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Mr. van Gelder said the regional models that do demand modeling have a split routine in them which shows where the transit route goes and the percentage of the trips that it conveniently serves. Mayor Tarver asked how do the traffic speeds for the freeway compare to the CMA model. Mr. van Gelder said the CMA model does not do much with the traffic. As it gets more and more congested the model drops the speed down to 35 mph. He went over the outputs of the transportation at different intersections. He indicated there would need to be follow ups in conjunction with other studies to report back to Council outlining some of the options. He said staff is looking for comments on the assumptions and land use and an action for Hacienda. Mr. Swift said the annual modeling exercise is to create a tool for Planning to use in its planning process. He said it is simply a tool and not a simulation of what is going to happen in the future. It is designed to be a demand model that show where the trips want to go. If staff prepared a model that showed how everything equalled out across the City, Council would be surprised at the results. If staff can tell where cars want to go, this data can be useful in looking at future development. He gave an overview of the Hacienda entitlements. He said there are several assumptions for Council to. adopt tonight. Staff is also asking for Council to adopt standard assumptions for trip generations, the coefficients for those uses that have now been proposed or are built in the Hacienda Business Park, and for concurrence in the methodology that staff has used in reducing the number of remaining square feet that can be built within Hacienda Business Park. No matter how the Council moves with respect to the rest of the model, the development agreement does set forth the rules that apply in the 25 lots in the Hacienda Business Park. Staff would like Council to concur or give direction on the coefficients and methodology. There was a break at 9:35 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:40 p.m. Ms. Michelotti understood Unisource has a higher number of trips assigned than actually occur. Mr. Swift said staff counts all the square footage at this area as if it is an office building. Mr. van Gelder said trip counts have been done on Unisource and the numbers are very low. Staff projected higher numbers just in case Unisource would leave and a business that would generate a higher number of trips moves into the location. Mayor Tarver declared the public hearing open. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 14 09/15/98