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<br /> Mr. Brozosky asked if the 1996 General Plan included Highway 84 as two lanes in each <br /> direction? <br /> Mr. Iserson said it was actually three lanes in both directions. <br /> Mr. Brozosky said now it is two lanes each direction with a truck passing lane on Pigeon Pass. <br /> Mr. Knowles said the 1996 General Plan described the road as a six-lane expressway from 1- <br /> 680 to 1-580. <br /> Mr. Brozosky felt that was a significant change and asked if staff had modeled that proposal? <br /> Staff said those changes had been included in the models. <br /> Mr. Brozosky asked for an explanation of the Bernal Avenue widening and how it would affect <br /> the residents by taking away parking and bike lanes. <br /> Mr. Knowles said the model is just asked to show how the lanes would look some time in the <br /> future with various improvements. There has been no review of how projects would be constructed. <br /> There are a number of alternatives for the Bernal widening. <br /> Mr. Brozosky referred to the definition of cut-through and asked if those who live in Ruby Hill, <br /> which is closer to Highway 84, actually drive through Pleasanton by Sunol Boulevard, are considered to <br /> be cut-through traffic? <br /> Mr. Knowles said the planning area extends to Route 84 and beyond, so anything within that <br /> planning area that has a trip start or end is not cut-through. The Vineyard Corridor is not cut-through <br /> and neither is anything that originates near the Vallecitos plant on 84. <br /> Mr. Brozosky clarified that perhaps these would be local cut-through as opposed to regional cut- <br /> through. <br /> Mr. Knowles said staff hoped Council would clarify that kind of definition so it could bring back <br /> relevant information. <br /> Mr. Brozosky asked about the jobs/housing balance and was unsure why it should be in this <br /> report. Statistics say 70% of Pleasanton residents commute outside the city. If more houses are built, <br /> there could never be a balance. <br /> Mr. Iserson said that was to illustrate the fact that there are more jobs per resident worker in <br /> Pleasanton than there are residences. That produces a net migration of workers into the city, which <br /> then impacts the traffic and arterial cut-through routes. <br /> Mr. Brozosky felt that there would still be more residents commuting out of the city and more <br /> housing would not solve that problem. <br /> Mr. Iserson believed that the more housing there was, the more it increased the potential for <br /> those living here to work in the city. <br /> Joint Workshop <br /> City CounciVPlanning Commission 4 08/30/05 <br />