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the site plan illustrating what was proposed for the project, which featured a slide complex, a wave pool, a lazy fiver, a children's pool and a kiddy area for parents or guardians with small children, and an area for big kids with a play structure. She noted that this drawing is representative of the type of play structure planned for the big kids area of the pool; however, the colors will be appropriately themed to match the remainder of the water park. The colored version of the site plan also showed the existing slide hill. What has been proposed is the addition of new water slides to be placed in that area to allow multiple riders so the activity can be experienced with family and friends, which is something that cannot currently be done on the existing water slides. She provided a view of the project site from Stanley Boulevard and noted that as part of the conditions, California Splash will also be contributing to the beautification of Stanley Boulevard. California Splash has worked hard to meet with everybody interested in the plans for the water park. The applicant has also tried to address all of the concerns that have been brought forward. The items most discussed have been traffic, parking, crime, safety, employment, noise, and environmental sensitivity. A traffic study was completed and shows that the traffic attributed to the water park will be arriving and departing opposite to and outside of commute hours. Chris Kinzel, TJKM Traffic Consultants, said that TJKM conducted the original traffic study for this site years ago. According to the new City traffic model, the peak hour traffic using the nearby intersection of Valley Avenue, Stanley Boulevard and Bemal Avenues is nearly 6,000 vehicles per hour (5,990 vehicles). The proposed project, which included traffic from the existing Park, would contribute 86 vehicles in that peak hour. The vast majority of this traffic will be running counter to the peak commute directions, and about three-fourths of it will be going in the counter flow direction. Ms. Hosterman asked Mr. Kinzel if he was referring to the traffic model that was contained in his traffic study that was provided to Council, or was he referring to the City's new 2003 Baseline Traffic Report? Mr. Kinzel said that the traffic numbers he was referring to were from the 2003 Baseline Traffic Report. He believed it was a moot point whether one used the traffic model from a few years ago, last year's traffic model, or the new traffic model, as there is significant traffic at the intersection of Stanley Boulevard and Valley Avenue. Ms. Hosterman asked Mr. Kinzel how many more vehicles this project would generate? Mr. Kinzel said this project would generate 86 more vehicles based on a typical weekday during the evening peak hour, and on a daily basis, it would generate about 750 vehicles, 375 incoming and 375 outgoing vehicles. Ms. Hosterman was not sure how to compute these figures, as she did not have any vehicle numbers available that were generated in the traffic report provided by Mr. Kinzel. She indicated that patron numbers through 2005 were provided but not vehicle numbers. Pleasanton City Council 12 03/16/04 Minutes