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the 1988 rate. The political process has not allowed the residents to be pan of the City. He would like to be a supporter. He is undecided. He believes the residents of Happy Valley are bringing something to the City and the City should try and work out a way to reduce the costs. He is prepared to tell the people in the area that this may not be the right opportunity. But in his heart he felt the City has tried to work with the residents except for the allocation for the cost of the sewer and water. Ms. Ayala asked if he wanted the City to treat the residents of Happy Valley different than the way they treat other residents of the city. Mr. Temple said the people who were selling the City the golf course are already being treated in a special way because the property is not worth what is being paid for it. The residents of Happy Valley are helping to bring a much needed golf course and have supported the efforts to help this happen. Ms. Ayala asked if he felt the low density and having a golf course would affect the value of his home. Mr. Temple said it would not raise the value of his home by $40,000. He did appreciate the low density as it would help to preserve Happy Valley in its natural state. Ms. Dennis did not have a problem in asking Zone 7 and DSRSD for consideration of reducing the hook up costs to 1988 levels but she felt the City might not succeed. Mr. Temple was just asking the City to make an effort. In the meantime, the City has gone up on its connection fees. The residents have been them are long time. He has been paying to Zone 7 for over twenty-two years for nothing. He also felt the fire department would like to have fire hydrants in the Happy Valley area to help put out potential rims. There were no further speakers. Mayor Tarver was disappointed with the survey results and hoped over time and the additional information would change some of the people's decisions. He would love to see the golf course become a reality and get the final land use specific plan accomplished for the Happy Valley area so people know what to expect, and to know that the services the City provides are substantial, regardless of whether people hook up to the sewer and water. He remembered when Ken Mercer was Mayor he tried to get the folks of Happy Valley to annex to the City and they chose not to. The costs of service since that time have escalated. The people still have the choice. But if the City does not get 70% participation then it has to make .choices about how to size the infrastructure and what it will ultimately service. He said there needs to be a good understanding of what the future holds in regards to groundwater pumping, groundwater rights, drying up wells, and deteriorating septic tanks that contaminate wells. He hoped the residents Pleasanton City Council 13 08/18/98 Minutes