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about what is best for the entire community and not just for a certain subset of the community or special interest within the community. He noted that there are clearly two sides to this situation, and if he came down to one word to describe it, it would be fear: fear of change, fear that this EIR report was not done properly, fear that children are going to get hurt. He stated that he does not think any one neighborhood's children are more important than another neighborhood's children, and he believes this should be considered as the project goes forward and a decision is made about what to do with this proposal. He asked the Commission not to be afraid and to do what is best for the entire community based on what the community knows today, not 20 years ago. Amy Lofland stated that she has been a member of the Ventana Hills Steering Committee since 1992 when it was first created. She indicated that the Ventana Hills Steering Committee submitted a letter to the Commission that outlines its concerns for this Work Session. She stated that the only thing she is going to do is ask for a showing of hands of people in the community that support that letter; that will save the Commission from a lot of people getting up and talking [show of hands]. With respect to these commitments and agreements, Ms. Lofland stated that basically to her, if the City is not built on what it has agreed to in the past, there is no reason for the Commission or the City Council to be sitting there. She agreed that there are changes in times, that the City needs to do what is best for the community, and that no one want to see another neighborhood hurt. She noted that the East/West collector, which is now Sycamore Creek Way, was built to handle the traffic from Lund Ranch II and her neighborhood just wants to see that commitment fulfilled. She added that she would love to see some more transparency in Option 3. Mark Priscaro stated that he has been following this whole situation for several years and agreed with Mr. Meyer's comment that when Greenbriar Homes made its submission for this development in 2011, a lot of things had changed from their original proposal, most notably the reduction in the number of homes, which he applauded. He noted that another thing that has changed since 2011 is the requirement by the City to build a lot of high- density housing throughout the City, one of which is the approved development on Valley Avenue /Bernal Avenue and Stanley Boulevard /First Street. He pointed out that he had a conversation with Mr. Tassano about the daily trips and traffic models for this development, and none of that traffic has been taken into account in discussions about the Lund Ranch II project. He stated that it is fair and safe to assume that a lot of people who will be living in that new apartment complex development will be using Bernal Avenue, Independence Drive, and Junipero Street to get to Sunol Boulevard and 1 -680. Mr. Priscaro referred to an earlier speaker who referred to all the daily trips and all the traffic scenarios and the increase in traffic he had to deal with for many years. He pointed out that traffic will not only continue, it will increase. He noted that Councilmember Karla Brown had stated it is unfortunate that the City has to accept the building of high- density apartment complexes throughout the City because it lost that battle, but "at the end of the day, we all have to share the pain." PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 25, 2015 Page 26 of 46