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catastrophes, and she thinks that some in Hacienda are requesting to start school at a different time because children are children, and they are going to do things without thinking about the weight of a car. She requested the Commission to consider all points about putting a school where you might locate it so it's safe for everyone because it will create a lot of traffic. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Allen stated that the Commission has heard a lot about traffic and she is interested in confirming her understanding of what the real traffic impact would be. She indicated that she had a chance the other day to sit down with Mike Tassano, City Traffic Engineer, and the vision she ended up leaving with is that this area of residential, the big picture of what we are building out, is about the size of Hacienda. She stated that she had not really thought of that but it really helped her think about how huge this project is and how huge its impact will be in community with a lot more cars. She indicated that she wants to go through the numbers so everyone is upfront about what the impact of the Preferred Plan at this stage looks like. She stated that her understanding is that this project would add about 31,000 new car trips a day during the workweek, and of those car trips, about 70 -80 percent are going to be using existing roadways; many will be using Valley Avenue, and only about 20 -30 percent will be diverted to and benefit from El Charro Road. She asked Mr. Tassano if that was correct. Mike Tassano, City Traffic Engineer, said yes. He stated that those are definitely pre -model input but when Commissioner Allen asked yesterday what the percentages were, he noted that roughly 70 percent probably heading west and south and about 30 percent heading east seemed a decent conservative guess for these purposes. Commissioner Allen stated that the second area that Mr. Tassano and she talked about was the weekend because weekends are down time and the time things would be a little more relaxed. She indicated that she got the understanding that with 1,759 new units, weekends will add about an average of about 27,000 new trips per day. She noted that that is what the morning peak hours on Valley Avenue look like today, and that is what Valley Avenue would be looking like on weekends, and it would turn the noontime hour, which is the peak for weekends, like the PM peak hour in the weekend evening. She indicated that it is not a right or wrong thing; it is just what it will be like. In that respect, she stated that she just wants to acknowledge that the community has a valid concern about traffic. She again asked Mr. Tassano if she got that right. Mr. Tassano said yes. He stated that he thinks what the Planning Commission and the public want to do is to get a real sense of this large vacant piece of land and the traffic that it is going to add. He noted that he gets asked all the time, for example, about what the traffic going to look like or on weekends. He indicated that he had to drive out here on a Saturday to see what it looked like, and the easiest tool to use is to try and add some of that volume and say this is what it looks like now, and everybody knows what it looks like at 8:00 a.m. when school is going into Hacienda , or at 5:00 p.m. when PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 25, 2013 Page 37 of 45