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Mr. Swift said the original discussion of the Council was to do an East Side Study. The boundary extends to the Arroyo Mocho and all of the land beyond the Arroyo Mocho that is in the planning area is shown as the chain of lakes or undevelopable. Instead of drawing a boundary on the west side and leaving the east side, the boundary was drawn down the Arroyo Mocho. It includes some of the future chain of lakes, part of the quarry, and the sand and gravel processing plant. No matter which option is included in the study, the first land option the committee will look at is the chain of lakes plan and the land use already designated. The committee will then focus on the developable land which is the Kaiser land, just immediately to the east, the Busch property, the Kiewit property, and Staples Ranch, if it is included. Ms. Michelotti asked where in the Kaiser area is there land rather than lake. Mr. Swift said there are two areas that are reclaimed lands. One is south of the Arroyo Mocho and is separated from the Kaiser property by a lake dedicated to Zone 7 and the other area is approximately 100 acres immediately to the east of the Busch property. Mayor Tarver believed the major areas impacted by the study would be the Staples Ranch and the Mohr/Martin area. Mr. Swift agreed. He explained Option 3 and Option 4 excluded those areas. Ms. Dennis asked staff to explain the process regarding airport noise. Ms. Acosta said several years ago the City did a review regarding what could be done to reduce the noise around the airport. The airport is trying a number of things to reduce noise. The airport is encouraging the pilots not to fly over noise sensitive areas. In order to enforce any restrictions the airport would have to do an FAA 150 study. The City of Pleasanton and the City of Livermore discussed doing this jointly but were told there was no funding available and that the FAA was not going to be initiating any new studies. There was discussion that Pleasanton and Livermore would do an independent study, but it would not have the same impact, so nothing has been done. Ms. Dennis asked if there could be better documentation of the complaints. Ms. Acosta encouraged people to report to either city when they are concerned, so it can be documented and used at a later date when a study is done. She has had a number of conversations with the management staff at Livemore about the airport noise. Ms. Dennis asked if Hopyard Road had six lanes. Mr. Swift said yes and that Santa Rita north of Valley also had six lanes. Pleasanton City Council 20 05/05/98 Minutes