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neighborhood. She requested Council approve Option 2 of the plan with an emergency vehicle access and pedestrian walkway. Jay Hertogs stated that he currently has 2400 vehicles trafficking through his neighborhood. He stated that Sycamore Creek Way was built and designed and approved by the City of Pleasanton traffic department and will hold up to 9000 trips a day. Mr. Hertogs also pointed out that Sunset Creek Way currently doesn't have any homes on its north side of the road leading to Lund Ranch II and believes it was designed to accommodate the traffic flow to Lund Ranch. He asked Council to approve Option 2. Julie Lewis spoke of the traffic and pedestrian safety concerns on Junipero Street if the new homes were to be approved. Junipero Street was not designed to accommodate the amount of traffic it currently has. Chris Coleman stated when the residents are speaking about traffic, they are really referring to the safety of the children and elderly of their communities in particular. He stated although the residents of Ventana Hills stated that they are willing to compromise for 10 of the homes to be built nearby despite the burden of the traffic they are incurring at the moment. He requested Council not to base their decision solely on the concessions already made. Richard Li a Ventana Hills resident stated that the issue at hand is not about the environment and if it is about the environment then the project should be stopped. She also stated that the issue is not about Measure PP and believes the residents should not be a victim because of Measure PP due to the city trying to find a resolution of where to build an access road. Greg O'Connor stated that while he understands why the majority of the residents are protesting due to the potential influx of traffic, he believes that this project is the first project to test Measure PP and what it stands for. He asked Council to uphold Measure PP which states all ridgelines and hillsides are to be protected. Michele Plunge a resident of Sycamore Heights proposed to decrease time on the left turn signal at Bernal and Independence as it would decrease the cut through traffic. that will occur due to the development of the new homes at Stanley and Bernal. Ms. Plunge also stated that implementing traffic calming measures such as speed bumps, speed display units and police officers it would have a big impact on traffic for her neighborhood as well as Ventana Hills neighborhood and would provide a safe outlet for the Lund Ranch II development project. Councilmember Brown asked the City's Traffic Engineer Mike Tassano as a result of the discussion regarding traffic and rerouting of traffic, and specifically expansion of the left turn lane leading from Bernal through Sunol heading west thereby reducing cut-through traffic. Mr. Tassano noted that the normal procedures regarding cut-through traffic is to improve on the arterial system that is currently in place. Staff stated that neighborhoods who do not want traffic through their neighborhoods such as Junipero and Independence the first step would be to see if the arterial roadway can be improved. Mr. Tassano also stated that the second left turn lane coming down the hill is in the general plan and the costs for that improvement was approximately a million dollars Councilmember Brown asked if the fees previously collected for traffic mitigations could be used for what Mr. Tassano had described and he confirmed that they could. Mr. Tassano stated that downtown intersection is exempted from the Level of Standards; however, if the intersection in question falls below an acceptable level of service, the city can required developers improve it before they can implement additional traffic through the intersection. He continued by stating that if there is no other alternative to making an arterial system more appealing, they could try to make the affected route a less efficient one, which can be done through radar speed signs. Speed bumps are City Council Minutes Page 6 of 16 December 1,2015