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May 1, 2017 Dear Mr. Mayor and members of the City Council: My name is Sandy Martin and I reside at 3450 Isle Royal Ct. I am writing because I am unable to attend the May 2, City Council meeting due to a prior work commitment. I would like this email to either be read into the record, or simply included in the record, whatever time will allow. I am whole heartedly in favor of the Ponderosa plan to develop homes on the parcel in the Valley Trails Development currently owned by the Evangelical Free Church; with or without the restroom facility and meeting room. It is a good in-fill development plan which will fit in with the surrounding neighborhood. Valley Trails is a fairly small neighborhood community compared to others in Pleasanton. With our horseshoe traffic design, we have limited ingress and egress. Traffic throughout our neighborhood is already congested. Our roadway width is hindered by on street parking which is necessary; couple that with sidewalks on only one side of many of our streets and our pedestrians and cyclists are maneuvering through a hazardous area. While Ponderosa's development would add additional traffic to Valley Trails it is far less intrusive than other types of development. A school would not fit into the Valley Trails area and with our restricted traffic pattern would cause too much congestion. Even a small elementary school will add at least an additional 200- 300 car each day just one way! A multifamily development would not fit into the Valley Trails neighborhood either. Even a small multifamily development with 200 units would be an additional 400 trips per day through Valley Trails if each unit had two vehicles. With the restricted traffic pattern and the site being at the bottom of the horse shoe anything more than a single family development would create too much traffic in an already restricted and congested neighborhood. I support this project because I believe it to be the best solution to the existing dilemma; what fits best on the property? Single family homes fit best. The church needs to sell its property and Ponderosa is willing, once again,to create an in-fill project that will fit into the existing neighborhood. I mentioned above that I support it with or without the restroom and meeting room facilities. We are a small neighborhood park and while they are nice amenities it isn't something that traditionally occurs in that size park. What is more important is that you have a group of neighbors in Valley Trails that have come together to build consensus and support a project. While I think that should have happened with Ponderosa's first project, it is happening now. It allows the church to sell its property, limits the impact to the neighborhood and actually enhances the neighborhood by eliminating an empty weed lot, a parking lot in need of repair and a building that is in disrepair. Please approve the Ponderosa Development for Valley Trails. Thank you for your time, Sandy Martin