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well built -out. He added, as another example, that staff knew that Gingerbread's expansion was coming and had envisioned that; however, staff does not necessarily put in something like this proposal where it is increased from 20 to 40 vehicles. He added that there is also some variance in what staff estimates, so if they estimate 6,500 vehicles and the actual count is 6,600 vehicles, the variance is 100 vehicles, which sounds like a lot to the neighborhood but is a minor number for the analysis. Commissioner Allen thanked Mr. Tassano for his analysis. She stated that looking at the report, the incremental 20 students would create an additional 90 trips total a day, and comparing that to the currently approximately 6,500 -7,000 trips a day on Black Avenue, that incremental 20 students will cause little about 1.5 percent incremental traffic per day. She continued that the existing tutoring with 20 students causes about 1.5 percent, and this additional 20 students will cause another 1.5 percent. Commissioner Allen then referred to the traffic - calming program and the likelihood that it is going to be approved. She stated that she happened to be looking at the Pleasanton Weekly blog this morning, and there seems to be a movement afoot that a number of people who do not live on Black Avenue were very concerned that funds will go to Black Avenue instead of to other areas of the community. She added that there were also concerns about safety with some of the bulb -outs, especially for cyclists because, among other things, they would narrow the road. She pointed out that there appears to be two sides to the traffic - calming story, and she can see some of those people coming to the City Council and makes her think that this is not quite a slam -dunk. Mr. Tassano stated that the traffic - calming program has been approved by the City Council, and the Council directed staff to come back with a funding plan, and that is what staff is returning with at the City Council meeting on Tuesday. He then indicated that there is always a balance between cyclists and pedestrian safety in competing interests. He noted that cyclists do not want to ride over speed bumps, and they also do not want to go out into the middle of lanes to go through the little ruts. He noted that one of the things that occur in residential areas that does not really happen in arterial roadways is that there are parked cars in residential areas. He pointed out that cyclists are competing with about the same space: bulb -outs would make the streets only 20 feet wide, which is the only area they are dealing with as cyclists in any case, because when the parked cars have their doors open, the cyclists essentially have only 10 feet. He added that overall, cyclists or those with concerns prefer lower speeds and ultimately that is what they fall back on. With respect to spending all the money in Black Avenue as opposed to somewhere else, Mr. Tassano stated that the traffic - calming plan on Black Avenue is not using the traffic - calming money, so there will still be the $25,000 going forward. He explained that staff ranks all the residential communities for traffic - calming on an annual basis in March, and traffic - calming is not based on which area had it last and which one would be next, but on a whole set of speed and volume and some public input. Chair O'Connor noted that the reason for all this is that Black Avenue is really a special case because it is not just residential but a lot more, with two major roads on each end, the post office, businesses, and schools. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 11, 2014 Page 6 of 12