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Mr. Kinzel said that some of the questions needed to be addressed by the applicant. TJKM Traffic Consultants takes the most conservative or worse case scenario and they do not worry about the intermediate numbers. TJKM Consultants takes the biggest number and compares it with the traffic and the traffic model, which is existing plus approved. He believed the 3,769-patron number represented a weekend condition. He provided a traffic comparison as it compared to the existing Sports Park and noted that traffic is 4,000 to 8,000 vehicles per day on the weekends. This traffic volume is two to four times the amount of traffic that is expected to be generated by the application to expand the existing water park facilities at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area. He pointed out that there are surges of traffic at the Sports Park, which he did not believe would occur at the water park. Ms. Hosterman believed Mr. Kinzel's traffic report to be general in scope and ambiguous. She believed it did not provide Council solid traffic numbers to work with, particularly given that the City of Pleasanton is located on the 1-580/1-680 interchange. Council is concerned about continually impacting neighborhoods with cut-through traffic. Council is currently looking at policy objectives and what direction it will take, and because of this, it was important to her that she be clear in delivering good information to the community on exactly what kind of traffic numbers would be generated and when traffic would be generated. Ms. Ayala agreed with Ms. Hosterman's comments. She noted that traffic is the biggest overall issue in town. If the project is done in phases, Council knows that with a conditional use permit it can stop a second phase if it is not comfortable with what has occurred. Council can also makes changes to the first phase. She believed it would be more beneficial to concentrate on Phase I rather than trying to digest all of the phases for this project because Council knows it has control over the remainder of the project. She pointed out that information is being produced on websites that mentions an increase of 1,100 vehicles, which will be generated coming and going from the project site on a daily basis. She asked if this figure was correct? Mr. Kinzel said that on a typical weekday in the summer when the water park is open, there would be about 750 vehicles, half of those vehicles coming to the site and the other half leaving the site. On a weekend, there would be about 2,000 vehicles, half of those vehicles coming to the site and the other half leaving the site. The traffic numbers represent an average of traffic during the week. During the busiest times of the day, traffic will have a very small impact versus during the remainder of the day when traffic is flowing at satisfactory conditions. The project traffic when added to that will not change. Ms. Ayala said that when she reads a sentence that states an increase of 1,100 vehicles she pictures that amount of vehicles coming into the community to Shadow Cliffs. She believed that what Mr. Kinzel was stating was that the traffic would be 375 vehicles coming in, and 375 vehicles departing Mr. Kinzel said that was correct. Pleasanton City Council 14 03/16/04 Minutes