Though the plans do not include changing where deliveries to the club are made, that issue is the reason many of the neighbors attended and spoke during the public hearing.

Delivery vehicles currently use Wimbledon Drive and Wedgewood Avenue to access a rear entrance on Wedgewood. Residents of those and other nearby streets complained that the roads were not built to handle heavy trucks and have deteriorated as a result. They said deliveries should be made to the main entrance on Clearview.

But those neighbors, too, said they are concerned about traffic and safety on their streets.

The planning commission approved the renovation plan and changes to the club's conditional-use permit 4-0 with a few minor revisions. Commissioners Thomas O'Donnell and Philip Micciche were absent, and Chairwoman Jeanne Drexel recused herself since she is a certified member of La Rinconada Country Club.

Before making its decision, the commission heard comments from neighbors living near both entrances, almost all of whom addressed traffic issues on their streets.

Neighbors of the delivery entrance said their children cannot walk, play or ride bicycles near their homes. Wedgewood resident Gary Eagan said traffic on his street has increased in recent years, making it difficult for those used to a calmer street.

"Wedgewood is a very preferred route for pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists," Eagan said. "The street has no improvements to accept bicyclists."

Town staff said those and other improvements will be made both as part of the club's renovations and the town's capital improvement plan. Community Development Director Bud Lortz said drainage overflow in the area, which many neighbors blamed on a faulty system at La Rinconada, is also being addressed.

"We're...working to eliminate that problem," he said. "We're very sensitive to that issue."

Residents of Clearview and La Rinconada drives said returning delivery traffic to their streets, from which it was moved in 1988, would disrupt the safe atmosphere they have come to expect for their children.

Erica Thomas said she moved to a home at the corner of La Rinconada and Clearview a few years ago because it was a good place to raise her four children.

"We chose a neighborhood that was quiet," Thomas said. "That's what we wanted for our kids. There's hardly any traffic."

Wedgewood residents said they would be happy if traffic was reduced at the beginning and end of the school day.

Planning commissioners asked Jim Rubnitz, chairman of the remodel committee, and La Rinconada General Manager Rick Forney to ask vendors to come in the middle of the day when students would not be walking on the streets.

Forney said it would be difficult to require vendors to do so, since they set their own schedules.

"If you look at our schedule, most deliveries are between times when kids are going to school," Forney said.

Planning commissioner Joanne Talesfore pointed out that 10 of the club's 31 weekly deliveries were made between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m., and another 10 after 2 p.m. Rubnitz said he would make the requests but that the vendors usually come when it is most convenient for them, not the club.

The planning commission made those requests a condition of its approval of the plan and use permit, but did not change the delivery entrance since several improvements included in the renovations are expected to relieve some traffic problems.

It also approved an increase in membership from the current limit of 451 to 481, with a maximum of 416 certified members—those with full golf course and dining rights.