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travel on residential roads to reach an arterial street, the lower compliance to the 25 mph speed limit. If the development goes forward, it will create problems for Hearst Drive. According to the police department, traffic mitigations can be deployed, but there will still be speeding between each point of control. He referred to Pleasanton Municipal Code 19.04.030, which comments about the need to preserve the privacy and safety of residential streets and control through traffic in such areas. The Oak Grove development creates issues with the Code since all traffic is forced to cut through the existing community. He fel# Kottinger Ranch was a destination community. He wanted the EIR to address the issue of changing the community character. If half the homes in Ruby Hills were suddenly built above them and residents from the new homes were driving through Ruby Hills, he did not think the Ruby Hills residents would approve; it would change the neighbofiood. The same applies to the Grey Eagle development. The proponents of Oak Grove say they will mitigate the impacts, but it still leaves the Kottinger Ranch residents with an ineffective outcome and limited compliance. David Carnp, 1374 Benedict Court, described the location of the court and his home. The children of the court play in the street with no_safety concerns from traffic. He was concemed about any increase in traffic. He did not want the primary access to the new project at Benedict Court, not even during construction. He also believed the construction phases of the project will have as big an impact as the final development. He thought Benedict Court or Hearst Drive might be possible locations for a trailhead. There are impacts from that. Going from no traffic to a modest amount of traffic for a trailhead would be a big impact on the court. There may also be issues with noise, parking, litter and traffic. He proposed one primary access street for the project coming directly from an arterial such as Vineyard. He believed there were two classes of major impacts: broad ones like the forest, -- hydrology, landslides and preserving hilltops; and specific concerns of the Kottinger Ranch community. Access fram Vineyard would take half the concerns off the table. Instead of the development imposing construction and traffic on existing neighborhood residents, it would impose those on one or two property owners off Vineyard Avenue. The development would compensate them for the impacts. Michelle LaMarche, 1234 Hearst Drive, said she has been following this project for a year and a half and has read the EIR for the previous project in 1992. She disagreed that the current project is different than the previous one. There is no golf course and fewer trees being cut down, but the balance is very similar. She referred to a newspaper article, which quoted people for and against the project. One person said he was fine with the project, but if it changes to where the problems associated with it affected his neighbofiood, then he would have definite concerns. She felt the bigger picture should be considered in order to protect the environment and safety concerns of those living on Concord, Touriga, Angela and all the other residents of southern Pleasanton who will notice the visual impacts of the development. She had three things that should be considered in the EIR. What happens to natural drainage and the steep grades that will be created by building on the ridges? In the 1992 EIR, there was mention that if the golf course were not built, there would be a need for another sewer line and water tank as wel! as a 10-20 tt. retaining wall to protect the slope. The visual impact back then was an issue and she wanted to make certain that was looked at now. When she looks at the hills of Dublin Ranch, she does not like what she sees. She was concerned about the visual impact of the hills from downtown Pleasanton and the possibility of water tanks and tall retaining walls. She was also concerned about traffic. She uses the hiking trails on Pleasanton Ridge and noted the need to go through a gated community to get to the trailhead. People come from other communities as wail. She wanted to make certain any traffic to the Joint Workshop City Council and Planning Commission 8 02/08/05