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will ignore the valid concerns brought before them tonight. She commented on all of the various studies done on the project. She said the developer would not get approval for their proposal without addressing the environmental concerns brought up. She said the decision to be made is an easy one and that the long term residents of Pleasanton will have a balanced community with a stable economic base. Sharrell Michelotti: She addressed concerns with the proposed inter- change of Las Positas. She said she was very happy to hear the developer's priority number one was to improve Hopyard Road and number two was to provide the Hacienda interchange with improvement to West Las Positas somewhere down the line -- perhaps 30 years. She stated she talked to Caltrans and they said Las Positas will be a two way overcrossing. She said the project engineer for Caltrans was very happy to tell her it would only be a two lane overcrossing and that bids are going out within a week and work will be started two-three months after bids go out. She asked why the City would want to make Las Positas coming from Santa Rita Road six lanes and from Hopyard Road four lanes and asked how they would merge to the two lane over crossing? She said she asked Caltrans this question and the answer was the business park was asked by the City to go to four lanes. She said the project engineer told her this was not on the schedule. She said she has been advised that if this were to come to pass it would be subject to the public hearing and environ- mental review. She said the $1.5 million set aside for Las Positas used the City's gasoline tax dollars while chuck holes in streets are not filled because of this pet project. She asked the Commission to consider this. She said an overcrossing to help the high school children is fine but a 4/6 lane major freeway to Livermore is not what the people really want. Mr. Warnick stated that the Las Positas project is currently underway providing two lanes of traffic and a bike lane. He explained the funding of the project. He said this would be added to at a later date and would have to have an EIR/EIS with public review on the project. Regarding traffic he said if it goes to the full 90~ build out the interchange will be required by 1995. George Severe: Indicated he has worked and been in town for 17 years. He said if everyone took this negative attitude, no one would be living in a subdivision. He urged the Commission to think about this. He said revenue earnings would help provide better police and response time and perhaps turn on street lights. He asked the Commission to look at this and give the developer a chance. Wayne Myers: Spoke to children crossing Las Positas to get to school and that as planned the children would have to cross 12 lanes of traffic and asked if any provision has been made for a pedestrian overcrossing. He addressed Item #4 General Plan proposal indicating Hopyard is wide enough now at the interchange and it is very difficult to get off Hopyard as it is now. He said this size development should be put before the people. Mr. Myers addressed Item #6 of the proposal also relating to Noise Impact standards. He said his house is a two-story backing onto -6-