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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 89-94 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A LOAN PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE RESTAURANTS TO LOCATE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHEREAS, restaurants are the types of businesses which the City Council has determined to be highly desirable for downtown Pleasanton in that they draw persons to the downtown; and WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Downtown Specific Plan is to increase the number of restaurants in the downtown; and WHEREAS, the City Council has found that a major obstacle to restaurants locating in the downtown is the sewer fees which restaurants are required to pay in order to connect to the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD), which fees are substantially higher than other commercial or retail uses; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered several alternatives to encourage restaurants to locate in the downtown, which alternatives were set forth in a Memorandum from the Council Sewer Committee to the Members of the City Council and appeared as Agenda Item 6A on the Council's December 20, 1988 Agenda; and WHEREAS, these alternatives were more fully explored in the Report of the City Manager (SR 89:14) dated January 3, 1989, after which the Council adopted Resolution No. 89-10, which adopted in concept incentives to encourage restaurants to locate downtown and which directed staff to prepare a more detailed plan for Council consideration; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has presented such plan to the Council in the Report of the City Manager (SR 89:76), dated February 21, 1989; and WHEREAS, the City Council now finds that in order to carry out one of the goals of the Downtown Specific Plan, the incentives described in the City Manager's Report are critical and necessary; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: