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environmental analysis, including an analysis of noise, air quality, safety, bridge construction, and transportation impacts. It is provided on pages 3-19 to 3-26 of the Response to Comment section of the Final Environmental Impact Report. Accordingly, at the Council's February 3 meeting, staff was asked if there exists today adequate environmental analysis that would allow the Council to approve the project with the full extension of Stoneridge Drive. Attachment 17 (prepared by the ACSPA) provides an environmental analysis that Council could utilize in concluding that there is no significant new information that must be addressed in connection with approving the Specific Plan amendment at this time that includes the full extension. (Attachment 17 refers to the full extension with the initial project approvals as the "Concurrent Extension.") Council's consideration of this information is described more fully in Option 3 below. For the reasons discussed in Option 2 below, however, City staff believes it is advisable to conduct additional environmental review prior to a final decision on extending the roadway. This position is not fully endorsed by the ACSPA which has concluded that the analysis in Attachment 18 is adequate and enables the City Council to make, if it chooses, a decision to extend the road as part of the initial project approvals. (ACSPA representatives have also indicated support for certifying the EIR, not approving the project at this time, and directing staff to prepare an addendum to the EIR concerning the full extension -City staff does not support this position, since without an approved specific plan, the PUD development plans could only be reviewed, not approved; therefore either the processing of the PUD development plans would be put on hold or there would be a two step process-one to review the plans and then a subsequent meeting to consider approval.) Regional Draft Policy Statement During the time that the City has been conducting the Staples Ranch environmental/planning process, staff from the cities of Livermore, Dublin and Pleasanton and Alameda County have been, at the request of the local mayors, discussing the development of a viable regional transportation system that recognizes the importance of regional mobility and related impacts on the various communities. Roadway development under discussion includes the extensions of Highway (SR) 84, Stoneridge Drive, Dublin Boulevard and Jack London Boulevard. As an outcome of these discussions, the staffs of the three cities have prepared a Draft Policy Statement addressing the potential timing for various roadway extensions. The Draft Policy Statement is included as Attachment 18. This Draft Policy Statement, from the Pleasanton City staff's perspective, remains a work in progress as the objective was ultimately to have the City Council host a broader discussion about Stoneridge Drive following approval of the Specific Plan. At that time, additional environmental review regarding the extension would have been completed which would have complemented the regional policy statement and provided a basis for Page 4 of 10