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MINUTES OF THE JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION August30,2005 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Jennifer Hosterman called the joint workshop to order at 6:32 p.m. Those in attendance were: City Councilmembers Steve Brozosky, Cindy McGovern, Matthew Sullivan, Jerry Thorne, and Mayor Jennifer Hosterman; Planning Commissioners Brian Arkin, Philip Blank, Ann Fox, Trish Maas, and Mary Roberts. Staff members present were: Nelson Fialho, City Manager; Lynn Tracy Nerland, Assistant City Attorney; Jerry Iserson, Director of Planning and Community Services; Janice Stern, Principal Planner, Rob Wilson, Director of Public Works; Jeff Knowles, Traffic Engineer; Brian Swift, Retired Director of Planning and Community Services; and Mike Tassano, Traffic Engineer. 2. GENERAL PLAN UPDATE: CIRCULATION ELEMENT UPDATE Consideration of a preferred street circulation network ("a working draft") and information regarding cut- through traffic. (SR 05:240) Jerry Iserson presented the staff report and indicated this would be the last workshop dealing with traffic circulation. The next workshops will deal with land use and in spring there would most likely be changes to the draft working circulation plan. Mary Roberts asked about the probability of extending Rose Avenue, since it appears the Fair Board does not want that to happen. Mr. Iserson indicated the Fair Board has not been willing to provide right of way for the extension. If the extension were part of the General Plan, staff would continue to work toward that goal with the Fair Board. If it is removed from the General Plan, that would no longer be an option for the future. Brian Arkin referred to the transportation improvement fees that have been collected for certain extensions or street widenings. If the decision is made to not proceed with those projects, what happens to those fees? Can they be used for other projects in the city? He noted that some of the assumptions in the traffic model, such as Highway 84 or Jack London extension, are out of the control of the city and asked what would happen if they were taken out of the traffic model. Jeff Knowles explained that the staff report included the CalTrans project for funded safety improvement to Pigeon Pass. There is also a project for widening of Isabel, which is currently in the environmental document phase. In addition there is the widening of Stanley to the freeway, which should have a ground breaking in the next two years. Staff included the Dublin projects as well as land use for Dublin and Livermore to build out to 2025.