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train. She would prefer not a0~~to approve the entire project at this point, but to approve each phase separately." Commissioner Fox inquired whether discussion of the BMX park had occurred during the discussion on the item. Commissioner Kameny advised that it did and that he had inquired whether the BMX park was tied to the approval of California Splash. He had been told that was the case. The minutes were approved as corrected. 3. MEETING OPEN FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM WHICH IS NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. James Paxson, 4473 Willow Road, Suite 105, Hacienda Business Park, wished to follow up on several items that were discussed during the previous evening's joint meeting. He noted that there may have been a misconception about where Hacienda Business Park is in relation to the City with regard to the traffic numbers. He emphasized that there were no discrepancies and that they were in close agreement particularly in regard to trip rate. Questions had been raised about the live/work ratio and trip rate. He noted that with respect to the live/work ratio, they did not know what the current situation was vis-a-vis the newer data. He did agree with that even if there were a high live/work ratio, there would be more people traveling from their homes to businesses in the Park in cars; they would like to reduce that number. He felt positive that the opportunity for live/work ratio was very high and that they would work to increase that opportunity from the design standpoint. He noted that they would not perform any independent study and that the information brought to the City would go through Jeff Knowles and City staff first. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Kameny, Mr. Paxson replied that a number of surveys with respect to the number of employees from inside the City had been performed. He noted that they did not generally have good, statistically significant data, with the exception of the study performed by the City the previous year. He was not sure whether the subsample for the Park had the same level of statistical significance and noted that he would look at the data again. He noted that it was not too far from the 25-30 percent of people living and working in town. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Arkin, Mr. Paxson noted that the Park has a good incentive program for employees from Pleasanton. He noted that less had been done with walking incentives than with other incentives and that there was a very effective program to promote transit use and carpooling. He did not know how many people walked to work. He further noted that the commuter tax incentive was offered by a number of employers, including PeopleSoft, which allowed employees to use pretax money, either donated by the employer or diverted from their salary, for use towards transportation alternatives. He noted that the next time the City does a citywide survey, they would get a subsample from that survey that would yield better data for the Business Park. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES January 14, 2004 Page 3 of 22