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PG&1; substation, and the synagogue, in addition to the 400 seniors living in the mobile home park south of the site and residential neighborhoods on Stanley Boulevard and Vineyard Avenue. She noted that Home Depot is designed to serve and generate more vehicular traffic, which is in conflict with the current and expected increases in recreational use at Shadow Cliffs. She further noted that while the project claims to be pedestrian-friendly, it has added three unconh~olled driveways at one h~affic signal site to bring vehicles into the shopping center and has reduced the existing bike paths and walkways that people have been using to get to Shadow Cliffs. She pointed out that there is a lot of pedestrian and biker traffic in the area going towards Shadow Cliffs on weekends, the time when the largest number of people will be using Home Depot. She suggested that the project be modified and make allowances for cut-through pathways to protect the safety of pedestrians and bikers. Mr. Knoedler stated that with respect to improvements on Valley Avenue, there are existing constraints such as the overcrossing. Chairperson Arkin brought up a point made by Ms. Storch that children will cut through the property to get to Shadow Cliffs and noted that they would probably be going through the back side of the property. He asked Mr. Knoedler what the environment might be like in that area, and if that would be problematic, how would the cut-through issue be handled. Mr. Knoedler replied that they would discourage the use of the back area for safety and security reasons because they are secluded. He stated there the development would have walkways throughout the shopping center that would lead out to Stanley Boulevard and added that he would discuss this matter further with staff. THE PUBLIC T3EARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Blank inquired if all the permitted uses on Exhibit C of the original staff report would be included as part of the entitlement when the project comes back as a formal application. Chairperson Arkin explained that the uses are included in the existing PUD that covers the entire Stanley Business Park. Mr. Pavan explained that a modification is necessary to allow the neighborhood commercial uses and the satellite stores facing Bernal Avenue and Stanley Boulevard. He indicated that the uses that staff would recommend to the Commission has not yet been determined and that staff will look at the permitted uses and eliminate those uses that would be inappropriate for the site. Commissioner Fox inquired if the 3,000 trips per weekday and 6,000 trips per weekend for Home Depot alone would be equivalent, at 10 trips per household, to building 300 to 600 homes at the corner of Valley Avenue and Stanley Boulevard. Mr. Pavan replied that he would be unable to answer at this time. He continued that trip generation for AM/PM peak bolo impacts is based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) numbers, and in that context, a home improvement superstore such as Home Depot would have an AM trip generation rate of LS trips per 1,000 feet and 2.9 trips per 1,000 square feet. He added that a comparison of Home Depot and the equivalent number of residential homes cazl be done. Commissioner Fox recalled that in 2003 when the Commission considered the carwash and gas station at this location, a determination was made that no additional traffic would be attracted by those businesses as people stopping to gas up were already driving on that road. She inquired if an EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUT>/S, May 24, 2006 Page 8 of 11