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John Haman, Providian Bancorp, 4920 Johnson Drive, indicated Providian employs approximately 800 people at this time and proposes to add several hundred more in the next few months as it completes its third building. It is interested in doing its fair share to support the community and to insure that Pleasanton has adequate parks and recreation facilities. They want to provide a healthy work lifestyle for its employees and infrastructure for the city because it makes them a more desirable employer. He had, however, a couple of issues with the proposal. First, there was a matter of fairness. He had to agree to the condition or his company would not have been given the permits to build. Existing business that are not expanding seem not to have this obligation, whether their employees will use the parks or not. He felt there was inconsistency. All businesses should pay their fair share, not just new businesses. His second issue was how staff can determine the percentage of employees using park facilities, when the location of the new park is not determined. If the park was across the street from his business, they might be willing to pay more, but if it is in the south end of Pleasanton, he did not believe he should pay as much because there would not be the same mount of usage. In summary, Providian will pay its fair share, but felt all businesses should contribute and further consideration should be given to who is actually using the park. Ms. Dennis thanked him for his comments, _because she has shared them. She was happy to see those comments coming from the business community. Jeff Brimton, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, representing AT&T, indicated it had only become aware of this proposal last Friday. Because of late notice, he asked for a delay in Council action to review the proposal and give him a chance to respond. Ms. Acosta indicated staff had notified the property owner many months ago and is not sure what happened. Mr. Bfinton was aware Brian Swift had communicated with the property owner, but there was a lack of communication with AT&T. Chris Kinzel, 7741 Oak Creek Court, owner of TJKIVI Transportation Consultants, indicated he is not likely to move his business regardless of what Council decides about the park fee. He supported the staff recommendation. Because of his business, he is very sensitive to traffic in Pleasanton and inspile of the growth in the last few years, there are no intersections that are at unacceptable space levels and none are expected. He believes most of the reason the traffic system works so well is because of improvements funded by the business community. Even though the improvements are designed to accommodate residential and business traffic, most residents have not paid direc~y or indirec~y for the hundreds of millions of dollars of improvements. His point is that business has already contributed grea~y to the needs of the community and one more fee is not a good idea. He supported the position of the Chamber of Commerce. 12/05/95 -14-