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Ms. Ayala asked how many entrances. Mr. Swift said three, one from Bernal Avenue and two from Valley Avenue. Ms. Ayala said Kaiser has only two. Mr. Swift said consideration should be given to maintaining the levels of service at the intersections and the ability to maintain the General Plan with regard to access to the property. The traffic model distributes all of the Pleasanton traffic to Pleasanton without going to the freeway and distributes all the Livermore traffic down First Street. Over 40% of the peak hour trips head towards Pleasanton rather than the freeway in the current traffic study. In terms of access to the site, the double left turn pockets are there because of the intensity of the use and the desire to insure that the intersections operate at a satisfactory level of service when traffic is attempting to enter the site in the morning and still allow traffic to flow south without problems. At Arlington, the key was the stacking of vehicles. There will be another intersection to the residential project yet to be developed between Rosepointe and the freeway that limits the mnount of space for stacking traffic, which is why two lanes are needed. Ms. Ayala asked if access to this one million square feet would be the same as the Bernal Corporate Center with one less entrance. Mr. Swift said the cars will be able to get to this site and back off again as easily as those going to the Bernal Corporate Center. Mr. Korve said he has done projects of this size for more than thirty years and he was extremely confident that the traffic will work as projected. He said the Firemen's Fund headquarters in Novato is the same size, same number of parking spaces, same amount of access and works very well. The principles incorporated into this design are based upon decades of experience and he believed this plan will work. He assured Council that the numbers were accurate, the distribution is valid, the results are correct and the mitigations are appropriate. Ms. Ayala referred to conditions of approval for phasing of the project in response to changes in the levels of service and asked if that was included for this project. Mr. Swift said no, but that could be added. Staff believed this project would be built in a single phase. If a longer time phase were to be needed such as that lbr Hacienda Business Park, which is twelve million square feet, then it would be appropriate to add the condition. This project is only one million square feet. Ms. Dennis asked ifa condition could be attached requiring participation in the trip reduction program. Mr. Swift replied that is already included as a condition. Pleasanton City Council 13 03/21/00 Minutes