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Regarding weekend volumes, Mr. Tassano said the LOS on the weekends is about half the volume as seen during the weekdays. Using the worst-case scenario he detailed the differences between the weekend and weekdays and he took the worst case. In summary the weekend totals about 50% of the weekday total. However, the number of trips the project produces on the weekend is far greater than during the week. If staff took some pass-by and internal capture into consideration on the weekend, it generates more weekend trips. Regarding alternate usage for weekend and weekday, residents and Council wanted to see what would happen using something else at the site other than the Home Depot. Staff looked at a.m. and p.m. peak hour and weekend peak hour, they looked at the grocery store, Orchard Supply or some sort of smaller home improvement store, and then auto which it is currently zoned. He said they included internal capture and pass-by rates used in the Home Depot report and then he would show the numbers not assuming them. He said with no internal capture, there is no change in the volumes with the grocery store, Orchard or auto service. He said for the weekday, grocery store and auto have more trips, Orchard has fewer trips. On the weekend, the grocery store has more trips, auto and Orchard have fewer trips. Councilmember Sullivan questioned if all analysis was done for existing plus approved projects, and Mr. Tassano said the only thing they did for the weekend was existing and not plus approved because there was no way to take all approved projects, insert them into a model and calculate out what the new rates will be. He said projects are normally only looked at for build- out if it is going to be a major rezoning. When staff looked at the proposal and zoning, the number of trips were actually being reduced and therefore abuild-out model was not done because it would just show it being better. Planning Director Iserson said the number of truck deliveries was an issue with the project. He said Home Depot would receive 20-25 truck deliveries per day Monday through Friday during the non-peak hours. 40% of those would be Home Depot trucks, the remaining would be from vendors, and Longs gets about 3 deliveries per week. He said 60%-70% of the Home Depot trucks were semi-tractor trailer trucks and the smaller stores would generally use smaller trucks and vans. Regarding delivery service to customers of Home Depot, they only provide deliveries on special order items. They may come from the store, the manufacturer's warehouse depending on the product and they could be on panel trucks or flat beds. The trucks would be coming from Home Depot's Central Valley area, from the east on I-580. From the south they might use 1680 to Highway 84. They have encouraged the applicant to discuss with Legacy Partners to use EI Charro Road, but they are still in discussions. Mr. Iserson said there were questions and concerns regarding the truck route. The last time discussed, all trucks would be coming from Livermore, Highway 84 and Stanley. After the last meeting, this was impractical and not that enforceable. What they decided is to keep the largest semi-trucks off City streets and define delivery trucks as 18 wheeler semi-trucks and those would be required only to use Highway 84 to Stanley and would not be allowed to go through City streets. However, the City's Code also defines commercial vehicles as any being over 3 tons and those trucks could use the City's truck route; Sunol Boulevard, First Street and Stanley Boulevard. Staff has also conditioned when trucks can enter the site for loading and unloading; between gam to 4pm, 6pm to 10pm Monday through Thursdays; Fridays gam to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm and not at all on weekends. City Council Minutes 9 December 4, 2007