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that a traffic light be installed at the intersection of Bernal A venue and Nevada StreetINevada Court. I-Ie also indicated that the possibility of a loop road would convert the cul-de-sac into a major thoroughfare, creating noise and safety impacts that would necessitate a major alteration to their ingress and egress, their school, and their services. He expressed confidence that with proper planning and good faith, they could co-exist with Home Depot and continue to provide education to their children and services and programs to their members. Naomi Jones, 4017 Schween Court, indicated that she lived off of Kolin Street and V alley Avenue. She stated that the current traffic situation in the area is already unbearable and described the various traffic issues she and her family encounter daily on their way into and out of their home. She indicated that she liked and shopped at Home Depot but that adding one in the area would cause an even greater tratlic problem. She noted that widening Stanley Boulevard and Bernal A venue will not improve the problem because it does not address the traf1ic on V alley Avenue, the route most people would take to get to Home Depot. She added that there would also be noise and safety issues with big trucks going to the store and making the intersection dangerous for pedestrians and bikers. She stated that the only way to possibly alleviate the problem is to connect Stoneridge Drive to El Charro Road to Stanley Boulevard as indicated in the General Plan in order that some of the traf1ie going to and ti-om Livermore may use that route. Heidi Massie, 4183 Hall Court, stated that her backyard backs up to Valley Avenue between Kolln Street and Stanley Boulevard, which she feels is the most congested area in Pleasanton. She indicated that she does not oppose development on the vacant lot because that would be unrealistie since that site would have to be developed, but she opposed the Home Depot and Long's Drugs project because a big box development is not appropriate for the site, considering the traffic problem that already exists at that intersection. She noted that weekends are the only days when traffic is light, and having the center there in addition to the waterslides, the Ponderosa development on Busch Road, and developments in Livermore would take that away as well. She noted her disappointment that projects have been proposed and completed without traffic solutions in place and suggested several traffic-calming measures for the area: install solar-powered speed limit signs such as those in front of Amador High Sehool at the approach of Kolin Street on both directions; require a 500-foot clearance on either side of the crosswalk at Kolln Street so that cars have to stop back farther away ti-om the erosswalk; paint "Look" signs on the crosswalk to remind children to look on both sides before stepping offthe curb; and install speed buttons into the asphalt on Kolin Street between Mohr Avenue and Valley A venue to remind motorists to slow down. She noted that improvements on the 1-580 corridor and the extension of Stoneridge Drive will not occur soon enough and urged the Commission to address these traffic issues before allowing any development to go through on the site. She reiterated that she was not in favor of any big box development and would prefer smaller retailers and requcsted that trucks be redirected to come through Isabel A venue to Stanley Boulevard. Nancy Storeh, 3193 Chardonnay Drive, spcaking as a member of the Committee for Sensible Development in Southeast Pleasanton, stated that she was not able to speak at the January work session but that the Committee had sent some letters to the Commission the past few days. She indicated that her home backs onto Vineyard A venue, three bloeks tJ'om the side of the proposed development. She commented that one thing that has been overlooked is how the development tits into the larger context of the use of nearby properties south of Stanley Boulevard and east of Bernal Avenue, such as the Shadow Cliffs Regional Park. the BMX park, California Splash waterslides, the EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, May 24, 2006 Page 7 of I I