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Mr. Bach said he did not want to raise his family on property that was fight in the middle of an intersection. Also he did not think it was ecologically sound to force all the cars to come to stop signs going both directions on every trip. Ms. Michelotti asked if he understood that depending upon what happened tonight the stop signs might be included in the future when the need arose. Mr. Bach agreed if a stop was deemed necessary in the future he would be the first one to ask for one. Ms. Ayala appreciated him looking at the big picture. Mr. Bach said nothing was going to stop that land from being developed. He felt the Greenbriar plan was a good project. He would rather see a good development than a bad development. Mr. Pico clarified that he was in agreement with the original street alignment. Mr. Bach said yes. Anne Greene, 386 Sycamore Road, believed the road planned for this project was dangerous. It created a blind curve at her driveway and the radius of the curve would make it impossible for her to use a cultivator to disc around her walnut tree. She said if her land is condemned and the road is built, the use of her land would be restricted and existing homeowners would be subjected to the dangerous blind curve. She felt many things in the North Sycamore Specific Plan have changed since the plan was adopted and she believed the plan is flawed. In addition to omitting affordable housing, the plan has never addressed the safety concerns that existing residents have had about the new road. She mentioned several things that had changed or been eliminated: a five acre park was eliminated; roads were erased through the Kass property; by-pass roads were inserted instead of connections to Independence Drive; plans to connect to Valley Avenue were eliminated; and, the proposed new road has been diverted to protect trees. She said it is time for Council to address the rights of long time residents for safe access to and from their homes. She asked Council to leave the road alone; to address the safety issues; and to protect the rights of the long time property owners. She said plan B was the best plan. Even with plan B, her land would be affected. Plan B takes land plus a 75 foot setback from the 300 foot frontage. The road would take away the usable flat land. All that would be left would be steep hillsides and a creek corridor. She said she and others are severely impacted and safety issues have not been addressed. With the road as it is now she is able to see oncoming traffic in both directions at the end of her driveway, but with the new alignment, she would not be able to. She implored Council to regard her safety. Mayor Tarver asked if she believed there was any compensation for this alignment that would satisfy her. Pleasanton City Council 2/17/98 Minutes 12