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Ms. Dennis asked if the road would be resurfaced as part of the overall improvements, because she had heard that some sound levels could be diminished by improving the surface of the road. Mr. Swift said it depends on the condition of the road. The double left tum lane will use the existing southbound lanes, so all of the southbound lanes will be new paving. The existing northbound lanes are in better condition than the existing southbound lanes because of the truck traffic. Ms. Dennis asked if a visual analysis was required liar the project. Mr. DeCredico said that analysis was not done because there is no actual project. Mr. Swift indicated the renderings were fairly accurate in terms of depicting views from Sunol Boulevard. Most landscape berms in Pleasanton are 33 feet wide, however along Hopyard Road they are 50-75 feet. The area along Sunol for this project is 50 feet of berm and would be screened by landscaping. Ms. Ayala asked about the request of Planning Commissioner Maas for a computer generated visual from 680 and whether that is really necessary. Mr. Swift said there are no buildings currently proposed so it is a problem doing a visual. It is possible to add the requirement for a visual simulation once there is a firm proposal and Council can be specific what view it would like to see. Ms. Ayala asked what good that would do if the guidelines had already been adopted. Does Council have any discretion at that point? Mr. Swift said it did and could, for example, specify how many stories it preferred for the buildings. These guidelines only set maximums, they do not specify what the design review will be in terms of reviewing the buildings. Mayor Tarver did not support the appeal based on the jobs/housing imbalance. There are two ways to fix that: building more houses or reduce the jobs. What is presented here is a tremendous number of jobs being added. The residents have complained of noise, expanses of asphalt, visual problems, traffic problems, appearance problems, and too much square footage. They do not object to the campus environment, there is just too much of it. He agreed. He preferred to have an actual applicant before Council so it will know how many buildings, how many employees, etc. This is a process to get entitlements so the property is worth more and he wanted to stop doing that. He preferred talking about what is good for the City discussed at the same time as an application instead of piecemeal approvals. He appreciated the offer of funding for a park or whatever is needed, but he preferred getting a park when an application is before Council. Pleasanton City Council 18 03/21/00 Minutes