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extension. The City Council shall decide if and when this intersection modification is needed, for example, in conjunction with development projects which add traffic to it. Projects which add traffic to this intersection, but are not required to improve this intersection because of the exemption, will only pay Traffic Development Fees as mitigation for their impact to the intersection. Since this project will add only a small amount of traffic to the Santa Rita Road/Valley Avenue intersection and since the City is exploring the short-term mitigations for this intersection, staff recommends that the project's payment of the Traffic Development Fees be considered its traffic mitigation for the intersection. A resident had questioned why all of the traffic from the proposed project is flowing to Busch RoadNalley Avenue and not split with Mohr Avenue. Staff notes that the Ironwood development has had a long planning history with many public workshops. The final, approved project was the outgrowth of significant input from immediate neighborhoods, the community at large, the City Council, and City commissions. Traffic/Circulation was probably the most discussed and contentious topic of the project. It was ultimately decided that the street pattern for the project be designed to eliminate any street connections within the development that would connect Kamp Drive, Mohr Avenue, or Busch Road to each other. In addition, traffic from the development was dispersed so that 31 homes on the west side of the development would be connected to Kamp Drive, 47 homes on the north and northeast east sides of the development would access onto Mohr Avenue, and all remaining development (i.e., 97 single-family detached homes, 16 duets, the 172-unit senior apartment complex, the church facility, and the public school/MDR senior housing site) would have access from Busch Road. At the time of the Ironwood PUD review, there was discussion that if the Pleasanton Unified School District chose to purchase and develop the school option site, there was also the possibility that the School District could purchase additional land to the east, where a second street access to EI Charro Road or Busch Road easterly of the OSC could be established. Since the subject project is limited to the 23-acre site in the Ironwood development, there is no opportunity to provide secondary street access to EI Charro Road or Busch Road easterly of the OSC. East Pleasanton Specific Plan The Ironwood PUD is located adjacent to the eastern, undeveloped area of the City. After the General Plan Update is adopted by the City Council, the City will undertake a specific plan process for the eastern portion of the City, which includes such properties as the former Hanson Aggregates quarry lands and the Kiewit Construction property south of Busch Road, but not the subject site. Staff notes that the City Council had determined as part of its review of the Ironwood PUD that the Ironwood development, including the subject school option/MDR senior housing site, could be reviewed on its own merits and be developed independently of the future East Pleasanton Specific Plan. Page 7 of 9