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Ms. Michelotti felt that the neo-traditional concept referred to the Village Center which was agreed to. Mr. Tarver felt staff was suggesting getting through the environmental process and where the pieces will be located. Then we can ta/kc about design guidelines which will be reviewed and approved based on the merits. He did not know what would be adopted. Ms. Acosta indicated staff s understanding was that when the contract with Ca/thorpe was authorized, that Council wanted a plan in the neo-traditiona//new urban style. Mr. Tarver agreed with that and indicated that the design can be changed. He referred to the Friedman design for downtown, where certain parts were approved and other parts were changed significantly. However, the concepts and principles were supported. He indicated that before people can react to something, they have to have a plan before them and he wanted one with urban design. Some of those principles have a/ready been changed based on public input. Ms. Mohr preferred that a plan be presented to Council before the EIR work is done. She remembered how dramatically the Friedman plan was changed and felt if that level of change were applied to the Ca/thorpe plan, it might affect how the EIR is done. Ms. Aya/a was concerned that the plan would be marketable. She was concerned about the remark of Mr. Ca/thorpe that you can't drive more than 15 mph in the residential area. That is not very fast to cross 508 acres of land. She felt people should go to Sacramento to review the Laguna West development. She read an article that said new urbanism is to give people a sense of community. She felt it is made up of much more than small houses and porches. Her other concern was the commitment we made to San Francisco to stay to the timeline. Lorelei Tolvtvar, 1993 Greenwood Road, indicated she had been to Sacramento and saw Laguna West from the freeway. She did not like it at all. The houses are all the same color and she did not like the style. Margaret l .~lce, 5250 Case Avenue, #S-111, wanted space between the houses on the San Francisco property. She suggested a ballpark for the Oakland A's on this site. It would have less environmental impact and use less sewer. She was in favor of a golf course. She a/so suggested a community center for young people and activities for them when they are out of school. She a/so felt there was a need for another off-ramp from 1-680 between Sunol and Berna/Avenues. She was concerned about traffic on Berna/. Dorene Paradiso, 3168 Paseo Granada, was opposed to spending another $60,000 on this consultant. At the last meeting, we revised all but a small portion of his plan. Why pay for something that we will change? 04116196 -11-