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From:. noreply (acityofpleasantonca.gov [ mailto: noreplyCacityofpleasantonca .gov] Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 3:09 PM To: Nelson Fialho; Pleasanton Response Subject: ContactUs Form Submission : Mayor & City Council Comments & Questions v, f =1'=LZi i NTAL MATERIAL Provided to the City Council After Distribution of Packet Date : Dear Pleasanton City Council, My name is. Robert Comito and I (along with my wife and daughter) have lived at 429 Junipero Street here in Pleasanton for over 20 years. Tonight the Council is meeting to decide on the Greenbriar Homes, Lund Ranch II Development. Living on Junipero Street, I am concerned that that ALL the traffic from the Lund Ranch II development will head down either Independence Drive or Junipero Street. In addition,gone to many of the Planning Commission and City Council Meetings, I find it interesting that some of the very people talking about the slope issue of PP are the people who do not want a road from Lund Ranch II connecting to their neighborhood. Through the years, the traffic on Junipero Street has increased because of additional development north of Mission Park. It has also increased because Valley Avenue now connects to Junipero Street, and people use Junipero Street as a cut - through to avoid the congestion at Bernal Avenue and Sunol Boulevard when heading toward Livermore. Now, we seem to have the same 50- building development for Lund Ranch II proposed once again and on the brink of approval. The three -car garage of each house potentially increases traffic by 150 vehicles each direction on either Independence Drive or Junipero Street. Traveling to the work, schools, the grocery store, and so forth, will just compound this traffic issue. It seems logical to me that most people will head toward the 680 freeway to go toward San Jose, San Ramon, or the 580 freeway. Therefore, most of the traffic from the Lund Ranch II development will head down Junipero Street, because it's the closest way to 680 without hitting the congestion of Bemal and Sunol. Junipero Street is a small residential street and getting out of a driveway already is challenging because of the existing traffic. The extra traffic from Lund Ranch II will just make the existing traffic on Junipero Street worse. The extra traffic will also prove more dangerous to pedestrians and bicyclists, including the children going to and from Hearst Elementary and Pleasanton Middle School. It seems to me that the potential of hitting a pedestrian with the current traffic can happen and with more traffic, it is a reality From the meetings I have attended, I am sure that the individuals from Greenbriar Homes and those concerned about PP do not live on Junipero Street. Therefore, I implore you to seriously consider distributing the Lund Ranch II traffic into all the neighborhoods around the development, not just the Mission Park area. Thank you very much. Robert Comito i