfully submitted, 5—re-OC./ Steven Bocian Assistant City Manager Attachments: 1. Final Conceptual Plan 2. Preliminary Concept Plan (Presented on October 9, 2014) 3. Correspondence for neighboring properties and the neighborhood meeting sign in sheet Page 4