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Thomas Ott, 6034 Allbrook Circle, said he lives on the east side of 680 and his back yard is eight feet from Stoneridge Drive. He is concerned about noise, vibrations from trucks, and soot from diesel trucks. If Stoneridge is widened, he was concerned about impacts on his property. The noise is already three times what it was when he bought his home. There is so much concern about environmental impacts on lizards and birds, but we forget about our citizens. It's getting almost intolerable to use his back yard. He bought his house because of the lot size realizing there would be traffic noise. There is no longer a benefit from that. Widening Stoneridge would have a very negative impact on his home and he felt there were other alternatives. He supported some improvements at West Las Positas. He felt much of the traffic was due to people using Pleasanton as a shortcut from 580 to 680. He believed the traffic signals could be adjusted to make it longer for those using Stoneridge as a shortcut. He agreed more studies are needed and the residents of the town should be considered. He believed the new business park should have allowed for room to widen Stoneridge so the residents would not be impacted. He felt a greenbelt should have been put in behind his home to buffer it from the noise, etc. He felt the citizens don't seem to count. He wanted further studies and public input and he urged impacts to be on businesses, not the residents. Sandeep Duggal, 8019 Jorgensen Lane, related an incident on Foothill Road and a conversation he had with the driver of a car that nearly hit him and his daughter. The driver said the quickest route to get to the freeway was to use Foothill Road. He felt there were two sides of the story. There is the vehicle miles traveled and there are the neighborhood issues and safety concerns. He was concerned about expanding Stoneridge to eight lanes such as occur in Silicon Valley. He did not think the current process has collected all the valuable perspectives adequately. He believed that should be done before a decision is made. He felt an extra $1 million spend on a project of $100 million is probably worth it. If emotion rules, the decisions will be exclusionary. He strongly urged getting more studies done. Phil Sayre, 3644 Glacier Court North, said he is the alternate member from the Valley Trails area. He felt the issue is safety and related his experiences getting his children to school with the existing traffic. He was against the interchange even though he felt bad for the people who live near Stoneridge. He believed the interchange was not for the residents of Pleasanton, it was for the traffic on Stoneridge going north. That is the Level of Service that is unacceptable. He suggested speed bumps to stop cut through traffic near Donlon. Some traffic on 680 may be from San Jose going to Hacienda Business Park and some may be commuters going home to Tracy that want to cut through. There will be a rude awakening when they hit Santa Rita. If you look at an aerial view of Pleasanton, most of the traffic is trying to go around us. There are bad areas near Bernal that will be affected if West Las Positas isn't built. He suggested that West Las Positas only be an on ramp to north 680 and to south 680. That way there would be less danger from traffic coming off the freeway and going into residential areas. There was discussion about staggering work times and Hart Middle School staggered the school time because it was in the middle of a business park. There are timing issues to be considered. He agreed more study is necessary. He did not support Plan C and agreed with the minority report because he is concerned that this is going forward. When the NEPA/CEQA documents are completed we are that much closer to expanding Stoneridge, which they don't want, to building the interchange, which we don't want. He felt it will change the quality of life in Pleasanton by allowing the traffic off the freeway at West Las Positas. People will always cut through when Pleasanton City Council 23 05/07/02 Minutes