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Mr. Brenner said Imel provides 105 square feet per person, but that is more compressed than usual. Allowing 200 square feet per person for 1.2 million square feet would allow 6000 people at this site. Intel has three campuses for that many people. He again indicated he would like a smaller project with less traffic on Sunol. Joe Falcone, I 01 Monaco Court, objected to the way Kaiser presented the plan with low income housing and felt it was a deceptive way to get approval tier their original plan. He felt this proposal was a major impact in the area and he should have received notice of it. He referred to the assumption that traffic on First Street toward downtown would not be impacted because most people would go to and from the site on 1-680. He disagreed with this and cited traffic problems at First and Bernal and farther up the street at Bernal Avenue and Puerto Villarta. He objected to the funneling of traffic on Sunol Boulevard. He asked what happens when Kaiser sells the property and negotiations start all over on designs for the site. He believed Kaiser had deceived the neighbors, adequate information was not given, and adequate notice was not given to the people on the other side of Bernal Avenue. Ron Alsberg, 6557 Hanover Court, related the details of the Hewlett Packard facility in Santa Rosa. It was built on 205 acres, is 800,000 square feet, and has 30 acres of parking for 2600 employees. The company staggered the employees working hours and has entrances on two sides of the facility. The facility does not require 205 acres, but it provides isolation, a pleasam environment and does not intrude on the neighbors. After speaking to representatives of Hewlett Packard, he believed that the acreage of the Kaiser site was not sufficient to support 1.2 million square feet and 800,000 square feet was more appropriate. Rebecca Brenner, 6379 Arlington Drive, agreed with other speakers and expressed concern about traffic. noise and congestion. She travels SunoI Boulevard late in the afternoon and the traffic is a concern at present, so she was concerned about adding 1000 to 1300 additional trips. She asked the City to prepare an independent traffic study and to reduce the square footage of the plan. She was also concerned about the visual impact and would like three stories or less for the buildings with greater setbacks. Christine SteineL 596 Hamilton Way, indicated the Housing Cormmission never envisioned any housing around the lake area. She also stated that the concern of the Commission was for affordable housing for the employees on the site, not low income housing. She expressed concem about the amount of filling necessary to accommodate two lanes of traffic into the facility. Traffic is a major concern as well as the massive buildings proposed. She believed 3500 parking spaces were too much. The Commission had suggested using ten acres on the site for housing with an exemption from the low income housing fee, but definitely not near the lake or where it would impact the neighbors. Russ Swerdon, 6558 Hanover Court, indicated he was opposed to the project and opposed to the way he felt Kaiser had misled the neighbors. He attended a meeting in Pleasanton City Council 10 03/21/00 Minutes