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Mr. Kinzel believed this was part of the confusion because the project has been expressed in terms of people per year. If traffic engineers use the term "people per year," there would be a lot of numbers associated with a small subdivision. He was trying to put the traffic volume in perspective so that everyone could understand and get a feel for it. He noted that 86 vehicles are about a one percent increase in traffic and there is no change in the level of service. Ms. Hosterman asked Mr. Kinzel how he reached the figure of 86 vehicles? Mr. Kinzel believed 86 vehicles was the number from the report. He stated that TJKM Traffic Consultants are the authors of the report. He was trying to summarize the report this evening. He was trying to provide a perspective as how this compares to things that are elsewhere in town. Mr. Brozosky mentioned that he had requested detailed traffic information, which he believed Council already received with its agenda packets. Ms. Hosterman asked Mr. Brozosky if he was stating that he had information to support what Mr. Kinzel was telling Council, that there will never be in the future more than an 86 additional vehicles? Mr. Kinzel said that he had quoted the figure of 5,990 as the peak hour traffic on the weekdays. He noted that the water park would be open for a little over three months, and pointed out that during this time, the busiest days at the water park would be any weekend day. The peak traffic on the weekends would be around 2,400 vehicles per day with about 10 percent of it in the busiest hour. The peak hour traffic is dramatically reduced on the weekends by about 60 percent. The City's Traffic Engineer's interpretations of the traffic model was that comparing the traffic numbers on the weekends and weekdays, the intersection at Valley Avenue, Stanley Boulevard, and Bemal Avenue never exceeds LOS C during any weekend time period. With the addition of the project, traffic will continue to not exceed LOS C. As mentioned earlier, the 86 increased vehicles are during the time when the intersection is at its busiest, which is on the weekdays. He pointed out that half of the traffic that will occur on a weekly basis will occur on Saturday and Sunday, and the other half is spread out over the weekdays. The peak traffic for the water park is different in that it is spread throughout the day rather than focusing on the peak hours. Ms. Hosterman understood that the number of patrons with a maximum peak day would be 3,769 after the fifth year of operation. She asked if these figures were based on the beginning of the project and five years from now? She also asked if the phase in of the project was to be over a six-year period? She also asked if the 3,769-patron figure was the final total of all the patrons that will be seen during a peak period of time on this project, or is this number likely to grow in the future? Pleasanton City Council 13 03/16/04 Minutes