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only 24 homes; the other half will be paid for from the course revenues. The plan with 24 lots works. If Council wants to eliminate all traffic on the small section of Alisal Street, how will you pay for the million dollar road extension suggested from the Spotorno property to the golf course? You can pay for it by reserving on the course six extra lots to be sold off when the City needs to pay for the road. The value of the lots will keep up with the increasing road costs. Council could increase the number of lots from 24 to 30 or 36 and use the revenue for other City facilities. Council was elected on a program of slower growth to preserve the ambiance and quality of life of Pleasanton. This is an opportunity to add a great facility for the children and golfing enthusiasts. Ms. Dennis had indicated she was not willing to have an unlimited number of housing units to pay for this, but he was certain 24 was an acceptable number of units. To get the additional funds for the road improvements, he did not feel a few more homes was a deal-breaker. No other development proposal would benefit the City like this will and he encouraged Council to review both plans. Ms. Michelotti clarified that her concern has always been for the financing and risks of this project. She has never said approval of additional units is the way to go. Kellen Aura, 770 Happy Valley Road, supported the golf course with reservations. He did not think all the property owners supported one acre parcels. There is more foot, equestrian and bicycle traffic on Happy Valley on the weekends than car traffic. The residents know the road and golfers may not. He worries about taking away the multiple use of the road due to safety concerns. He supported the bypass road as the driveway to the golf course. Leslie Wolf, 6028 Alisal Street, wants to keep the area as it is. She wanted the use of Alisal and Happy Valley to be very temporary and believed the bypass road should be built first so all construction traffic could use that for golf course development. She referred to discussions regarding water and sewer connection and wanted to know where the pipeline would go. Roger Smith, 6344 Alisal Street, indicated he was concerned about the process and felt the people who attend meetings are the ones who will make money on this and those who don't attend the meetings are the residents with school children or elderly who don't understand the importance of this. He believed the majority of the community does not want one-acre zoning, but should stay with the General Plan two acre designation. The traffic levels are a good example of how this process has gone astray. There will be a bypass road with just as much traffic being carried on the Happy Valley loop and that is not at all what the community wants. The process must represent the community as a whole. There is a proposal for a golf course committee and to have a specific plan. He supports both options. Developing a specific plan will be a long term process. How is the golf course committee going to address some of the issues, such as location of the bypass road or whether there will be a bypass road, the location of the main buildings, access to the course, etc. He felt those were questions for the specific plan with input from the community. He felt there should be a different kind of golf course committee, which has community representation and plans more than the golf course. He proposed a steering committee comprised of members of the golf course committee, who should 17 1/21/97