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Staff has identified a series of questions regarding these economic impacts and ~voi~ld like to know if the public has any further questions to be explored on this topic. Staff has invited the owners of existing home improvement-type stores in Pleasanton to this meeting. It is important to note that the extent to which staff can analyze economic data depends on the willingness of Home Depot to share information such as its existing and projected gross revenues. Such information is confidential by law, and the City has no ability to provide this information unless authorized by that business. If this information is provided, then staff will analyze it and may decide to retain an economicifiscal consultant to provide peer review of the data and additional analysis of the data as to the economic impacts on other businesses in the community. However, if Home Depot concludes that it cannot provide the required information due to reasons such as competition with other businesses in the area, then the City will not be able to respond, except in a general way as staff has done to date, to these types of economic questions. Traffic: Although a full traffic analysis was prepared for the project, some additional concerns have been expressed. As may be seen on the attached list, these questions relate to traffic changes resulting from the potential closure of the existing Home Depot store (which the applicant has indicated will not occur), weekend traffic, and truck traffic. Staff's traffic consultant, Dowling Associates, prepared the initial traffic study which included running a computer model of the city, and it will be asked to conduct a follow-up model run if determined to be needed by the City's Traffic Engineer. Operational Issues: Concerns were expressed as to how the shopping center developer/owner and tenants would operate the center so as not to impact neighboring uses and other areas of the City, and how the City would enforce the special conditions that are placed on the center. A primary issue is truck traffic and the restrictions placed on the project to ensure that delivery trucks would not use unapproved truck routes which would impact nearby neighborhoods, such as homes adjacent to Valley Avenue near Santa Rita Rd. The staff work group has developed a set of questions which would frilly explore such impacts and ways to mitigate them. Conclusion: .At the meeting, staff will review the draft list of questions with members of the public, which will have the opportunity to comment on the list of questions and to request that additional issues be addressed as part of this process. Staff will then return at a future meeting to discuss the responses to these questions. When staff is satisfied that all the data that can be collected has been collected and analyzed, the proposed project will be placed on the City Council agenda for final action.