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DRAFT 3. Circulation Element El Charro Road will also provide relief to the Pleasanton network b~providing a new roadway with direct freeway access along the eastern edge of Pleasanton. The construction of this roadway, however, must be considered carefully and constructed to offset the congestion due to Pleasanton trigs, not as a tool to alleviate freeway congestion. Local Funding The Citv of Pleasanton created a Pleasanton Traffic Impact Fee fTIF1 in 1998 to assure that all future development contributes its fair share towards the cost of local traffic improvements necessary for buildout of the General Plan. Prior to 1998} the City relied on large-scale development projects to construct the needed traffic improvements rather than a fee, but as the city approaches buildout, the size of the developments will be reduced and dispersed and not able to directly finance construction of man~of the needed projects. In addition, fl.rrembly Bill 1600, enacted in 1987, reduires that a nexus be established between the development and the need for improvements. The Traffic Impact Fee is based on the number of evening peak-hour trips a development will contribute to the circulation network. I'he fee is the primary means of payment for the construction of local infrastructure improvements. However, major projects which directly create traffic impacts to identified local intersections will continue to be subiect to imnrovin~ those intersections or uavins? a pro-rata share contribution towards their improvement. Proposed Traffic Management Improvements In order to make roadway improvements effective, additional traffic mitigations should be installed. Traffic signals, fox example, are a critical mechanism to ensure the safest and most efficient flow of Circulation Element 012908 redline 3-27 City Council Ol 29 08