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felt there is no circulation on the east side of Pleasanton. There were some improvements on Santa Rita at Valley Avenue for eastbound traffic, but the morning traffic has not been addressed at all. She felt a school on this site will increase the 8:00 a.m. traffic and Valley and Santa Rita are already at peak. She preferred to have senior apartments that are affordable by design rather than subsidy. She suggested a four-story unit with rentals or condominiums at market rate. She did not believe there were units available in town for middle income seniors. They would not add to the morning commute and this site would provide access to public transit. She believed there were many seniors who own homes and would like to sell them to move to smaller units. Those homes would than be available for young families. She supported the idea of a church on the site and agreed residential traffic flow is important. Residential neighborhoods should not be isolated from others and she felt the site needed four outlets. She did not want to dump more traffic onto Valley. Mayor Pico asked staff to review the Hansen/Kaiser properties. Mr. Swirl went to the aerial map and pointed out the location of the Kaiser and Hansen properties and described the potential for the properties as well as the proposed chain of lakes. Ms. Ayala asked if the urban growth boundary cut into the Hansen property? Mr. Swirl said the County urban growth boundary does not include any of this area. Pleasanton's urban growth boundary runs along the Arroyo Mocho and E1 Charro. It includes the Kaiser property. He further pointed out the Staples Ranch Area and E1 Charro Road. Sandra Lemmons, Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services of the Pleasanton Unified School District, said the District is trying to look to the future in planning for schools. One concern is the potential for a future high school. She had no idea at this time how large it will need to be. The District wanted options to deal with the school population in the future. Ms. Ayala asked if a school was appropriate for this site? Ms. Lemmons said she had not looked at the site herself. Dennis Lai, 1439 Maple Leaf Court, said he did not want a school next to his property. He preferred Option A or D and suggested the school site wrap around the City's corporation yard. He mentioned he can sometimes hear gun shots and other noises from the pistol range and felt the school facility could buffer that noise. Mark Tucker, 1844 Martin Avenue, indicated traffic was the key concern along with the need to preserve the existing neighborhood. He stated there had been concern about traffic to Mohr Elementary down Martin Avenue. A pedestrian trail was built, but he felt people do not use the trail, but use their streets to drop kids off at the back of the City Council Workshop 6 08/20/01 Minutes