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• Program 2.7: "Require feasible mitigation measures to keep intersections impacted by development to acceptable service levels, in the event that LOS D is exceeded. If there are no feasible mitigation measures and if the intersections are otherwise not exempt from the LOS D standard, withhold development approvals, including building permits, until the intersections exceeding LOS D are at an acceptable level of service." Traffic Level-Of-Service Impacts/Mitigation Measures The traffic impacts and mitigation measures for the Stoneridge Mall development were identified in the Development Agreement. Traffic resulting from the total permitted floor area within the Development Agreement has been factored into the City's Baseline Traffic Reports and into the level-of-service (LOS) analyses for the City's most recently updated General Plan. Traffic improvements called out in the Development Agreement have been completed. The proposed net increase of 79,269 square feet falls within the allowable 380,000 square feet of retail assumed within the General Plan for Stoneridge Mall. Although the proposed increase is within the allowable development area, a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA), included within Exhibit B, was nonetheless completed for the project. A supplemental parking analysis was also prepared which looked at parking for the overall mall as well as the new anticipated uses. The analyses were conducted for the purpose of verifying that there are no new on- or off-site traffic/circulation or parking impacts that were not identified within previous traffic and environmental analyses. The potential impacts of the project were evaluated in accordance with the standards set forth by the City of Pleasanton. Off-site Traffic Impacts As part of the TIA, four intersections (both for public streets and for internal streets/driveways on the mall's private property) were evaluated, as identified below. A map of the intersections can be found in Attachment A of the TIA within Exhibit B. 1. Stoneridge Mall Road and Embarcadero Court 2. Stoneridge Mall Road and Southeast Project Driveway 3. Stoneridge Mall Road and South Driveway near Springdale Avenue 4. Stoneridge Mall Road and Springdale Avenue Overall, the study concluded the project as proposed would have no significant level of service impacts at the study intersections under near-term or buildout conditions with or without the project. The applicant would be required to pay City and regional Traffic Impact Fees (TIF), which are structured to reflect the costs of intersection improvements needed to accommodate current and projected traffic volumes, including that generated by development under the existing Development Agreement. On-site Access and Circulation The TIA evaluated the site access and on-site circulation for the proposed project with access to the site provided via two main drive aisles on Stoneridge Mall Road, reduced down from nine. Based on the Traffic Analysis and observations of existing peak-hour operations, there is sufficient capacity and circulation within the proposed parking lot to accommodate the queues, and safety would not be affected if the queue extended past an adjacent drive aisle intersection. P18-0340, Stoneridge Shopping Center Planning Commission 13 of 17 hopping Center Planning Commission 12 of 17 erim, the applicant will leave the existing Stoneridge Mall Road street section as-is and create an interim 20-foot landscape area between the existing curb and the new sidewalk as shown in Figure 5. The applicant will be required to dedicate the land or provide public easements over the land in the future, when the additional Stoneridge Mall Road improvements move forward. The new pedestrian sidewalk and planter strip along the inner part of Stoneridge Mall Road would serve as the protype for all future development within the inner loop of the Mall creating greater P18-0340, Stoneridge Shopping Center Planning Commission 8 of 17