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This report is the first of several to explore the issues directed to be addressed by the City Council and Planning Commission at these earlier meetings. It is Part I of an exploration of the City's currently planned circulation network, or the streets, interchanges, and intersections which make up the possible routes available for traffic. It assumes the land uses of the 1996 General Plan for purposes of its analysis. Subsequently, land use alternatives will be reviewed, with their potential impact on the street network explored. Lastly, policy issues will be explored as they address circulation issues. Following these three basic analyses, the City decision-makers should be in a position to review some combinations of revised street network, future land uses, and traffic policies which can then be combined in new traffic model runs, an iterative process which will ultimately result in the new Circulation Element. REFINED 2003 BASELINE MODEL The model runs done for this report utilize the basic 2003 Baseline model. Its land use assumptions have been slightly modified to reflect new approvals since 2003, and its internal "circuitry" has been marginally adjusted to address errors, problems, and other issues which have become known as the model has been used over the last year. While the "Buildout" levels- of-service ("LOS") are not exactly those found in the 2003 Baseline Report, they are not significantly different. The model being used in this report continues to assume no significant change in Vallecitos Road (Highway 84) and significant freeway congestion. These assumptions result in the model placing cut-through traffic (traffic defined as having no Pleasanton location trip end, either beginning here, ending here, or stopping en route here) on various City streets. The alternatives analysis which follows specifically addresses cut-through effects. For recapitulation, the General Plan Buildout scenario used herein assumes the following new development (post-2003): Residential units New~ 2,008 units Single Family 94 units Multiple Family 509 units Senior Housing 2,611 units Total New Residential 28,138 Total in General Plan Buildout Commercial/Office/Industrial New: 1,594,000 square feet retail 5,498,000 square feet office 4,541,000 square feet industrial 11,633,000 square feet Total New Retail/Office/Industrial 26,638,000 square feet Total in General Plan Buildout SR 05:027 Page 2