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is included in the General Plan. He wants to preserve the Happy Valley area. He believed the issue was finding a way to build a golf course and also to find a way to solve other problems in the Happy Valley area which he thought were sewer and water problems. He thought that the bypass road was to take traffic off Happy Valley. That chart does not show that. Ms. Ayala asked which alternative had the two-thirds support of the residents. Mr. Rasmussen indicated Alternative 6A had the support of two-thirds of the people who attended the meeting. Ms. Ayala asked why. Mr. Rasmussen believed Alternative 6A would result in more land being left in open space, because of the expanse of the golf course and less acreage being taken up by homes. Ms. Michelotti indicated after public testimony, she would share her impression of the meetings and also would ask how to keep an option for the additional fiat land of the Spotornos and the financial implications. Vice Mayor Pico opened the meeting for public testimony. Bob Moorefield, 53 10 Sonoma Drive, indicated he is golf coach at Foothill High School and spoke in support of promoting golf for the young people. There are many outstanding facilities for other sports in the city and wanted to be certain there were opportunities for golf. It is more and more difficult to get onto courses for practice days. Donald Landsittel, 5269 Northway Road, indicated he has followed efforts to get a golf course in Pleasanton. He recenfiy got involved again to gather signatures in support of a golf course. He was surprised at the strong support he encountered, even from non-golfers, who wanted to preserve green space. Jack Hovingh, 4250 Muirwood Drive, indicated the City needs a golf course, but he wanted to make sure that the taxpayers and the City will not have to pay for the costs of the course. He has seen cost overruns on projects in other cities and counties and cited examples. There must be a mechanism to pay for the course other than by the taxpayers. He supported increasing the number of housing units if necessary to cover the costs of the course. Peter MacDonald, 400 Main Street, representing the Spotorno family, complimented Wayne Rasmussen and the rest of the City staff for the sensitive way they have worked with the Spotornos and the rest of the residents in the area to develop the golf course proposal. He wanted it clear that the bypass road will take the golf course traffic through the Spotorno property. The Spotorno family has a 130 year history on this property. The family has a long history of assisting this city in various ways. He described a proposed memorandum of understanding which makes the land available for the bypass road for pro rata reimbursement 14 1/21/97