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Gary Schwagerle, 189 West Angela Street, thought keeping the land zoned agriculture would give the City a better chance and a better price to buy the land. Jocelyn Combs, 5 151 Greentree Court, thought we had sufficient representation on the proposed special committee, with two seats filled by City Council and two seats filled by the Alameda County (who, in fact, represent Pleasanton also). She felt the City's desires should be made known to the San Francisco PUC. The joint process is open to the public, litigation is not. Greg Smith, 5675 Sunol Boulevard, was concerned about the impacts that might take place after the site is developed. His business operates twenty-four hours a day and includes refrigerated trailers that go all night long. Any multi-use planning or housing abutting the property is going to have severe noise pollution. The EIR analyzed impacts during the daytime when those trailers and equipment are not running. San Francisco is aware of the restrictions his business has to work under (when the trucks are delivered and only to certain neighborhoods) but not about the volume of noise. He mentioned the preferred use road going through Sycamore that crosses Sunol Blvd. Trying to pull out on Sunol Blvd. at certain times of the day is difficult and felt traffic lights would have to be installed. Joe Callahan, 656 Palomino Drive, stated he had read two of San Francisco's fiscal studies and believed the Council would benefit from hiring a consultant to go through those reports. Brenda Weak, 5995 Corte Venado, felt the Council is asking the Pleasanton citizens who should develop the Bemal Avenue site when most the citizens she had encountered did not want the property developed at all or that only minimum development be allowed. There were no more speakers. There was a break at 9:02 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at 9:10 p.m. Mayor Tarver felt his perception of the situation is that a principle is being violated. The intent of the LAFCO law is for LAFCO to deal with development. LAFCO was formed as an independent body that would insure development would occur in a logical and controlled fashion. The County and cities have to work out how the tax money that is generated from the development is to be shared and how services will be provided. It is to avoid having pockets of unincorporated land, surrounded by cities, that don't get the same level of service that the rest of the citizens get. It is to talk about the most logical, cost effective mechanism for developing infrastructure and providing services to our residents and to get a logical and controlled orderly growth. 08/22/95 - 11 -