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There is no way to fund all these projects. At some point, we have to choose. He felt the reason for the West Positas interchange was to get onto northbound 680 in the at~emoon. He did not think many Pleasanton residents would use that. If the interchange is built, it will put thousands more cars on the road to interact with the school children. Victor Bailey, 4565 Black Avenue, said he has lived here 36 years and has seen a lot of changes. We want a city of planned progress and that means growth, good or bad. He has seen many good things and some mistakes. He referred to the requirement that banks locate downtown; Del Valle Parkway; the new Aquatic Center, without adequate parking; the ballot that had 75% support of a train and Council still doesn't want a train on the weekends (the senior center is closed on weekends so it would not affect them). He did not want to make another mistake. The West Las Positas interchange is up to Council to decide. He works west of town and he used to take the two lane Hopyard to the freeway. He felt that was dangerous now because of the amount of traffic on 580 and the backup of those trying to get onto 680. He takes Stoneridge to 680 in order to get over to 580. He would be off city streets if he could take West Las Positas and get on 680 there. School hours are about 8:00 to 3:00. He is on the road at 6:00 a.m. and does not come home until 6:00 p.m. He saw no problem with the braided ramp at West Las Positas. If you take out the Stoneridge ramp going west, that would be a big problem. Therese Pimentel, 6006 Audrey Court, said she purchased a home a year ago and chose to go to Val Vista because they knew the West Las Positas interchange was in the master plan. She did not have any information about widening Stoneridge. Her home backs up to Hopyard and it is very loud already. If more traffic comes onto Stoneridge, them will be even more noise. The Val Vista neighborhood is already being used as a cut-through. She has requested the police department to have officers there from 4:00 p.m. and they have ticketed many people. She related her complaints to the city about additional traffic at the expanded Val Vista Park and was told that if traffic calming was implemented, that she and her neighbors would have to pay for it. Yet Pleasanton is talking about allowing more traffic to use her neighborhood as a cut-through. If you don't build the West Las Positas interchange, there will be more people in her neighborhood. She did not think it was right that she should have to pay for the traffic calming. She supported the interchange because people in her neighborhood are already suffering and are not getting any help from the police department or the traffic department. Michael Meyers, 4360 Muirwood Drive, felt Pleasanton is almost built out and traffic will only get worse. He wanted Council to pay more attention to its borders and not put an exit right in the middle of town. It is opening the door to more traffic. Stoneridge is the front line with one side businesses and the other side houses. He felt more attention should be paid to that area. Foothill Road needs some work. No one will know what will happen at Bemal for a couple for years. He suggested installation of a light at West Las Positas, but did not favor a ramp there. He felt that cars on 580 take Santa Rita when the freeway is backed up and that causes major traffic problems on Santa Rita. He cited other traffic problems in town that he thought would only get worse. Muirwood also suffers from cut-through traffic. He said Muirwood Park is the third largest park in Pleasanton and there are always activities there during peak commute hours. He was concerned there would be a problem there. His dog was recently killed on Muirwood. He wanted Pleasanton to stay a nice place to live. Pleasanton City Council 22 05/07/02 Minutes