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ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Commissioners Blank, Narum, O'Connor, and Olson. NOES: Commissioner Fox. ABSTAIN: None. RECUSED: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Pearce. Resolutions Nos. PC-2008- 31 recommending approval of the Negative Declaration and PC-2008-32 recommending approval of PUD-74 were entered and adopted as motioned. Commissioner Narum stated that if the project is forwarded to the City Council recommending review and approval, she would like to include something the Commission could do to bring attention to the traffic mitigations discussed tonight. She indicated that she totally understands the impacts are far less than if the property were developed as a school, but at the same time, it adds cars to a bad intersection. She noted that there are triple left-turn lanes at other parts of the City and that she was struggling with the need for it at this intersection. Chair Blank commented that the Commission could discuss this under Matters Initiated by Commission Members and recommend that the City Council review this. Commissioner Olson agreed with Commissioner Narum, but noted that it has nothing to do with this project. He agreed with Chair Blank's suggestion to pass another resolution and direct it to the City Council that as time goes by, it will be more and more difficult in to get these types of projects approved because of an underlying problem with traffic, especially at that intersection. Ms. Decker advised that when projects are forwarded to the City Council, staff discusses concerns described by the Planning Commission, and in light of this project's discussion being part of the Traffic Study and being very detailed relating to this particular intersection and its mitigation, the discussion will also be part of that staff report to Council. She indicated that it is not necessary to pass a resolution, particularly since this is a mitigation that the City Council is aware of. Commissioner Narum stated that she likes the idea of a resolution and agreed to remove the traffic issue from this project. She noted that as Chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission, she pushed for and succeeded in including the Alviso Adobe project in the Council's top priorities. She agreed that the Council has a full plate but feels that there needs to be a push at times. Ms. Decker read a page that Mr. Otto brought to her attention on Program 2.3. of the Circulation Element of the General Plan, as follows: "The Santa Rita Road/Valley Avenue intersection is conditionally exempted from the City's LOS policy in that the mitigation of adding a third southbound left-turn lane is a short- PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 9, 2008 Page 27 of 39