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approximately $190,000 and the annual net positive fiscal impact would be $185,000, the same as with the average costing method. Staff notes that a portion of the City's first year expenses would be mitigated by the applicant's contribution of $75,000, which is approximately one-half the cost of a police officer's salary and benefits. Staff understands the concerns of many in the community regarding the effects of a new Home Depot on existing home improvement businesses in Pleasanton, especially established, smaller stores. There is the possibility that some smaller stores may be more negatively impacted than the City's consultant has estimated. Conversely, staff also notes that some residents at the workshop expressed that they would continue shopping at smaller existing hardware and related home improvement stores despite the presence of a second Home Depot store because of the better service, superior quality, greater variety, and convenience of such stores. Traffic Staff retained Dowling and Associates to prepare the initial traffic report for the proposed project. This entailed conducting a traffic model run for the proposal, addressing weekday peak hour traffic under Existing + Approved and Existing + Approved + Project conditions, consistent with City policy. As a result of subsequent questions regarding (a) weekend traffic, (b) traffic resulting from a potential closure of the existing Johnson Drive Home Depot, and (c) traffic resulting from other uses of the site, staff hired Kimley Horn to prepare a second traffic report to address those issues. The City's Traffic Engineer worked with Kimley Horn to identify the additional scenarios for this report. Weekday traffic conditions were re- examined to determine the effects of closure of the existing Johnson Dr. store, as was requested at the community workshop. Weekend traffic was examined under the following scenarios: • Existing conditions • Existing conditions + the proposed store • Existing conditions + proposed store + California Splash expansion • Existing conditions + proposed store + California Splash expansion with closure of Johnson Dr. store Traffic impacts for alternative uses on the site were analyzed for a grocery store, a smaller home improvement store, and an auto service center. The results of the latest study showed the following: During weekday peak periods, several intersections do not operate at acceptable levels of service with or without the project; • Closure of the Johnson D~ ive store would have minimal impact on intersection delay; Page 5 of 14