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~consider~ that type of fee and as part of the consideration, the nexus will have to be established. Ms. Michelotti then referred to the recommendation of the Planning Commission to delete the program for a task force regarding air quality. What happened to the city's environmental monitoring committee? Who is in charge of assimilating the information we have on air quality monitoring? She also requested more information on the recommendation to actively support and pam'cipate in the South Livermore Agricultural Land Trust. Finally, she felt it was confusing the way the mitigation measure for Hopyard Road/Owens Drive was worded ~to prohibit westbound left turn~. Does this mean you can't make a left turn from Hopyard if you were going to Home Depot for instance? No, it means on Owens Drive going west you may not be able to turn left to southbound Hopyard. Mr. Pico referred to the letter from David Walden objecting to placing all or part of the General Plan to a public for a vote in November. Mr. Pico felt there were major issues in this General Plan that are controversial and it is appropriate to get ratification from the citizens, especially with some of the concerns about whether the process has been fair. He felt some of the issues that should be on the ballot are: Urban Growth Boundary and the permanence of it; what level to target growth management; a dwelling unit cap; and options on the Vineyard Corridor. None of those are cast in stone. There are two more meetings to discuss the issues and he would like to have more input from the community about the issues and whether they should go on the ballot. Ms. Michelotti referred to Mr. Walden's letter and quoted the second paragraph which states the job of the elected officials is to make decisions. She then finished reading the letter. Mr. Tarvet indicated Council will be talking about the final environmental impact report and making comments on its adequacy at the next meeting. Then after all input is received, Council will make decisions about what to do with all the recommendations and the differences between the recommendations from all the groups. That is the appropriate time to make the decision about what to put before the voters. Mr. Tarvet disagreed with the definition of democracy set .forth in the Walden letter. He felt the people should be empowered to make decisions when they are tough choices and having their understanding of what it is we are talking about. That is especially true when you have received public comment, and the public has devoted unbelievable mounts of time yet we cannot seem to come to a conclusion about certain aspects. That is the best time to exercise the citizens' right to vote. Ms. Michelotti referred to the comment of a General Plan Steering Committee member about why has the Committee spent three years on this. She felt there will be a wide variety of opinions. Mr. Tarvet did not think .anyone should go away from this process with a feeling that they have not been heard. There is a lot of information and the majority of this document has 05/28/96 - 15 -