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interchange is approved, or any legal challenges to paying regional traffic mitigation fees if such alternatives to the interchange are indicated to be in the best interest of Pleasanton. Phil Sayre, 3644 Glacier Court North, expressed concern for the safety of children in Valley Trials. He was also concerned about traffic, noise, air pollution, crime, and cut-through traffic. He wanted to be certain a representative from Valley Trails is on the citizens committee. He felt the main reason for the interchange was to benefit Hacienda Business Park and Stoneridge Mall. Paul Davis, 6856 Vale Court, indicated he had lived here since 1982 and expressed appreciation for the Stoneridge interchange, West Las Positas overpass, and Hacienda interchange. He pointed out these are all primarily in commercial or undeveloped areas. There are houses at the Bernal and Santa Rita interchanges, but the interchanges were there before the residential area was built. He is not anti-growth or anti-business, but he likes the small town feel of Pleasanton. He felt that will be lost if the West Las Positas interchange is built. With or without the West Las Positas interchange, he believed businesses will still come to Pleasanton. Carl Pretzel, 3633 Glacier Court North, indicated 1000 children go to Donlon Elementary and half of them have to cross West Las Positas. There are no buses. He referred to the proposed school in the same area and believed the number of children crossing the street will double. He felt greater consideration should be given to the safety of the children than other issues in the traffic report. He did not think the committee's task should be to find something better than the interchange or else the interchange will be built. He felt it should do what is best for the City of Pleasanton. He mentioned the "first-come/first-served" alternative in Option 5 and believed the first-come/first-served ought to be the residents who are already here. Matt Sullivan, 4324 Muirwood Drive, submitted comments and questions on the staff report to Mayor Tarver. He indicated the General Plan placed a high priority on preserving neighborhoods and cited various portions of the General Plan. He believed the West Las Positas interchange will negatively impact the character of several existing residential neighborhoods in west Pleasanton. This affects the residents, brings increased air pollution, crime, and decreased property values. Approval of additional development that could mandate the construction of the interchange does not meet the goals of the General Plan. The citizens committee needs to have a chance to study the interchange. Continued development will create a moving target and probable moot decisions based on the level of vested development and resulting traffic congestion. We need to slow things down until we see where we are headed. Judith Fox, 8645 Virgin Island Court, supported the Option 5 presented by Mr. Pico. She did not want development to proceed as the interchange was being studied and supported requiring payment for mitigations by developers. Mark Sweeney, 4309 Hacienda Drive, indicated his understanding of the staff report is that Prudential has a vested development agreement that allows it to build out the business park 11 1/07/97