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Mr. Knowles said the Rose Avenue extension was to serve the local residents and give a convenient way to get to their neighborhood from Valley Avenue instead of going around through downtown. Alternative B would allow staff to model the preferred land use and then show what would happen if that extension were taken out of the Plan and what mitigations may be required. Billie Otis, 2106 Eilene Drive, expressed opposition to leaving the Stone ridge Drive extension in the General Plan. She thanked those Councilmembers who supported this position. She felt real traffic solutions were needed to fix the freeway and regional infrastructure without dumping cut-through traffic on city streets. Livermore and Dublin support the extension because it would help their residents and would help regional traffic. The staff report stated about one-third of the traffic would be cut-through and could be higher if there were an accident on 1-580. She cited other facts regarding the congestion on the freeway and the increased development in Dublin and Livermore. Sixteen years ago, when the Stone ridge Drive Specific Plan was drafted, she did not believe the authors envisioned the amount of growth in the area. By 2010 Livermore expects to have the second highest household growth in the county. Dublin expects to double its population by 2030. The Stoneridge Drive extension will not provide relief to the residents on Valley Avenue due to the increased growth. She would like an emergency vehicle access road from the end of Stone ridge to EI Charro, meeting an EVA route from Livermore. That way emergency vehicles could get around freeway congestion and more easily get from one town to another. She believed the HOV and HOT lanes are a start on regional improvements, but she believed the state must do more to fix the freeway infrastructure. The transportation taxes should be used to help the people. She again wanted the Stoneridge extension taken out of the General Plan, so focus can be given to real traffic solutions to protect all streets. Alternative B provides a key extension from EI Charro to Stanley and other mitigations to consider during the land use portion of the General Plan Update. She felt that would begin to provide traffic relief on the streets. Judith Gieslmann, 2602 Glen Isle Avenue, said her back door is twenty feet from Stoneridge Drive. If Stoneridge is extended it will just fill with traffic from other streets. She was concerned about the amount of land taken from her property to allow for widening. If both the West Las Positas interchange and Stoneridge Drive extension are constructed, she believed it would provide a cut- through from 1-680 to 1-580 and would include traffic from Isabel or the Jack London connection. She felt traffic would be way beyond the staff projections. She believed the political pressure has just begun with regard to taking out the extension. She also felt the soundwalls in her area do not work. If the road were to be extended, the city should never have allowed houses to be built there. Mr. Brozosky asked if the road were widened to six lanes, would more property be required? Mr. Knowles said that the street was four lanes but there was right of way for six lanes, so no more property would be required. Lynn Janson, owner of four acres of property at the end of Rose Avenue with a development proposal for eleven homes, indicated from his experience over the last fifteen years, the Fair Board has never come close to considering giving right of way for the Rose Avenue extension. He also believed if the road is extended, it would only become a cut-through route. Vanessa Kawaihau, 871 Sycamore Road, felt there should be respect for previous Councilmembers and business owners who had a vision and developed Pleasanton into the vibrant community it is today. She wanted to consider Alternative C for study. However, her NIMBY (not in my backyard) side prefers Alternative A with a few items from Band C. Speaking from the perspective of the by-pass road and minimizing cut-through traffic in the Happy Valley area, she liked the way staff Joint Workshop City CounciVPlanning Commission 9 08/30/05