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March 6, 2006 ~@@@aw@@ MAR 9 - 2006 CITY OF p PLANN/~~~~TON 1: Marion Pavan Associate Planner City of Pleasanton P.O. Box 520 Pleasanton, California 94566 Re: Proposed Lehman-Selway Ponderosa Development: Dear Mr. Pavan: I attended the latest meeting about the above referenced proposed property development. In the meeting you offered to be the recipient of input from Pleasanton residents who will be affected by Ponderosa's wish to develop the land. To this end please note my following concerns: I do not believe it should be a foregone conclusion that Ponderosa can and will develop the Lehman-Selway property simply because they have purchased the property or because they have an option for purchase and have moved forward on the assumption the housing project will be approved. Despite Ponderosa's administrative movement toward erecting houses on the property, there are a number of unresolved issues that have not been satisfactorily addressed. Foremost in this regard involves the issues of traffic, sidewalks, and pedestrianlbicyclist safety. As you know Cameron Avenue is a narrow street and it was never designed to carry the additional type of traffic that will ensue if a new housing development is built. Beyond additional traffic secondary to the Lehman-Selway project Ponderosa's development on the Busch property will undoubtedly bring more traffic to Cameron Avenue over time in the way of cut-through traffic from families taking children to Mohr School. In addition to issues of street size and traffic volume the matter of a sidewalk is now a divisive issue among the neighbors. The Bas Development houses in the Mohr-Martin area do not have sidewalks and at the time of this development the streets were specifically designed to have rolled curbs as one way of retaining a rural feel to the neighborhood. Hence if a sidewalk is installed along Cameron, the original design for the neighborhood will be changed. It is acknowledged the original design of the street must be weighed against the need for safe pedestrian/bicyclist passage along Cameron. As you know, however, there are two properties toward the end of Cameron by Mohr that will lose a significant amount of land, if it were taken for a sidewalk. This