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this for a fact. When I go to turn on Valley from Kolln, I am faced with a long line of commuters heading towazds Santa Rita. They aze all coming from Livermore. Unless I get really aggressive, I cannot get onto Valley until the signal light changes. Once on Valley, the traffic is so bad that getting across Santa Rita takes up to three cycles of the signal light. "In the evening, we sometimes have to go east on Valley, getting out of Orloff onto Kolln can be a real pain because commuters are sometimes stacked up beyond Orloff waiting to turn onto Valley. This makes getting onto Kolln difficult - we have to wait through one or two cycles to get onto Valley once we get onto Kolln. Once on Valley headed east, we aze faced with a long, long line of cars waiting to turn on Stanley and get to Livermore. That intersection was rated a "D" two yeazs ago, and obviously it's worse now. "I do not know how you could put in a Home Depot, Longs, drive-through Starbucks, several retail outlets and still say that traffic levels will remain at a "D". It's not logical, even with the modifications you plan for Valley and Stanley. As I see it, there's only one cure for the load of traffic we have on Valley and Santa Rita -this is traffic that has an imprisoning effect on our children. That would be to open what has been promised to us for years, and has been reneged on by some members of the Council. This is something that was used to push through development in the Stoneridge azea. This is something that was planned for and disclosed to all residents who purchased homes azound Stoneridge. I'm talking about the El Charro extension to Stanley, and the Stoneridge extension to EI Charro. "This was promised to the residents of Pleasanton and ripped out from under us by the City Council. This was done under feaz of creating "cut-through traffic." The City's own data has shown that there is no cut-through traffic, The Mayor fears that they will create amini-580 by opening the Stoneridge extension. If she wants to see amini-580, she should try driving down Santa Rita and Valley on several occasions. We need relief. She can't fix it by fixing the freeways in 10 years. The Stoneridge extension is the only solution that will balance the traffic load on this side of Pleasanton and restore faith in the City Council. If you want your Home Depot and associated development, then solve our traffic problem first. Right now, we are stuck with noise pollution and lots of cars. It is difficult for me to support you when my son can't feel safe enough to ride his bike to school." Daryl Mullins, 3428 Smoketree Commons, spoke in opposition to this project. He expressed concern about business blight and was concerned about what would happen if this store did not succeed. He noted that should business conditions change, the big box would remain. He did not believe the Planning Commission was the proper forum for that consideration and noted that the City Council maybe the proper forum. He noted that he had a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA and that he ran a business in Pleasanton. He had heazd no verification from the traffic engineer that his ITE surveys and simulations had been verified by the rubber-hose data taking. He expressed concern that the driveway widths; the Safeway driveway was 44 feet wide, and the standazd home driveway was 21 feet wide. He noted that the applicant was depending on the additional lane to have an entrance into the center at a certain speed. If the driveway is not PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES December 13, 2006 Page 12 of 26