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increases to the air and noise pollution for several years due to construction traffic. The estimated additional 1,000 vehicle trips per day down already congested streets would not only pose a health factor with pollution, but also a major safety risk to the children. This development would also add to the existing cut-through traffic on Concord Street, which runs directly in front of an elementary school, Touriga Drive, Kottinger Drive, and Bernal and Vintage Avenues. This de~,elopment would also add to the risk of the community's welfare. She believed that the development of the open spaces in south Pleasanton and specifically Kottinger Hills puts everyone in jeopardy. She urged Council to take its time and plan wisely for the few homes that are left to approve as the City approaches build out. She also urged Council to approve the moratorium. Vanessa Kawaihau, 871 Sycamore Road, noted that over twenty years ago, the Happy Valley residents were polled for annexation into the City and turned it down. The City came back and divided the Happy Valley area in half and created the North Sycamore Specific Plan area. The North Sycamore Specific Plan identified several funding developers and those funding developers put in the infrastructure that made it possible for all of the homes in Bridle Creek to be built. At that time, there were only 39 property owners and now there are over 150 property owners. This was planned around an east west collector road and a bypass road as a means to enhance the quality of life for homeowners. According to the March 24 Planning Commission minutes, staff confirmed that Lund Ranch II was responsible for $1.8 million dollars of the North Sycamore Specific Plan infrastructure. She did not support a moratorium, but if Council did vote to consider a moratorium, she asked that Council set aside 100 building permits and reserve them for the future development of all three PUD areas on the Spotoruo property: the flats, the middle density upper bypass location and the low density area by the Spotorno house. Without these 100 homes, she did not believe that the bypass road would ever be built. Micbelle LaMarche, 1234 Hearst Drive, asked Council to support the Planning Commission and vote yes on a temporary moratorium prohibiting large building development until the review of the General Plan. Current residential streets and intersections are already posing hazards to the safety and general welfare of the City. The two proposed developments, Kottinger Hills and Lund Ranch II, would exacerbate those threats to the safety and welfare of the community. Martin lnderbitzen, 4218 Casterson Court, concurred with Mr. Bouchard's comments. A moratorium would be an extreme remedy, and he believed it should be reserved for very extreme situations. Having lived through a good portion of the development in Pleasanton and a number of other cities, it is an oddity to be considering a 98-unit project as massive development. The Tri-Valley area has seen massive development and in his opinion, 98 or 150 units do not meet this definition. He did not believe Council could make the findings that are required under State law to establish that there is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this community. On behalf of the Lin property, which is referred to as Kottinger Hills or Oak Grove, and also on behalf of the Vintage Hills Shopping Center, Pleasanton City Council 21 05/18/04 Minutes