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ATTACHMENT 4 Review and consideration of the Draft Circulation Element of the General Plan. Chairperson Fox noted that it was 10:30 p.m. and polled the Commissioners on whether they wanted to start this item or continue it to the next meeting. Ms. Stern noted that a meeting with the City Council was scheduled for November 29 to review this item, which left only the November 14 meeting to ensure sufficient time to integrate the comments. Ms. Decker noted that there were other commitments to hear items on November 14, in addition to the two items that had been continued, leaving a very heavy agenda. She noted that hearing this item on November 14 would not allow staff sufficient time to prepare the staff report in time for the City Council meeting. The Commission generally agreed that this item should be heard at this time. Ms. Stern presented the staff report and noted that several sessions had already been held to specifically address traffic impacts. She noted that policy changes would be addressed at this hearing and that Mike Tassano, Traffic Engineer/Deputy Public Works Director, would be available to answer questions, as well as Sally Maxwell, who did a great deal of work in pulling the information together for this Element. She noted that this was a required Element of the General Plan, and by law, must include the location and extent of existing and proposed roadways, transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other public utilities and facilities; they all must be correlated with the Land Use Element. She noted that this element focused on auto, bicycle, and pedestrian circulation as a provision of public transportation. The water and sewage transmission was addressed in the Public Facilities and Community Programs Element. Ms. Stern stated that the Draft included the concepts of the proposed circulation network, which have been developed from several meetings held with the Planning Commission and the City Council. She noted that the main changes from 1996 were: • The West Las Positas interchange, per the City Council direction, was not included in the circulation network; • The Rose Avenue extension to Valley Avenue, through City Council direction, was eliminated; • Anew Happy Valley bypass alignment, which was the subject of a separate study group was added; • Several intersection improvements and roadway changes were added as a result of adopted Specific Plans, particularly the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan and the Bernal Property Specific Plan; and Valley Avenue was realigned through the industrial area; • The Stoneridge Drive Extension was retained; and • The extension of Busch Road and El Charro Road to Stanley Boulevard were retained from the 1996 General Plan. EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 24, 2007 Page 1 of 15