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park and conceptual design of the park and the Housing Commission recommended approval of the affordable housing package. Mr. Pico said the staff report did not mention the impact of cut-through traffic. As a member of the Tri-Valley Transportation Council he had looked at models for the Tri-Valley area and felt the intersections talked about in the staff reports would be heavily impacted. He said according to the traffic models, E1 Charro at 1-580 was predicted to be one of the most heavily impacted interchanges. The model indicated that E1 Charro (which is Fallon Road on the Dublin side) and Dublin Boulevard were estimated to be six lanes with a level of service F and had no way to mitigate the impact. Mr. van Gelder said staff had not studied the cut-through traffic. Only raw information was available and there needed to be further studies. Mr. Pico asked why Council is at the stage of project approval with critical information on traffic missing. Ms. Ayala said she had concerns about the traffic flow in the area. She said Chris Kinzel was present tonight to share some information. However, because there were children present to speak on the item, she asked the Mayor to take public testimony first. Kaufman and Broad representatives agreed. Mayor Tarver declared the public hearing open. Devin Chapman, 5415 Ridgevale Road, said the proposed sports park would have diamonds for pony baseball, lighted fields which would allow more time for practices, and better parking. He said he felt the space should be used for a sports park and houses instead of warehouses and factories. Marsha Bechtold, 4908 Blackbird Way, spoke for the kids and the need for this project. She said she had no financial interest in this project. She has fought for this project for years. She said the expansion is at Pleasanton Middle School where only children under the age of eight can play. The fields are small. She felt this was a wonderful opportunity to not only bring a quality builder into the neighborhood but also a developer who wants to give to the City a sports park. She said transportation is an issue that should be addressed in many projects, but should not hold up this project. She said if this project is approved, the youths of Pleasanton will give back ten fold. The children are the future of Pleasanton and the City has to give the children somewhere to go that does not cost money. She urged Council to support the project. Caitlin Petrakovitz, 7812 Olive Court, asked Council to support the development for lighted fields. This year the enrollment of the Girls Soccer Association would go up almost ten Pleasanton City Council 04/15/97 Minutes 8