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Mr. Tassano said both mitigations have been identified and are included in the traffic impact fee. Knowing there was not Council support for a triple southbound left turn, other alternatives are being explored. Councilmember McGovern said the mitigations do not change the intersection to an acceptable level, as it still goes to LOS F with Stoneridge Drive is the first phase. She confirmed with Mr. Tassano that all identified work was mitigation within the context of the traffic impact fee. He noted staff also has a mitigation which will work to improve existing and future conditions of the triple southbound left turn, which has been in the City's impact fee for 10 years. Councilmember McGovern questioned if the impact fees would be enough to fund all of the mitigations. Mr. Fialho said new development pays its fair share, and as fees are collected over time and improvements prioritized, staff makes the decision based on funding which projects to construct. Councilmember McGovern did not believe this mitigates traffic congestion and it requires extensive amounts of mitigation to keep traffic flowing. Councilmember McGovern referred to the Traffic Report which states the City did not address traffic impacts of special events at the ice center, and questioned if that analysis had been done. Mr. Tassano said the project sponsor provided additional mitigation on how they are going to establish off-site travel to special events. Councilmember McGovern believed it should be analyzed. She said it also states the Ice Center requires parking demands and supply studies to identify the required on-site parking and methods for supplementing it with off-site parking. Regarding the traffic report, at the time of preparation of the report, the project site design available for review by consultants did not provide sufficient detail to evaluate the bicycle or pedestrian access features to be incorporated into the project, and she confirmed with Mr. Tassano that this had not been studied in the context of the EIR. He said comments were received on trail extensions and other elements included in the project. Vice Chair Cook-Kallio referred to the LOS at Santa Rita and Valley, and confirmed with Mr. Tassano that with the extension of Stoneridge, a lot of small improvements will occur. There is no magical improvement at Santa Rita and Valley; it does pull about 200 vehicles off of Santa Rita at Valley, and what staff finds at that location is that we have 100-150 vehicles that make the left turn traveling southbound. Councilmember McGovern said the traffic report talks about the ice skating rink adding additional trips that may not have been calculated in the EIR until the alternative was discussed. Councilmember Sullivan said he was having difficulty piecing together the traffic information for this project. There was a traffic report done for the Draft EIR, but the actual Draft EIR itself did not talk about the extension of Stoneridge Drive, it did not identify mitigations, air quality and noise impacts on neighborhoods. Mr. Tassano noted the information was included in the cumulative analysis in Chapter 5. City Manager Fialho noted that the build-out condition has always been a part of the EIR. City Council Minutes Page 4 of 17 February 24, 2009