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employees are encouraged to use transit or any commute mode other than driving alone. postpone routine maintenance tasks around the home or at work, especially those that involve painting or the use of gasoline, powered utility equipment, and minimize the use of aerosol household products and personal care products such as hairspray. The notification indicated that ozone forming gases travel quickly to the Livermore Valley and the Santa Clara Valley. She believed the community needed to consider what is best for the future of its children. She also believed Council was elected to represent what is good, healthy and right for the youth of this community. She urged Council to vote against the expansion of the water park and to uphold what it has advised its employees to do and not pollute our streets. Joanne Rouch, 3023 Crestablanca Drive, supported the comments made at the previous Council meeting against the expansion of the water park. She and her family are residents in the Vintage Hills area and have enjoyed living in the City until recently when they have been forced to make allowances. Nearly all of her family's recent disappointments are related to traffic. She pointed out that the residents of Pleasanton have not only had to deal with its City's growth, but with the growth of neighboring cities as well. She has personally experienced cut-through traffic and vehicles speeding throughout her neighborhood. She believed a water park of this magnitude would impact the community's property values in a negative manner. She did not see how the expansion of the water park could enhance the community's desirability. Based on comments made by the youth, she was not convinced that the youth of this community would visit the water park to the extent that it would justify jeopardizing the quality of life for the entire community, particularly those residents living near the water park. She believed a water park of this size is too far away from the freeway and the traffic will be traveling across the entire City from any direction to reach it, which will not only affect traffic at the intersection at Valley Avenue and Stanley Boulevard. Add'rog several swimming pools that were shown at the presentation made by the applicant last week and several more water slides would make sense if they were not 30 to 40 feet high. She did not understand how a water park of this size would benefit the City of Pleasanton. She believed it would have the opposite effect. She agreed it would be good to provide other activities for the youth besides summer park recreational activities. She suggested utilizing the local junior high and local high schools multipurpose rooms for teen activities until a teen center is built because. She did not believe that building a water park that the youth would not or could not afford to use is the answer. She trusted that Council would think long and hard about all of the effects that this project will have on the City, and vote to keep Pleasanton pleasant. Susan Campbell, 573 Malber Court, mentioned that she viewed the EBRPD's website as she was interested in its Master Plan. The Master Plan was written in 1997, and the vision of the EBRPD is to "preserve a priceless heritage of natural and cultural resources, open space, parks and trails for the future." After reading this, she had a hard time understanding why the District was in favor ora large water park. She had received her Spring 2004 Activities Guide from the Pleasanton Parks and Community Services. She pointed out that there are a number of facilities and activities for the children and youth of this community that are already available. Most of the activities do not cost a lot Pleasanton City Council 7 03/23/04 Minutes