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MINUTES CITY OF PLEASANTON JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION January 30, 2007 1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hosterman called the joint workshop to order at 6:31 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Planning Commissioners Blank, Fox, O'Connor, Olson, Pearce 3. PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comment was held until after the staff report was given, Council and Commission comments. 4. Discussion on the Preliminary results of the Traffic Modeling -Preferred Land Use modeled on "Working Draft" circulation network Principal Planner Janice Stern presented the staff report. Mayor Hosterman requested comments from the Planning Commissioners. Commissioner Fox had questions about how I-580 was modeled. She cited various measurements from the 1996 General Plan and noted that the area is currently listed as number 2 in the top ten areas of gridlock according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. She asked if the 1996 General Plan was wrong and if the area should have been designated as F or whether it was unanticipated what the volume would become. Public Works Deputy Director of Engineering Mike Tassano reviewed how the models had been prepared in the last ten years and indicated staff had moved from atwo-step model to a four-step model. Staff uses the trip generation from the county models and incorporates that into the localized models. Regarding the differences between the 1996 models and the current models, he noted there are additional refinements, land uses are better known, and general plans throughout the nine counties have changed considerably. He noted that is reflected in the changed volumes. He acknowledged that there is more volume on I-580 than what was anticipated and agreed that the level of service is at F for p.m. peak traffic. Commissioner Fox asked if staff had included improvements to I-580 by the time the city reached build out. Deputy Director Tassano replied that staff had assumed there would be an eastbound HOV lane and that additional solutions are still under consideration. Commissioner Fox asked if staff had assumed people would use I-680 if the intersections at I-580 were too congested even though the business may be closest to 1- 580.