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Commissioner Balch inquired if there is any way to have an ingress into the property off of <br />Stoneridge Drive approximately where the property line between Lot 2 and Lot 3 is. <br />Mr. Dolan replied that the applicant asked for that too. He referred the question to <br />Mr. Tassano. <br />Mr. Tassano confirmed that the applicants did ask for that ingress as well and that it was <br />part of his concession to give them at least one, which he thought is probably not a good <br />place either but would be the lesser of the two evils. He explained that upon exiting the <br />freeway heading towards Pleasanton, vehicles would make a southbound right turn onto <br />El Charro Road and start to accelerate and change lanes. He pointed out that those who <br />do not want to go to the Auto Mall would then be looking over their left shoulders for bikes <br />and other vehicles and would not necessarily be looking for some other vehicle in front of <br />them heading toward the Auto Mall to slow down to make a right turn into a driveway right <br />before the actual signal. He added that someone coming from Livermore would be in the <br />same position with vehicles driving across right after they pass the island to get in and turn <br />right into the driveway off of El Charro Road as opposed to going right up to the signal <br />where everyone expects the movements to be. He indicated that he was more concerned <br />with this ingress off of El Charro Road, and there was no amount of convincing for him on <br />that one. <br />Commissioner Balch asked Mr. Tassano if, in his opinion, the ingress from Stoneridge <br />Drive referred to as the lesser of two evils could be designed as a safe ingress into the <br />property. <br />Mr. Tassano replied that he thinks it is possible. He explained that the design speeds are <br />lower there, and there is a traffic signal. He continued that a lot of vehicles coming off of <br />the freeway would be traveling at normal speeds and getting into that right -turn lane; if they <br />just want to go to Pleasanton, it should not cause so much of an issue if the car in front of <br />them slows down and moves over to the additional right -turn lane that would clearly be an <br />Auto Mall entrance. <br />Commissioner Balch stated that he does not recall seeing on the bike /pedestrian plan that <br />this is an area that has a trail connection point to Dublin, as Stoneridge Drive has to <br />Livermore. <br />Mr. Tassano replied that one of the difficulties with any overcrossing is that Caltrans has <br />some restriction on what it will and will not allow. He noted that, for example, Pleasanton <br />tried to design a bike lane going northbound up over El Charro Road; however, because <br />Caltrans has a right -turn lane that gets onto the freeway and another one that has an option <br />to turn right, a vehicle in the far right -turn lane can get on the freeway, but a vehicle on the <br />second lane in can either go right or straight through. He added that Caltrans prohibits any <br />bicycle markings with that type of design. <br />Mr. Tassano continued that the southbound direction has its own kind of constraints: <br />coming over the freeway, there is a right -turn trap where that bicyclist will be, so there is <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 23, 2014 Page 8 of 14 <br />