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he was familiar with all cut-through routes and he wanted to show the audience what happens when cities open their streets to cut-through traffic. Dan Maslana, addressed the City Council, said they were trying to use real life data instead of a theoretical model that projects 23 years in the future and looking at a neighboring city. He showed the typical I-580 traffic taken from the I-680 overpass, with traffic extending back to Foothill or the Dublin grade. He showed a map of Pleasanton showing the current cut-through routes that occur starting at Foothill, at Hopyard, said the extension affects purple areas throughout the entire city that show cut-through traffic which also show the number of households 1,000 feet from the road. He showed a follow-up slide showing the number of intersections which would be degraded by the Stoneridge extension. It follows all across the city. His point is that we are comparing Pleasanton to a real life situation in Hayward and not a model, this is not a neighborhood issue but affects the entire city and a number of intersections will be very negatively impacted. Additionally, if there is a huge amount of traffic coming up I- 680 that is trying to get on Stoneridge, there is the potential for a limit to the number of cars that can get onto Stoneridge and those would be backed up on I-680. Most importantly, he presented a slide that shows that the cut-through route in Hayward was actually longer than that in Pleasanton and has significantly more lights. In conclusion he noted extending Stoneridge Drive would lead to congestion throughout all of Pleasanton. Brad Hirst, addressed the City Council and indicated Stoneridge Drive has not been a contentious issue for many, many years, it was not even built until 1990. Prior to the middle 80’s the cross town expressway was going to be Las Positas and when Hacienda came through, collectively the community felt it did not make sense to take traffic from Pleasanton to Livermore and back and forth over Las Positas and that is how the Stoneridge extension got approved. If we did not have Stoneridge Drive, we would not have the homes south of Stoneridge Drive because the builder of those homes dedicated the land for Stoneridge Drive. He said the Council’s inaction was leading toward no need for extending Stoneridge Drive as it is no secret that Hendrick’s Automotive is talking to Dublin and it is no secret that Livermore is looking at Staples Ranch, so he suggested Council give themselves a deadline to make this adoption which should be 60 days, and if not, put it on the ballot and let the citizens decide; and to marshal forces with other communities and work on state and federal representatives for quick improvements to the interstate freeway system and SR 84. Naomi Jones, addressed the City Council, thanked staff for getting the study done in a short amount of time, thanked the Council and Planning Commission for reviewing the reports, said without the Stoneridge Drive extension, a total of 9 intersections failed to meet the city’s level of service of standards, with the extension in the plan, the I-580 eastbound off-ramp to Santa Rita Road is improved from F to D which would help a lot of people, the intersection at Valley and Santa Rita has a reduction in delay time from 93.5 seconds to 74 seconds which eliminates the need for a triple southbound left-turn lane to be added, saving the city a lot of money. She asked what would happen to all people who live at the end of Stoneridge Drive if there was an earthquake or other disaster and they were cut off between them and the rest of Stoneridge. There is no other way in or out except the dirt frontage road which goes along the Arroyo, and this would be very risky to drive on. Garland Draper, addressed the City Council, thanked the Council for conducting the additional traffic study, said we clearly have an opportunity to reduce traffic congestion by retaining the extension in the general plan and by timing the building of the extension to seek up with regional traffic improvements. She said one element critical to Pleasanton’s economic vitality is the robust tax revenue from residential development, the fairgrounds and the Hacienda Business Workshop Minutes 17 April 24, 2007