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Mr. Levin stated that San Francisco does own this property and that it is not in the City of Pleasanton. He felt that San Francisco has been working on developing this site between 4-15 years. If this joint process doesn't work, then go back and liftgate. Starting at ground zero with another survey and bringing new people up to speed on the subject will not change the problem. He asked the Council to proceed and make it a win/win situation. Kay Ayala, 4515 Gatetree Circle, stated that the newspaper has been asked to give the community some history on the site and what has happened to date so the community can understand all points of view. The Supervisors have been cooperative and have done everything that has been asked of them by the Mayor's committee. She felt the City needed to buy into a process and give San Francisco and the County the courtesy of a response and get back to the table and work with them. She understood San Francisco's frustration to think that Pleasanton would want to start at ground zero again after all these years. The Council has a summary from a committee of over 200 people on the General Plan review process and the Council should use the summary to help make the necessary decisions. Ms. Dennis stated that the public has asked for more input and felt that a staff report is needed and possibly survey the community and find out if they are willing to pass a bond measure to buy the site. She also asked if staff could find out if there was a fiscal impact study done and if so when would it be coming. Ms. Michelotti stated the alternatives outlined, and asked what it would mean to have a bond measure and the ramifications of that, and with a pared tax what would be the ramifications. She also thought with the proposal that there might be some flexibility in discussing some alternatives and have it spelled out. She asked how it affected any of the work that had been done in the EIR. Ms. Mohr asked if San Francisco is willing to sell or would it have to be by condemnation. Mr. Roush stated that if there were a consensus plan, the City would have to look at what environmental work has been done on each of the plans. The EIR that the City prepared looked at a range of alternatives but it did not look at a specific proposal. The County E1R looked at a certain density because it had an actual plan in mind. He stated that whatever EIR work had been done would have to be refined. Mayor Tarver stated that knowing where the decision points are would be helpful as a guide through the process. Ms. Dennis asked if comments and input from the community polls, either through the town meeting process, the General Plan subcommittee process and survey, could be summarized. She felt that the process segmented would be easier to talk about rather than speculating what the end might be. 08/07/95 -14-