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Stanley Business Park should be put into the eastside study. He felt he would need more information before he could support the project. California Splash did not have community support and has a massive traffic problem. He felt residents have put up with a lot. He said e-mails indicated 90% oppose and 10% were in favor so he felt community support was needed for his support of this development. Councilmember Thorne disclosed he met with Regency Center representatives and has had conversations with the neighborhood. He voiced concerns about traffic on Valley Avenue, emphasized that this impacted him as a private citizen, said he has been a long time advocate of a complete ban on truck traffic on Valley Avenue, and unfortunately, previous agreements have allowed this to happen. He hoped that when the City looks at businesses that will be adjacent to Stoneridge Drive, that we do include some of the same kinds of restrictions that the city has placed on this project. He felt the project has already banned truck traffic on Valley Avenue by the way it has been designed and conditioned. There are some issues with this, but he firmly believed that the city can deal with the truck traffic and he would continue his push to do everything he can to get truck traffic totally off of Valley Avenue from Sunol to Stanley. He felt there were two major objectives for the community; one is traffic and making sure there is a plan that is balanced and equitably distributed; and secondly the need to protect the economic stability of the community and sustainability beyond build out, and he feels the project contributes to this. He felt the two objectives were not mutually exclusive, felt we must accomplish both of them, must provide a traffic circulation plan and economic sustainability for the community and must do them in concert. He felt the project was one of the best examples he has seen on how the objectives need to work together and he challenged the neighborhoods and businesses to recognize that businesses in residential neighborhoods exist together. He hoped that this Council or a future Council did not go through the time-consuming process of developing a structure of laws that prohibits designs of truck routes and traffic on certain streets and challenged businesses to voluntarily ask their vendors not to use Valley Avenue. Motion: It was m/s by Thorne/McGovern include additional conditions of approval as Ordinance No. 1953 recommended by staff, introduce and waive full reading of approving Resolution No. 07-126 PUD major modification, adopt approving a conditional use permit, Resolution No. 07-127 adopt approving design review approval to allow the construction of 193,481 square feet of commercial area, including a Home Depot building supply store and garden center, a Longs Drugs pharmacy with drive-through, and miscellaneous neighborhood retail convenience stores including one drive-through, on an approximately 16-acre parcel located at 3450 Stanley Boulevard, at the Valley Avenue/Bernal Avenue/Stanley Boulevard intersection, in the Stanley Business Park; and adopt Resolution No. 07-128 approving a Negative Declaration for said project. Mayor Hosterman said the project was nicely designed and it is a good fit in its location. She felt this caliber of the project in the coming years would bring up standards of architecture and design. She disclosed her discussions with Regency Centers. She asked staff what sort of project the Council could allow to move forward which is a good fit for that neighborhood and for that part of town which would generate the least amount of traffic, understanding the fact that we cannot say no to all development on that site. She said there are many things about the project she likes, acknowledged the willingness of Regency Centers to abide by all of the conditions and felt the truck traffic issue has been well addressed. She said she voted against California Splash because of not only the amount of traffic it would generate, but also because of the traffic numbers presented. City Council Minutes 14 May 15, 2007