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The Commission recommended to the City Council, and the Council approved expenditure of funds for an engineering study on this particular problem, which has been accom- plished by Mr, Ted Fairfield of MacKay & Sompa, and on which he has prepared a report, Mr. Fales stated further that there-.ass 4 nnjar factors the~ataff con-3ders to be important: (1) What would be the immediate effect of any new street proposal on Stover & Bollard's proposed development? (2) What would be the effect of a new street on the future traffic pattern of the City2 (3) What would be the cost of street development in this area? (4) What would be the cost of property acqui~i- tion? Mr, Fales continued by saying that when the area was rezoned to P.G-25 in 1960, it wga indicated ae "Planned Unit Development", The meeting was then turned over to Mr. Fairfield who pfefaced his report by,remarking that the purpose of a major thoroughfare is to direct through traffic flow. He stated he investigated the original General Plan route (north of Vineyard Avenue to Ray Street, to St, John Street and connecting with Hopyard Road), and after further study proposes an alternate route (extend Vineyard Aveaue westward, across the Arroyo del Valle to the north at a point east of the present Ctty limits, tieing into Stanley Boulevard, thence across Santa Rita P.oad westerly to Hopyard Road), He said the coat of the two routes would be approximately equal, The original General Plan route would involve demolition of buildings, whereas the alternate proposal (referred to as Alternate ~~1 P.oute) would involve bridging the Arroyo del Valle and eventually constructing an over or underpass at the [Jestern Pacific tracks. At the conclusion of Mr, Fairfield's detailed report, a motion was made by Chair- man Landon, seconded by Commissioner Rega to adopt the following resolution, which was carried unanimously: P.ESOLUTION N0. 195 RBSOLVED: The Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that a major thoroughfare carrying east-west traffic through the City of Pleasanton be adopted as follows: 1, Extend Vineyard Avenue westerly from the eastern portion of P.ieman Tract, thence northwesterly across the Arroyo del Valle to Stanley Boulevard, thence along Stanley Boulevard westerly across Santa Rita Road and the Western Pacific right-of-way, thence westerly on Che north side of the Arroyo del Valle to an intersection with Hopyard Road, 2. Said proposed route is presented by Mr, Ted Fairfield, Interim City Engineer, as a solution to the thoroughfare problem and for development of land northerly of Vineyard Avenue, 3, The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council undertake to modify the Master Plan accordingly. There being no further business to come before the Commission, it was moved by Commissioner Lozano, seconded by Commissioner Rega, that the meeting be adjourned to meet again at 8:00 P,M., Thursday, December 20, 1962.