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of expenses passed onto Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin residents when most of the people causing the traffic were going to the Central Valley. He asked what happened to the gas taxes that were supposed to support the highways. The present building fees at $3.82 sq. ft. is a four percent increase of the cost to build the building. Most buildings run on a nine to twelve percent profit margin. If the Pleasanton traffic fee is added onto the TVTC fee it would be about 250 % of the building permit fees. He talked about the system Hughes Electric has put together. All 1997 cars are required to have a transponder installed and when cars drive under a big bar in LA, money is taken out of the driver's checking account. Not that he believed Pleasanton should use this type of system, but it would be a start. Mark Sweeney, 4309 Hacienda Dr,//550, representing the Hacienda Business Park, did not believe the adoption of the Tri-Valley Subregional Development Fee was good public policy for the reasons already stated. The proposal exempts existing users from outside the area from mitigating impacts and exempts certain undeveloped properties from mitigating future impacts. Every one of the highest priority projects identified by the TVTC needs to be solved. To suggest that the problems be solved solely by new residents seems to be unfair. Hacienda Business Park feels Council should reject the fee based on its size. This fee will double Pleasanton's building fees. He believed Hacienda Business Park and other Pleasanton developments have paid far more for regional transportational solutions than any projects in the Tri-Valley. He listened to the San Ramon City Council when the Mayor said burdening its commercial developers with this fee could be illegal on the notion that the developments would be paying twice. Then this would be true for Pleasanton. San Ramon is not willing to impose this fee on its commercial developments. If Council recommends adoption of this fee it would be endorsing the policy, which would require Hacienda Business Park to pay a portion of the fee which otherwise would be attributable to Bishop Ranch. He said this was unfair. The TVTC proposes to burden office development with the greatest fee. This is counter productive. Office buildings built in this valley allow workers to stay in this valley and not have to face the commute to the Silicon Valley. The TVTC averaged the am and pm peak trip rates to come up with a fee of $1.26 a foot. The office building rate is $3.82 a foot. The City of Pleasanton had adopted traffic standards for the Hacienda Business Park that said retail developments generate 2.7 times as many trips as office. If this is correct than the TVTC should be imposing a $10.31 input fee on retail. Something is wrong. Hacienda Business Park will pay its share, it always has. It objects to paying a fee that mitigates impact of existing users, especially from outside the area; objects to paying a fee that otherwise would be attributable to its competitors, who frequently state that its projects are more economical. He said Hacienda Business Park did not believe this fee would solve the problem. There was no further testimony. Ms. Michelotti said she would welcome possible solutions, resolutions, ideas that could be taken back to the TVTC. She encouraged everyone that spoke tonight to go to the TVTC meetings. She said getting the fees would not be enough to solve the problem. The funds that are obtained need to be leveraged with state and federal monies in order to achieve resolution Pleasanton City Council 5/06/97 Minutes 18