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Ms. Mohr asked how soon the analytical work could be done so a committee would have something to review. Mr. Swift felt the analysis was already done and is included in the environmental impact report that we have. The information missing is what are discrete design alternatives so the City can achieve the other policies in the General Plan that are equally valid as building the West 1.as Positas interchange, such as how many cars occur in front of residences, how noisy it is in the backyards, etc. Those policies are equally important. Staff has not tried to design a package of the interchange and other issues, because that requires a subsequent level of detail. It is staff's intention to work with the neighborhoods on both sides of West Las Positas in order to come up with a plan before proceeding to the City Council. Mr. Tarver felt the adoption of the Steering Committee recommendation still does not take care of Ms. Dennis' concern about the ability of the residents to take action. Since this is an advisory committee that would study alternatives, it still leaves us with an administrative action. Ms. Mohr felt the approach used by Ms. Dennis was a good one for resolving the question of how the citizens can respond. If we are going to do a citizens committee besides the neighbors on either side of West Las Positas overcrossing, we should also include the Vat Vista people, who would bear the brunt of any diverted traffic. Mr. Swift indicated traffic would be diverted all over the whole city. Ms. Dennis felt there would be a lot of citizen interest and a formal committee might be too restrictive and would tire out the people on the committee, since it may go on for a very long time. She believed that a policy that says provide information to all interested citizens, since people may be interested at various times. It is too early to form a formal committee today, but not too early for the city to do outreach for those interested in commenting on this and educating themselves about the matter. Interested citizens will probably form themselves into a committee, but we should have a policy to assist neighborhood groups who are looking at this question. Material should be available to them and staff available to assist in answering questions. Mr. Swift believed that language could be added to the program before Council. It was certainly staffs intention to proceed in that manner. The process is to design an interchange satisfactory to the people and if it is not, then they have the initiative process to fall back on. Mr. Tarvet suggested that instead of appointing a citizens advisory committee, the staff could prepare a study and prepare recommendations to Council. It could indicate that we want staff to prepare the study, which carefully examines all potential impacts on the affected neighborhoods as well as on the overall-citywide-subregional-traffic circulation. Economic and fiscal studies should also be included and staff will work closely with citizens in the preparation 07/15/96 -7-