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Mr. Nelson raised the issue of construction traffic coming right by the playground at Mission Hill Park, as well as the ecosystem in the area where he has encountered animals such a wolf, a raccoons, possums, bobcats, feral cats, alligator lizards, tarantulas, cows, turkeys, and hawks. With respect to the issue of water run -off mentioned by Mr. Shafer, he stated that his house is located where Lund Ranch Way actually deposits a ton of silt and rocks in front of his house due to the elevation change between the Lund Ranch II property and his own. He expressed concern about the absorption rate and indicated that water rushes down where his house is and he has go out there every winter with a wheelbarrow and actually pick up probably a half -inch thick of silt. He added that when the new development puts in gutters and drains lines feeding to the street, there would be a huge amount of water -runoff coming through and ending up either in the stream adjacent to the property or right in front of his property. Julie Lewis stated that she has lived in the area since 1981 and has seen a lot of changes with new stop signs and has had her share of trees and intersection accidents in that area. She indicated that there is another slight curve by her house, and she is now at the point that when she tries to back out of her house she can look and think nobody is coming, but by the time she is backing out, people are racing around that curve. She added that she has actually had people not slow down or stop for a moment to wait for her to come out of her driveway; they try to get around her on either side instead. She stated that most of the things she has heard tonight reflect everything she wanted to say. She indicated that she really appreciates the opportunity to bring these issues to the Commission's attention and hopes that the Commission will really give this traffic issue great consideration and do whatever proper studies need to be done to route the traffic in the right way. Kay Ayala stated that she is here to say that every agreement that was made previous to this plan coming forward should be abided by, and that entails the agreement with Shapell Homes and with those neighbors, and the agreement with the voters for Measures PP and QQ. She indicated that she saw an analysis of Measure PP in the staff report but there was none on Measure QQ. She noted that the City Council, in all its wisdom, put a competing measure on the ballot, and it was agreed upon that Measure PP passed with the most votes. She added that, not to be argumentative, they said that Measure QQ could be put in there if they wanted to because it basically said that all of the protections of slopes in the General Plan were embedded in that and should be abided by. She noted that the staff report did not mention those parts of the General Plan that revolve around slopes and indicated that she thinks this is a plan that the Commission should slow down and take its time with as it has multiple implications with the neighbors' traffic and the voters of Pleasanton. She stated that she heard someone mention an independent peer review and thinks that is an excellent suggestion. She added that she also liked the Foleys' comment about a park and is hopeful it will be a 541 -acre park. Marty Inderbitzen stated that it is stunning that of all the speakers tonight, there was only one who talked about Measure PP and nobody really talked about Measure QQ. He indicated that it strikes him that the overwhelming concern staff and maybe the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 14, 2012 Page 22 of 35