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and render an opinion. She did not think a lot of angry people demanding Council to change its mind accomplished anything. Ms. Overbeck stated they were trying to get Council to listen to reason. She believed enough professionals had already reviewed the situation. Mr. Springer offered his apologies to the homeowners and the subcommittee. He indicated the Golden Eagle Board of Directors had appointed him as liaison with the City on this issue and it had taken from June until December to collect independent geological information so the Board could establish its position. That is the reason there were no committee meetings. Ms. Acosta further explained that the original committee selected by the Council was to have two Councilmembers, Earl Hart from the California Division of Mines and Geology, and all the Golden Eagle homeowners. Staff suggested that, while all could participate, one spokesman should be appointed for the homeowners to present the official position of the association. That took some time to select because the association had an election of new boardmembers. At the same time, staff was advised that Mr. Hart would not participate in the process. So ahnost immediately, the committee was not what the Council had envisioned. There has always been a willingness to work something out with the homeowners. Ramsey Araj, 33482 Whimbrel Road, Fremont 94555, indicated this issue had arisen in 1992 or 1993 and the City hired Peter Kaldveer and Associates to review the findings of Mr. Levish because of concerns about his integrity. Mr. Araj also hired his own geologist, Mike Merrill, to review the findings. Mr. Araj stated that Peter Kaldveer looked at over a thousand feet of ditch, more than he believed Mr. Levish did. The information has been reviewed, re-reviewed and re-re-reviewed. He felt Council had no scientific evidence for taking its current position. Mr. Araj indicated he was on the sites personally and monitored the work of Mr. Kaldveer. Mr. Lure indicated the City had retained a reviewing geologist, David Carpenter, to go over Murray Levish's work. Harza Kaldveer Engineers were retained to monitor the site's development to insure that all the recommendations were being followed. They were not charged with reviewing Mr. Levish's work. Kaldveer was responsible for determining if any faults, landslides, or instabilities became apparent during construction and to ask for analysis where appropriate. Mr. Tarver indicated he had spoken to members of the geology community and believed there was sufficient reason for reviewing the conclusions of Mr. Levish and he 03/07/95 14 -