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Jack Hovingr. Jpposed to several of the general plan c. 3es. He said if the general plan is modified there would not be a balanced community. He said people would have to live in the new cities proposed in the valley. He had concerns with the reduction of noise standards. He said he doesn't want the standards reduced and that Pleasanton has the right to set higher standards than other areas. He suggested 40 dBA for night and 45 dBA for day. He referred to page 105 of the Draft Environmental Impact Report. Alice Morrison: Her home backs up to Santa Rita Road. She disagrees with general plan amendment proposal number 2 and has concerns with traffic. She said it will generate more fumes and sound. She said it is fine to double-pane and have soundwalls, but what about using one's back yard. Joe Callahan responded: He indicated that the CC&Rs for their park would use north-south streets to travel to Gibraltar to connect to Hopyard Road, north of Stoneridge Drive. He said they did not request this general plan amendment and feel it is not necessary - this is a requirement imposed by the City to which he disagrees. He said their major concrete haulers will be required to use E1 Gharro Road as they would probably be Kaiser or Rhodes & Jamieson or one of the companies located in the area. He said they will go to I-580 to Hopyard Road. He addressed growth management and a balanced com- munity. He said staff analyzed the impacts of their project as well as those previously approved, but that the current lack of employers in the community generates commuters to and from the valley. Noise: He introduced the representative of Earth Metrics. Commissioner Lindsey asked Mr. Callahan about Item #4 regarding the proposed change to the General Plan and referred to the truck traffic on West Las Positas to Santa Rita Road during construction. He indicated that according to the developer this change is not necessary and as such could be removed from the proposed General Plan change. Michael Hogan, Earth Metrics, spoke to noise levels and the standards of EPA. He said it has been the trend in the last 10 years for the City to adopt their own standards and 60 cities have done this to protect residential properties. He said regarding the homes backing onto Santa Rita Road, the sound levels at the current time are more than they will be with the mitigation measures taken by the developer under the worse case. He stated his company has recommended a noise wall. He said with doublepaning, caulking, etc. sound levels could meet the standard of 45 dBA. He said landscaping would be used as a noise attenuator. He said the security situation raised by one of the residents does not exist in that there will be no gap between a wooden fence and the soundwall. He said landscaping planted would be made attractive and noise attenuating. Commissioner Jamieson asked about the noise attenuating measures on Hopyard Road. Mr. Hogan explained. Kathy Holbrook, 6104 Crater Lake Court, said her house is below the level of the road and trucks and cars have a very big impact on her house vibrating now - much larger than a house on a normal level.. She doesn't see any way the situation can be mitigated because her house is not on stable ground. She asked about the areas beyond the bridge on Hopyard. -9- _.__....._._._.__..~..____ ................._.._..~_........_.... __,.__.~...._...__.,__... _....._. ....~.. .. _.. ..._.... .....__..._. _....r._... ,.