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Item 6g Item 4j, Approval of consultant contract with Impact Sciences of San Francisco for preparation of the Environmental Impact Report for PUD-97-19, Lester Property. (SR98:258) Mayor Tarver said he visited the site to see the lay of the land and the proposed plan set forth in the environmental document is not acceptable to him. He was concerned about telling a developer that it should spend $140,000 to do an environmental impact report on a project that he could tell from the outset that he could not approve. He understood staff would put alternative projects in the environmental document but in good faith he did not want any developer spending a great sum of money evaluating projects when he is indicating that he could not approve such a project ahead of time. He said staff produces a report of projects to be built, where the City is in the process of growth management and how many more applications the City keeps processing. This project is not high on his priority list. He hoped Council would understand his concern that when an environmental document is five years old before a project gets built, the document is not accurate. He wanted to let Shea Homes know his position. Ms. Michelotti asked staff how the project is affected by being in the County. Can the developer develop in the County? Mr. Swift said the property is in the County currently. The County has no services available to the site. Therefore municipal services for any kind of development would have to come from Pleasanton. The agreement with DSRSD precludes offering service to the site if it remains in the County. The site is not big enough to support an individual package plan. He was not sure what the County General Plan shows for the site, but the developer would still have to go through an environmental process with the County. Ms. Michelotti asked if it was legally okay for the developer to proceed under the guidance of the Council. Mr. Swift said the property is in the County. The Planning Department has an application to prezone the site and for annexation. The environmental report would be done during the prezoning process on the development plan proposed for the site. For the size of the site the developer is proposing, it would be a first come first serve project for growth management. Ms. Michelotti said the developer would have the option of deciding to proceed because it is the one paying for the environmental report. She remembered a plan study and environmental report had been done for the Ridgelands. She felt it was the developer's choice to move forward. Mr. Swift said that is correct. A portion of the land is covered by the Ridgelands initiative, Measure F, and the rest of the land is low density residential. Pleasanton City Council 17 10/06/98 Minutes