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accept Option 3, they would be compromising: keeping the 16 homes on Middleton Place, a new cul-de-sac with a maximum of 10 homes, and an EVA at the end of Lund Ranch Road will essentially mean that 260 to 286 car trips that would have exited Sycamore Creek Way will remain in their neighborhoods. She pointed out that The Vintage development under construction on the corner of Bernal Avenue and Stanley Boulevard will create 3,500 estimated car trips per day, and there is no question this will increase the cut-through traffic on Independence Drive and Junipero Street which are already over-burdened. Ms. Lofland stated that they have never been against new development, but it is not more important than the residents in existing neighborhoods in this community. She pointed out that if the Lund Ranch II PUD cannot uphold previous agreements, PUD's, Specific Plans, and General Plan direction by finding a way into Lund Ranch II through a planned traffic route of Sunset Creek Lane, then the development should be reduced to 10 units. She added, however, that they believe that route can be found. She indicated that they support staffs recommendation of the 24-foot road alternative with no retaining walls for the Sunset Creek Lane extension, which would not be any different than what already exists road-wise in their neighborhoods. Ms. Lofland stated that there are several points of documentation where the Measure PP Initiative sponsors both publicly and on record state prior to citizens voting that roads are not a part of Measure PP, and they did not find any documented information prior to the vote where roads were mentioned as part of Measure PP. She noted that what was communicated to the voters prior to the passing of Measure PP was that roads are not a part of what Pleasanton voters approved, and she was one of those voters. Ms. Lofland stated that there is no other development in Pleasanton with this unique set of circumstances and such long-standing documented plans for circulation. She asked that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council upholding previous agreements and Specific Plans, and voting for either Option 2 or Option 3 in the staff report. She indicated that they do not see that these interfere with Measure PP, and the City Council has already voted that a road is not a structure and that Measure PP would be applied on a case-by-case basis. She then asked the audience for a show of hands of people who support this and who have come here tonight for that. Carolyn Lincoln read the following letter from the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club into the record: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council and Members of the Planning Commission, In past recent weeks, the environmental impact report was released for Lund Ranch II. It contained the results of a review of a number of options for the construction of a modest number of homes and an access road. The Sierra Club's local chapter, (which includes Pleasanton) has had members perform the review of this EIR, and EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 26, 2015 Page 15 of 26