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EXHIBIT" A" GPA-94-01 - TEXT CLARIf1CATION Implementation of Circulation Element Outside Downtown Area The Circulation Element provides for a roadway network at full build-out under the General Plan which accommodates meeting LOS standards of the Circulation Element for the traffic volumes generated by development as shown on the Land Use Element at build-out. The Circulation Element contemplates that roadway improvements, traffic management improvements, and TSM measures forming the roadway network will be implemented in phases, as residential and commercial development contemplated by the General Plan occurs and creates the demand for the roadway network. The Circulation Element policies specify that the roadway network be sufficient at each stage of City build-out to meet LOS standards. Thus, as development occurs, roadway improvements, traffic management improvements and TSM measures are implemented as necessary to maintain Pleasanton's LOS D standard for traffic volume on the roadway network. Through this incremental installation of the roadway network, Pleasanton will achieve the LOS D standard at full build-out under the General Plan as contemplated by the Circulation Element. In order to ensure an adequate roadway network is present at each stage as Pleasanton develops, Pleasanton will require a site-specific traffic study for any major development which Pleasanton determines could have the potential to generate traffic which could exceed LOS D. A major development may encompass a number of future discrete projects, such as phased development or a development project consisting of a number of subsequent, individual projects proposed to be governed by a development agreement. Implementation of the Circulation Element policies/programs is aimed at ensuring adequate capacity for each major development as it builds out to ensure that mitigation measures as necessary are established for a major development, including phased major developments, while the City retains discretionary approval authority over the major development. Traffic studies may be required either early or late (or both) in the approval process as may be necessary to allow the City to attach appropriate mitigation requirements, including development delay or disapproval if the traffic capacity standard cannot be met. Each site-specific traffic study will analyze existing traffic conditions (based on the annual traffic counts performed under the Circulation Element as discussed above), plus traffic to be generated by development projects approved but not yet built, plus traffic projected to be generated by the major development. From each site-specific traffic study, Pleasanton will develop appropriate mitigation measures identifying appropriate roadway improvements, traffic management improvements, and TSM programs that the developer of the major development must implement in order to maintain Pleasanton's LOS D standard. These mitigation measures will then be implemented through appropriate conditions of approval of the major development. f I