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belie-ve the traffic report:"'s asseSSn"1el""l.t ot~ 51 nevv P..M.. peak-hour trips per day and noted that everyone leav-es -vv1"1en the park closes. Scott Behiel" 21 Castledovv-n R.oad" noted that vv-hile he and l\I1.:r. Kierstead vv-ere business acquaintances". he vv-as not an employee oT California Splash. He spoke in support of tl""l.is item and hoped to become an acti-ve iIl.vestor in the park. "E--Ie Il.oted that children need a safe place to run and vent their energy and added that being activ-e increases children"s self-esteem and health. He noted that the summer jobs that "V'Vould be created vvould teach the kids responsibility and discipline vv-ithout intruding on their school time. He ackno"VVledged that there V\1ould be some traffic infl.uences" but believ-ed that. they vvould be acceptable. He belie-ved the positive aspects out"V'Veighed the negati-ve. I<-yle Surber", 4282 Croce Court:". submitted a speaker slip", but vvas not in attendance to speak. Lynn Surber", 4282 Croce Court", subn.""l.itted a speaker slip", but vvas not in at.t.endance to speak. "VVendy .F-~auns", 3581 Vineyard A-veTlue" spoke in support o-t-this item and belie-ved that it VV"ouldbe an ex.cellent and safe source of exercise for kids. She noted that her o"V'Vn childrel""l. enjoy vv-ater parks and added that hearing children laugh is a joyous l.""1oise. SI"1e belie-ved that creative solu.tions could be -round for ex-tra parking". including shuttle buses. Nancy Storch", 3193 Chardonnay Dri-ve", noted that she vv-as a 25-ycar resident of:- Pleasanton and the mother of tvvo boys. She noted that although the design of:- the park vv-as nice and that the applicants vv-ere good people" she opposed the project. She noted t.hat t.here VV"ere physical limitatio:ns to the site and did not belie-ve that the traff-lc al"1d safety mitigations VV"ould be suff:"icie:n.t. She did not believe that people "V'Vou..ld leav-e the park on a staggered basis and that they "V'Vould all lea-ve at closing time. She vv-ished to address the continuous interruption of traffic flovv- as people left the park. She expressed concern. that people vv-ould park on t.he streets and that. t.raffic vv-ould back up "V'Vhile cars crossed the street. Vanessa Kavvaihau", 871 Sycarnore Road", South Pleasanton,. recalled tl"1at: Six. Flags l""1ad been turned dovv-n in. l=>leasanton 40 years ago. She noted tl""l.at she V'Vould I10t be impacted by the traffic or the noise. She did not agree vvith the n.otion o:t. giving PleasantoTl. residents preference o-ver possibly better-qualified employees from out OTtO"V'Vl.""l.. She l""l.oped t.hat the sigl""l.age for directions vvould be clear. 1'V'1indy Kane,. 3679 Canelli Court", noted tl"l.at "V'Vhen she moved to Pleasanton" ShadoV'V Cliffs "V'Vas Oll the outskirts o:t- t.OVV-ll and that. there vv-as no cut-throu-gh t.raffic. She ex.pressed concern about the traffic impacts on Stanley Boule-vard. Sl""l.e did not believe that the VVest Las Positas Boulevard interchange vvas not likely to happen, creating more press"Ure on Stanley Boule-vard to Livermore. She inqu-ired about the traffic impact fee. PLANNING COJV[l'VlISSION l'VlINUTES December 10,2003 Page 18