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to widen a street to increase flow; the other would be to restrict flow and make it less appealing. He felt the cut through traffic in Pleasanton was a result of problems on 1-580 and 1-680. He referred to a combined traffic enforcement study done in 1998 by the police of Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore. They found that 82% of the people running left turn red lights were not residents and were cutting through Pleasanton. He said opening an arterial street four blocks from the freeway is not a solution to the freeway problems. He was in favor of a more restrictive access that would discourage people from leaving the freeways. With regard to the Staples Ranch property, he wanted to make sure the Stoneridge emergency vehicle access (EVA) stayed that way. He urged Council to continue with Option B. James Paxson asked for clarification of the next steps. Was it the intention to model both the preferred alternative plus the other alternatives with the circulation network approved by Council as part of this first phase? Director Iserson said the intent was to model the preferred circulation network with the preferred land use. The other alternatives will be modeled in the EIR. Mr. Paxson asked if the EIR was the only place where the alternatives get evaluated both against the preferred network and the 1996 network. Director Iserson said that was correct. Mr. Paxson proposed that some modeling of the alternatives be done at this point. He thought it would be informative and felt there would be key land use comparisons as part of the General Plan. He asked Council to consider the alternatives derived at the land use workshop as part of this first phase. He asked about the iteration process and if that would occur after the first round of assessment once the alternatives are evaluated. Director Iserson agreed. Mr. Paxson commented that Hacienda Business Park Owners Association is in the process of evaluating traffic as part of the development of its specific plan in order to determine preferred alternatives. It is using the Bernal Phase II Specific Plan circulation model and asked how the model discussed at this meeting would differ in terms of how it evaluates traffic. Should the Association use a different model to evaluate traffic? Director Iserson said if the Association has not done a model yet, he felt it should use the model being discussed at this meeting. There are some differences, although not a lot. Mr. Paxson said one model had been done, but they would be doing another soon. He concurred with Councilmember McGovern on the water conservation efforts. He commented that there is dual piping throughout Hacienda and there are reclaimed water sleeves under all the intersections in the business park. He noted sometimes it takes critical mass in terms of the number of projects to put together in order make reclaimed water feasible. Hacienda is ready and willing to work with the City on a reclaimed water project. Mayor Hosterman asked what specific alternative he favored. General Plan Workshop Minutes 12 August 29, 2006