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Mr. Bauer said yes. He noted that he sees the people driving their kids to school and running the stop signs. He added that almost 1,500 cars go down Junipero Street, and he wonders if the street is designed for that. Chair Pentin called for a break at 7:25 p.m. to allow staff to fix the technical problem with the sound system, and thereafter, reconvened the regular meeting at 7:37 p.m. Patricia Long stated that her property backs onto the proposed project site and she wanted to formally register concerns over grading in the back because that hill has already been cut in. She indicated that they have a pool and a retaining wall in place and is very concerned about what goes in behind them; she would also like to make sure that grading is carried out properly so that there is no damage to their site. She added that she would like to maintain their quality of life and would like to have a legitimate amount of space, such as a greenbelt, between their properties. She also requested that a single -story house be placed behind her home to maintain privacy. Ms. Long expressed concern about the traffic coming through her area. She indicated that as it was mentioned that traffic through Junipero Street and Independence Drive grows in the morning.. it also grows in the evening. She added that a lot of residents in the neighborhood traveling through those streets have taken to slowing down to try to keep that traffic at bay. Justin Brown stated that he has lived in Pleasanton for about two - and -a -half years and that his primary concern, as some have echoed, is traffic. He indicated that he does a lot of walking around the neighborhood and sees people in the evening rolling the stop signs and running up Junipero Street to Independence Drive to get to Livermore, and doing the same in reverse in the mornings. He noted that he sees excessive speeding, and the residents of the streets obviously tend to be the ones that stop at the stop signs, and the non - residents tend to be the ones blowing through the stop signs. Mr. Brown stated that he generally supports the position of the Ventana Hills Steering Committee that the solution is not to discourage the use of Mission Hills Park, which is always very well occupied. He indicated that there is a lot of safety concerns with a lot of parked cars along the road and lots of kids walking across. He added that he has a two - and -a -month old baby and he wants to make sure that he can preserve his access to the park and not have to worry about an increase in traffic. He stated that another major concern of his is the past agreements to route the traffic to the east in order to access the highway and the increase in traffic down Junipero Street to go to Safeway and Raley's. He added that he finds it deeply concerning that traffic really was not mentioned in the staff report, especially since it is one of the primary concerns of the general public and all the neighbors behind him. Vicki LaBarge stated that she has lived in Pleasanton for 28 years and watched the development in Ventana Hills go up. She indicated that Ventana Hills was never supposed to come down Junipero Street but it does, and Mission Drive was supposed PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 14, 2012 Page 16 of 35