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partnership, which was not easy to put together. It requires that ACE be very flexible in dealing with all the issues that come up for each of the communities. She said ACE is very committed to working out these issues and would like to do this jointly with the community. Bill Scholz, 2014 Lydia Street, Escalon, President of Train Riders Association, said transportation and mobility are one of the most important qualities of life. He felt the real estate prices near the train station would only increase. People want to be within walking distance of the stations and this would be a good asset for the community. He urged Council to support the project. Teresa Yang, 1847 Zenato Place, said she spends three hours on the road each day commuting to Silicon Valley. She moved to Pleasanton because of the quality of life. The only thing negative is the commute. She supported the commuter train. She talked to a real estate agent who said the property values would go up with the commuter train. She did not care where the station was, as long as it was in Pleasanton. She urged Council to support the station. Ms. Ayala asked if she would drive to the train station. Ms. Yang said she would probably car pool with her neighbors. Vaughn Wolff, 1798 Peru Court, felt Council should do everything in its power to make this station a success. The interim station is probably the only choice at this point. He suggested a train station at Sunol and 1-680. He believed the station would be more successful than the current BART station, since the trains have more capacity and travel at higher speeds. Plus it is going to a place that currently has 850,000 jobs that is anticipated to grow to 1.2 million jobs. He said the train will provide transportation to those people that live here as well as a way for people who do not to get through Pleasanton. He said the property values in Atherton have not gone down and it has double train tracks running through it. He said there might be a need to have two stations, one at either end of town. He said Pleasanton definitely needed to have this train. The traffic is only going to get worse and worse. If you make the station so people can get to it, they will use it. He was in favor of the station and hoped Council was too. Mike Bivens, 443 Saint Mary Street, said he was not opposed to the train station. He thought it was a great idea. His concern is where the station might end up. He did not believe the downtown area had adequate streets to accept the amount of traffic that would be driving to the station. He felt the interim location was a perfect spot for now but not for a long term station. He said the traffic from the San Francisco development is going to add to the circulation problem in Pleasanton. The San Francisco property would be a better spot but he did not agree with putting the station near the sports park. He agreed with putting a station at Sunol and 1-680 because there would be easy access from the freeway. He also had a concern Pleasanton City Council 4/7/98 Minutes 2O