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development are becoming more defined and there are different expectations. He did not want to set 127 units or 480 units. He has heard enough to believe that if any number is set, that is what will be expected to be built. Mr. Pico indicated his big concern was there have been a number of studies looking at this and he felt the real core of the issue was the amount of residential development required to provide the urban infrastructure necessary. All these other alternatives have been looked at and people come back saying the other alternatives don't work and they want houses there. He would rather see it not be developed. The real difficulty is infrastructure costs. Mr. Swift indicated there are a number of ways of looking at the question of minimum units to support infrastructure. Staff usually wants an area to be self-supporting in terms of infrastructure, but that is not necessarily the way the overall plan could be developed. The City can decide it wants Vineyard Avenue improved, whether relocated or in its existing location, but that improvement should be an overall City cost similar to the cost the City will bear to complete Foothill Road or some other major streets. The City can build into its fee structure for the entire City revenue to do certain of the infrastructure for this area, whether it be water, sewer or road systems. The area may not have to be totally self-supporting and infrastructure could be paid for by development throughout the entire community in a fashion that meets legal tests for providing backbone infrastructure for the City. For instance, the Water Department would like to see the Ruby Hill water system connected to the City's current system. The key is Council needs to establish ultimately what is the satisfactory land use product type and amount. Simply because the west end of the Corridor is more easily served by sewer and water may not be the best answer that it gets the most density and the east end gets nothing. The answer could be that they share the density and the City share some of the cost of the infrastructure. With the kind of direction from Council tonight, staff will not come back with one plan, but would instead present several options. Mr. Tarver wanted to repeat Mr. Pieo's original motion with the modification of Ms. Michelotti's substitute motion adding a study area concept. He wanted the essence of the Fertile Crescent concepts, the other uses suggested by Ms. Dennis, and putting that into a study area to come back with options from staff. It was moved by Mr. Pico, seconded by Ms. Denn[% to place the Vineyard Avenue Corridor into a study area and that a staff generated Specific Plan be prepared that wffi create an attractive gateway to the Livermore Valley wine country~ preserve substantial open space in the Vineyard Corridor, create a scenic road entry into the wine country, encourage planting vineyards, and implement a wine-country architectural-design theme throughout the Corridor, with uses to include wineries, bed and breakfasts, restaurants, and other compatible uses. 07/01/96 -26-