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Sunol Boulevard was to redirect traffic coming from Livermore and hoped funding would be provided to make Highway 84 four lanes. The other factor affected by traffic is the noise created. He wanted a noise level study to be done on the residential side of Sunol Boulevard and believed the noise limit should be 60 dB. Ellen Olson, 301 Diamond Court. indicated over the past few years she has been to several meetings regarding the Kaiser property. There were several concerns including a building on Sunol Boulevard next to the lake and the traffic. In 1999 Kaiser presented a drawing which eliminated the building next to the lake and the residents were happy about that. On February 26, there was another meeting and a drawing that showed beautiful landscaping and no building by the lake. Near the end of the meeting Kaiser representatives indicated the building was still in the plan, just not shown on the drawing. She believed Kaiser had misled the residents regarding the City' s requirement for housing on the site. The letter from Kaiser said the City required low income housing, not afibrdable housing. They presented drawings showing three massive buildings on Sunol Boulevard. At the same meeting, Housing Commissioner Shelley Cartier indicated that was not the location that was considered and she was very disappointed with the drawings. Ms. Olson felt that because of the use of the term low income housing and the drawings, that Kaiser has lost credibility with the neighborhood. She also objected to the form letter Kaiser sent asking for support. She was concerned about traffic and rel~rred to remarks made by others. Her next concern was parks and the proposed trail on the Kaiser property. She said a trail is not a park and would be used mostly by older kids and adults. She wanted a park where children can play. She believed Kaiser has been a good neighbor over the years and she appreciated the beautiful view. She indicated the neighborhood would like to work together with Kaiser to create a plan to preserve the gateway to Pleasanton and still allow the businesses to prosper. Rustum Broacha, 6396 Arlington Drive, expressed concern about the size of the project. He did not object to the campus concept. The major concerns are the visual effects, traffic, and noise. He referred to the health effects of noise pollution. He also was concerned that an environmental impact report had not been done and did not think a negative declaration was sufficient. He felt that an increase in the noise pollution to ievels that have been documented to be harmful to children and adults is a significant impact. Jeff Brenner, 6379 Arlington Driver, indicated he manages office space at Intel, where there are 7000 employees and one million square feet of fabrication and office space. He felt traffic on Sunol would be increased a great deal. He wanted to see three dimensional models of the proposed plan and objected to four story buildings, preferring instead to have two or three stories. He liked the idea of an industrial campus but felt the proposal was too large. He preferred 700,000 to 800,000 square feet. He referred to the estimated 1000 to 1300 trips per day and asked how many employees would be at the facility. Mr. Swift said if it were all office, there could be four employees per 1000 square feet. Pleasanton City Council 9 03/21/00 Minutes