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Minutes - City of San Leandro City Council and Page - 6 - Redevelopment Agency Meeting - November 4, 1996 and services at the Conference Center will take away business from others in town. He asked members of the audience to stand in opposition to the project. There being no further comments from the public, the Public Hearing was closed. M /S /C Galvan and Polvorosa. Ayes: 7; Noes: 0 Council Member Glaze clarified that this is one step in the entire process; it is not an approval of the use or the lease. He said there is a considerable amount of public input and process required throughout the project. It is a step to try to make the Marina self - sufficient. He does not want people to be confused by the process. Council Member Lothrop agreed with Council Member Glaze; she asked staff to compile a list of the steps to show where they are in the process. She asked Kathleen Livermore to clarify the square footage. Ms. Livermore noted the Site Plan and identified the square footage for each component; she said 58,832 sq. ft. are for the conference area only; the rooms and restaurant have been calculated separately. She also noted the replacement use and the shared - parking use analysis. Mayor Corbett requested information regarding traffic. She also • clarified that the PKF Study was conducted for the purpose of studying the feasibility of a conference center only, not the hotel - room use. Gary Kruger, TJKM, noted the traffic counts on Marina Boulevard in 1986 versus 1996. He said the reduction was most likely due to the Blue Dolphin. Council Member Glaze noted the former backup on Doolittle Drive due to the Nimitz Freeway and that the widening of the freeway alleviated the problem on Doolittle. Mr. Kruger discussed trip generation, per day, by use. He said a typical conference center generates almost 12 trips per room, per day; a hotel generates almost 9 trips per room, per day. The Network Conference Center traffic would be slightly less than the Blue Dolphin at its peak. Therefore, the traffic levels on Marina Boulevard would return very close to former levels. Mayor Corbett noted the trip generation is based upon the type of use rather than the size of the building. Mr. Kruger noted that trip - generation calculations did not include bus or shuttle use; environmental studies will look at the maximum- or worst -case traffic scenarios for the traffic calculations. Council Member Loeffler compared the Blue Dolphin to smaller restaurant use. Mr. Kruger said Marina Boulevard, as an arterial street, carries a large amount of traffic. He said staff has studied resident driveway use on Marina Boulevard, and the Conference Center will not significantly change the traffic flow.