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Ms. Combs said Measure W will be on the November ballot which covers operations and maintenance. It imposes an assessment of $9.50 per residential parcel. Ms. Dennis said it is critical for people to support the parks and thanked Jocelyn Combs for an outstanding job. Other Speakers Bert Felix, 2860 Garden Creek Circle, said the Pleasanton Unified School District has changed the elementary schools' start time on Wednesdays to 9:15 a.m. in order to have in- house service days before school. He said the School District used to hold one day (all day) in- service days spread throughout the calendar year. Now the District has decided to take one day and spread it over four days in two hours segments. He suggested that the School District hold the in-service days after school. He felt the School District was being insensitive to the needs of the parents. Ms. Ayala said he needed to take this issue to the School Board. Mr. Felix said he read in the paper about the new tax that was passed on the homes and businesses for transportation. He understood this would add up to approximately $50 million over a number of years and that the total proposed cost of infrastructure is $534 million. He asked why adopt into something that only has a ten percent return. Ms. Michelotti said the City is trying to get funds regionally and a regional transportation fee will be imposed in all jurisdictions. She said the City would have liked more money but something is better than nothing. She said funds must be obtained from all different sources. Ms. Ayala said the City is trying to get matching funds from different entities. She said the Federal Government has been collecting gasoline taxes and putting it into a trust fund. The trust fund has been locked up and not been made available for transportation. She understood that the trust fund has now been released but only monies being collected from here on will be spent on transportation. The monies collected before (billions of dollars) is gone. She encouraged Mr. Felix to take his complaint to the Federal Government. Mayor Tarver agreed with Mr. Felix. He mentioned there is a transportation meeting on September 15 to talk about the City of Pleasanton's issues. He said the agreement between seven agencies is the best that can be done right now. Mr. Felix asked what would happen if only a portion of the projects are funded. Pleasanton City Council 5 09/01/98 Minutes