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Council did not come up with the housing density that the landowner wanted, she questioned if they could back out of the alignment that was approved tonight. City Manager Fialho noted the way the staff recommendation is structured is that by supporting the Blue Ribbon Committee's recommendation the Council is generally accepting that the alignment is in that general vicinity. But, the Council has not amended the Specific Plan, the General Plan and hasn't proceeded with an EIR process or a development application on the part of Greenbriar. All of this must come together before the road ever gets constructed. Councilmember McGovern stated she honestly believes the City has its integrity and her integrity is on the line. She noted previous Councils, when the golf course was agreed upon, it was also agreed to make permanent to remove traffic away from the rural roads that were in the Happy Valley area as a way of maintaining the rural nature of that portion of the Valley, but also to try to have the least impact on those properties as possible. She is looking for a final solution and is ready to move on and do something here that the City has promised for years. She clarified that the people in Sycamore Heights and Briddle Creek were noticed about the meeting to establish our attempt to find volunteers. The meetings were noticed that staff was planning meetings throughout the summer and the notices included the dates, times and locations of the meetings. Councilmember McGovern clarified with staff that the Briddle Creek CC&Rs did lead someone to believe that Sycamore would be connected possibly to a bypass road. She also clarified there is one sign at the dead-end of Sycamore Creek that refers to a "future extension." Councilmember Thorne indicated for him this boils down to some straight-forward facts. The first is that when the City built the golf course, a bypass road was promised. The bypass road originally looked at would have gone over the hill and that was geotechnically impossible and is no longer an option. Given that, he made a motion to accept the recommendation of the HVBRC. The motion was seconded by Councilmember McGovern. Councilmember Sullivan stated this is one of the most difficult questions the Council is going to have to deal with, along with the density issue coming forward in a couple of weeks. He added it has been the promise from the City to build a bypass road to the golf course around the Happy Valley area. He noted Sycamore Creek Way has always been designated as the bypass road to the golf course. He sympathizes with the confusion of the neighbors. He noted the Blue Ribbon Committee was created to attempt a compromise and noted there is a significant group of stakeholders that were not adequately represented throughout the process. He further noted he has a problem with saying he accepts the report and accepts the recommendation, because he's not real happy with that part of the process. He added this is not the final decision as the Council does need to consider the environmental impacts. He stressed he has no comment as it relates to density associated with the alignment and that will be discussed at a later date through a series of public hearings. He indicated he will be supporting the motion and as the Council goes through the process, he would like to see the Council look at the existing Sycamore Creek Way to see if there's any kind of reconfiguration that can be done there to add additional safety measures to the houses that front Sycamore Creek Way. He would also like to see the City work proactively with the neighbors on issues with that road and traffic calming in other areas along there to keep speeds down and make that as safe as possible. City Council Minutes 10 April 17, 2007