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Mr. Pico asked if it would be possible to condition the annexation so that the residents would have a final opportunity to be excluded. Ms. Acosta said the annexation cannot be conditioned in such a way, but the steps of the process could be timed to try and allow the residents to have that opportunity. Mr. Roush said depending on what action the Council takes this evening that is the application that will go to LAFCO. That is the application that LAFCO will act on and then it will come back before the Council for a protest hearing. Council could direct staff to have all the financial information before the protest hearing is held and then based on that information the residents could choose to be deleted. The application would then have to go back before LAFCO as an amendment. Once LAFCO makes its decision, there can be no change without amending the application. Ms. Acosta said there are several other pieces of this process being worked on at the same time: MOU's with the property owners, selling the bonds that need to be sold, working with the property owners of the golf course, etc. To delay one would mean to delay others. , Mayor Tarver asked if Council could indicate its desire to have the protest hearing coincide with the hearing on the more. specific data on the cost sharing of the infrastructure? Ms. Acosta said staff would develop a schedule so Council would understand the effect its direction has on the time frame of developing the golf course. There being no further, speakers the public hearing was closed. Mr. Pico said he did not want to annex properties that were going to apply for higher densities. Mayor Tarver asked staff to explain the concept of what LAFCO approves. Isn't the Specific Plan incorporated in the annexation application to LAFCO and would be in jeopardy if some of the property owners successfully challenged the annexation plan. Mr. Roush said LAFCO is going to look at what the proposed development plan for the area is. If some of the property owners received some additional density it would probably not make a difference in LAFCO's decision. The General Plan amendment and the Specific Plan sets forth certain densities for these parcels and allows for density bonuses if there are conservation easements granted, etc. If the Specific Plan were overturned this could create a problem for the annexation and the City would have to take a look at where it is in the annexation process. He felt the property owners were looking for a compromise. He said nothing is preventing the Councilor LAFCO from moving forward with the annexation. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 9 09/15/98