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Ms. Michelotti asked if the scope would include E1 Charro coming southward and connecting to Stanley Boulevard and the extension of Jack London. Ms. Dennis said yes, the connection to Jack London would probably happen at the same time. Ms. Ayala said it made more sense to talk about what area to study first before deciding on what issues to study. She asked if the consensus was to leave the Mohr/Martin area out of the study. The consensus was yes. Ms. Ayala said she spent three and one-half years on the General Plan Committee and remembered studying all the issues. She was comfortable in leaving Staples Ranch out of the study. Staples Ranch already is covered by a Specific Plan and if something needed to be changed it could be done through the Specific Plan. She said a circulation study has already been done for the entire area and did not see the need for another one. She recommended Option Four as the area to study. Mayor Tarver believed the community wanted the study to include traffic circulation, schools, the Arroyo, airport noise, open space, growth management and land use. It was in everyone's best interest to study all the issues one more time. If Staples Ranch is excluded, there is a good chance it will be developed or underway when the study is completed. He said the people who have worked on this in the past have studied all the issues. The reason why there was not a consensus is because there was not a fair representation from all the communities. He would like a broader representation from the community to look at what should happen, what's reasonable, and what's logical. He felt everyone involved direcfiy or indirecfiy should be able to speak to the committee about their concerns and then have the committee make recommendations. Ms. Ayala asked him to explain the difference in the makeup of the committee he just described versus the General Plan Steering Committee. Mayor Tarver believed there was not an awareness on the part of the people that would be the most affected by the east side development during the General Plan review process. Ms. Ayala said the very first thing the Steering Committee did was to set up workshops and meetings for every neighborhood in the City. Months were spent on these meetings. While on this committee she felt that the community did not want any more houses built. She believed the Steering Committee was set up to direct staff, based upon the input from the community, on how to develop the land. Pleasanton City Council 22 05/05/98 Minutes