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Mr. Wheeler stated that the impacts of his business just from a financial piece, even if he takes down the 150 trips a day he does with his equipment and not including his employees, is an additional three- to six - minute delay, which amounts to 15 hours in total payroll a day just for their equipment. He added that environmentally, this is about 528 hours of idle time sitting at those intersections while waiting for those lights to turn, with additional traffic if it stays the way it is now, will create about 50,000 pounds of carbon dioxide in that corner, just from his own equipment, and the economics of about $100,000 a year in payroll that he will pay his drivers to sit at lights. Mr. Wheeler expressed concern regarding the impacts of a large club retail store in this corridor, what it will do to all the Club Sport people traveling to and from that location and the many service businesses in Commerce Circle that have been around for a long time and also have a lot of equipment, cars, and vehicles. He indicated that he is all for economic development but wants to make sure it is controlled and planned, and that it takes into account the entire environment of the City of Pleasanton and the people who live and do business in the area. Barbara Benda stated that she lives in the area and expressed concerns about the noise impact this proposal would have on the neighborhood, in addition to the noise as well as the congestion from smog and from cars that are already there from 1 -580 and Stoneridge Drive. She inquired if the traffic and smog testing done for the EIR were adequate and considered that there is a neighborhood across the street from this proposal. She expressed further concern about having a big store and complex at this entrance to Pleasanton, and the decrease in value of their properties that this would cause. John Bauer thanked the Commissioners for their public service to the community. He stated that he would like to see Costco come to Pleasanton, and most of the people he talked to feel the same way. He added, however, that he would like to see Costco do a better job with parking than at its locations in Danville, Oakland, San Jose, and Mountain View. Mr. Bauer stated that he has a problem with the 1,000 -foot radius notification given to the homeowners. He noted that, as presented by the City, the Johnson Drive EDZ is a benefit to all of Pleasanton, yet the notification included only about 20 homes in the Val Vista area and the rentals across from Stoneridge Drive. He indicated that there will not be many homeowners expressing their opinions, although he believes it is the City's desire to get input from homeowners and residents of the City. He added that the last thing the City needs is another East Pleasanton Specific Plan at this location. He stated that in spite of the three neighborhood meetings on the East Pleasanton Specific Plan, the residents felt they were ambushed and were taken by surprise. He indicated that he would hope the City would extend its outreach for this project beyond the 1,000 -foot radius and engage the residents of Pleasanton and get their input. Dan Rosenbaum, Principal with the land owner within the Johnson Drive EDZ, stated that they are actually the real estate investor that purchased the 407,000- square -foot Clorox campus in June of 2013, as Clorox had come to the end of its economic and useful life and relocated about one mile to the east, providing hundreds of very- high - quality jobs in the City. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 23, 2015 Page 4 of 19