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. The City has accepted the payrnent of fees in lieu of intersection improvements for previ- ous projects - The U.S. Petroleurn service station on the southwest corner of Bernal A ve- nue and Utah Street and the Bernal Avenue retail center located on the west side of Bernal A venue opposite the Home Depot site. Therefore, the applicant's payment oftrat1ic fees along with the construction of the Stanley/Val- ley/Bernal intersection improvements implements Program 2.5 of the Circulation Element of the Pleasanton General Plan, which states, "Require whatever mitigation measures are necessary, including the withholding of building permits, to return intersections to acceptable levels, in the event that LOS "0" is exceeded." California Splash Trat1ic The Dowling traffic report did not include the approved trips for the California Splash develop- ment given that its trips were determined to be primarily off-peak trips, thereby not impacting the weekday a.m./p.m. peak commute hours: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., respectively. Loop Road Alternative The traffic analysis also reviewed in detail the effect of a loop road located as a connection trom the parking area at the east boundary adjacent to the P. G. & E. substation site. This review evaluated the surrounding circulation and levels-of.-service. The loop road alternative was evaluated to see if it would mitigate the LOS conditions at the Stanley/Valley/Bernal intersec- tion without the need to widen any leg of this intersection. However, the report shows that the improvements to LOS brought about by the loop road alone would be negligible and would still require roadway widening/modification of the intersection. The loop road also raised various concerns pertaining to the project's building and site design treatments. The alternative would have also required acquisition of additional right-of-way ti'om P. G. & E. Staff does not rec- ommend the loop road alternative in that it would require direct access from Nevada Court along with changing the cul-de-sac to a through lane. These changes would impact the Congregation Beth Emek, facing Nevada Court. The Congregation Beth Emek have stated their opposition to the loop road as noted above. Valley Avenue Traffic Levels Valley A venue neighbors expressed their concerns regarding the proposed project and its impact to the Valley Avenue traffic levels. The following table contains a summary of those impacts to tive Valley A venue intersections for the a.m./p.m. peak hour volumes, based on the information provided in trat1ic study in the following figures: PCUP- 1 65/P DR-529/P MOD-H1 -25-7 M Page 21 of48 December 13, 2006