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CITY of PLEASANTON Planning Commission SPECIAL MINUTF8 ~QF f~6B~x~ METING. Dat4 = February 20, 1974 Time! 8:05 P.M. pIGCe~ Veterans Memorial Building Discussion then settled on feeder bus services and Mr. Blayney stated that it is assumed that there will be Valleywide bus service. Certainly, the greatest need would be in the San Ramon area, especially between Danvil and Dublin. Commissioner Wood won- dered if it is conceivable to have bus lines between Dublin and Walnut Creek, why not between Dublin and San Leandro now? Mr. Goode stated that eventually, it is intended to have a bus line between Dublin and Bayfair in San Le andro. Commissioner Wood wanted to know what the schedule would be, and Mr. Goode indicated tha the bus service application is now pending in Washington where it has encountered some labor problems . Whe this phase is done, the grant will be forthcoming. The route to be utilize !would be patterned after a study done ;several years ago. In this area, 'there will be two routes - through Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin to Bayfair, with some express services 'jprobably from Livermore directly in. Mr. Jack Bras wanted to know - (1) if !the community decides on the southern' ';route, it should be emphatic about the undergrounding, as he believes an aerial structure would be terrible. How realistic is the idea of obtainin jthe SPRR right-of-way in the next X10-15 years? (2) regarding the in- ~ creased cost of $24,000,000 for the ;southern route, does it contain in- flationary possibilities? Mr. Goode replied (1) SPRR is willing to relo- cate to the WPRR lines. The BART .route would act as an instigator to ~~ 'accomplish this. It involves a savinC in operating cost to the railroad company. (2) The final increased cost t?ould be as high as $50~000~000. e \\\\ »~»> _ _ ......... ....~___.... __ -'lo--... ~...___ _._..__. .. _ .__1. __ ..