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PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES JULY 26, 1979 (continued) be approximately the same as Burger King. Commissioner Geppert inquired about peak time traffic. Mr. Schaumburg stated that generally traffic at McDonald's would not be at peak traffic hours. Commissioner Geppert stated he felt a traffic study should be required. Commissioner Getty asked when the Las Positas Shopping Center would be built. Mr. Harris stated he did not known. Commissioner Getty asked how the area around McDonald's would be used. Mr. Harris stated that nothing has been proposed as yet but that it was zoned C-F which had the potential for considerable development. Mr. Harris stated landscaping would be considered at the design review level. Commissioner Jamieson asked if the City would select the consultant if it was deemed that a traffic study was necessary. Mr. Harris stated the City could select the consultant. Chairman Doherty declared the public hearing opened. Gwin Ferguson, representing McDonald's, stated that if a traffic study were required they will go along with that. She stated her initial reaction to the requirement of a traffic signal was that it should be done by assessment district and that McDonald's would contribute to that. She stated she was agreeable to conditions regarding the bike path. She added that the building McDonald's has planned has been submitted with the necessary conditions and that they look forward to being in Pleasanton. She added that their initial traffic studies indicate that McDonald's traffic will include 68% already there and that 32% would be additional. Commissioner Geppert asked if McDonald's would be agreeable to constructing a bike path along Tassajara. Ms. Ferguson stated they would prefer not to. Joe Madden, 3851 Vineyard Avenue, Secretary to the Old Santa Rita Road businesses, stated there was a need for a restaurant in this area to service the small businesses on Santa Rita Road and that he favored approval of the application. Mr. Robert Pearson, 3590 Churchill Court, disagreed with the findings of the Initial Study and felt that an Environmental Impact Report should be required. He inquired about completion of the freeway interchange. Staff did not know the timetable of Cal Trans on possible completion of the interchange. Mr. Pearson stated that this development could jeopardize completion of that interchange and he felt that an EIR should be required. He stated there was no room on the street for a bicycle trail without being elevated which would cost a great deal of money. Mr. Pearson urged denial of the application or require an Environmental Impact Report to consider the serious impacts of this development. Chairman Doherty closed the public hearing. Chairman Doherty asked if staff knew whether Cal Trans had any future plans for the completion of the I-580 interchange. Mr. Harris advised that staff did not know what Cal Trans plans to do at this interchange. Commissioner Getty expressed concern regarding other expansion in the area and said she was not happy about having McDonalds. She said she felt lots of mistakes had been made in the development along Hopyard P.oad and she did not want to see that happen on Santa Rita Road. Commissioner Wilson stated he felt the one acre as requested by McDonald's should be allowed to develop. -7- _ __.... ..._..._~... .. ..___.., .._..T....-.. .. _ _._ _.. _. _. . ____... _ ..__ ...... _. _. ... ..... _. ... ._. __._........ __.. ~._. _. .__