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concerns with noise in the Val Vista area. She said her house backs up to Stoneridge Drive and the noise level has increased with the traffic. She urged the developers to take all precautions to protect the houses which are effected by noise as a result of projects with sound barrier windows. Gerald Goudreau: He spoke to concerns with the total impact of the overall growth in the City. He said it is difficult to separate the General Plan proposals from the Prudential proposal and the size of the project will go beyond what a balanced community is. He indi- cated that the industrial area versus the population for the City should be reassessed. He spoke to the 25,000 jobs that Hacienda has projected. He indicated the present General Plan only allows for an additional 13,000 people living in Pleasanton in 1995 and there is twice the number proposed with the change to the General Plan and that by 1995 every available home built will be .consumed and asked what will happen when Phase II is considered for development. He said there will be an additional 50,000 support jobs. He said the project is on too large a scale with the population. He asked that the Commission give the public some understanding as to where it comes from. He said the City of Pleasanton should be getting involved with valley-wide planning. Jerry Morrow: Spoke in opposition to this development. Howard Neely: Said that he moved to town in 1966 and was involved with the 100 person committee on the General Plan review committee. He said the City needs a good tax base. He said it takes more sewerage for residential than it does for industrial. He further said this is the best plan he has ever seen and hoped the people wouldn't view it through an emotional cloud. He said the plan will offer flood control. He urged approval. Robert Pearson: He said the people who were here in 1920 had a right to determine the land use for that time as does the people now. He stated that as a legal procedure the General Plan must be acted on before the project can be considered. He said an EIR should be done on the proposed General Plan amendments. He said he likes the balance community as currently defined. He said it is true that the property has always been industrial but that the people probably never really believed it would develop like this. He suggested a committee be formed to amend the General Plan and urged that recommendation be made to Council. He said he would be happy to volunteer for such a committee. He further said with all of the discussion on the Hacienda interchange -- it must be approved by Caltrans and Caltrans can deny it. He said it would probably be 1996 or 2087 before it could be built. He indicated he didn't want to see truck traffic in a residential neighborhood. He further said many homes in the area are two story and that mitigating sound sound walls will not do any good. He had concerns with noise even if some of the windows are double-paned and soundwalls provided. With regard to the change proposed for Las Positas and Santa Rita Road he said children have to cross these streets to go to school and he is opposed to the changes. He said the developer is a classy one, but there are only four Commissioners present tonight, there is a lot of public controversy on the matter and an EIR should be required for the General Plan changes. -8-