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February and Kaiser presented the impression that the only issue from the Planning <br />Commission was the affordable housing. He referred to the drawings showing potential <br />affordable housing locations and felt it was an attempt to get the neighbors to oppose <br />affordable housing and approve the original plan. He said the proposed 3500 parking <br />spaces would be equivalent to 20 football fields of asphalt. Kaiser has minimized the <br />impact of traffic on the Bernal/First Street intersection. He said there is no promise of <br />parks or trails on the site. Kaiser has said it cannot guarantee this because a prospective <br />tenant may not want it. He asked Council to deny the appeal, ask Kaiser to reduce the <br />size of the project, and to guarantee a park and trail system. He suggested an independent <br />traffic engineer study the First/Bernal intersection and provide realistic estimates of <br />where the traffic will go when 580 and 680 are congested in the evening hours. Once <br />Isabel is completed, it will be easier for people to go up Stanley to Isabel to get to 580. <br />This will increase traffic on First and Sunol. <br /> <br /> Mostafa Heravi, 305 Diamond Court, indicated he moved here from Fremont six <br />months ago for the beautiful area and good schools. He opposed the Kaiser project <br />because it is too massive and he is concemed about traffic on Sunol Boulevard. <br /> <br /> Siroos Mirzadeh, 6350 Carriage Drive, indicated he was also new to the town and <br />believed Sunol was a beautiful gateway to the town. He opposed the project tbr the same <br />reasons stated by his neighbors: noise. traffic, safety for children, and impacts on the <br />natural beauty of the gateway to the town. <br /> <br /> Maureen Hart, 6513 Arlington Drive, strongly supported a campus style <br />commercial development and did not want housing there. She wanted a much smaller <br />project with lower buildings. She also believed she had been deceived by Kaiser. She <br />did not want a building near the lake with buildings that are screened and have large <br />setbacks. She was concerned the proposed four story office building would overlook her <br />back yard. She thought Sunol Boulevard would be four lanes, not what is planned. She <br />was also led to believe the only way to stop low income housing was to support the <br />Kaiser plan as presented. <br /> <br /> Hans Korve addressed the comments of previous speakers. He indicated Kaiser <br />had used the traffic model prepared and paid for by the City and which is used for every <br />development proposal. The City consultant TJKM did the traffic analysis and the results <br />and assumptions were approved by City staff. He related the details of the analysis and <br />indicated that the independent traffic study some speakers requested has already been <br />done. <br /> <br /> Ms. Dennis referred to a previous statement that Kaiser would not be paying for <br />any intersection improvements, because other developments were already obligated to do <br />that. <br /> <br /> Mr. Korve said there were several misconceptions. One was trip distribution; 2/3 <br />of the trips were assumed to go to and from 680 with 1/3 being local. The existing <br />facility currently is 330,000 square feet in size; TJKM assumed full occupancy then <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 11 03/21/00 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />