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fee as another issue. She supports the consensus plan and secure a location in the Hacienda Business Park. The motion died for lack of a second. Mayor Tarver felt the Council has been business friendly and did not believe it had taken any action that was not. Council has changed development agreements allowing residential and retail uses in the business park, and allowed a business park to get out of traffic mitigation fees. He appreciated comments about being practical and being realists, but he had grand visions when Mr. Callaban said $6-$7 million would be available for a sports facility when the residential property got rezoned in the Hacienda Business Park there was the possibility of Lot 6 being available for a community park that could be up to 33 acres. The park condition has been around ten years without establishing what the fee should be. The last two years have been used' to discuss fees (which are not agreed upon yet), to get business input and to meet with the people who have the park reach a consensus plan. He did not believe there will be a sports park/community park in Hacienda Business Park due to the economic situation and the number of leads Hacienda is getting from businesses to purchase lots in the Park. Mayor Tarver continued, the surveys don~ in the past show that 58% of the residents additional park facilities, but don't want to be taxed anymore. I-Ie did not believe the community -- would suppen a fee on the businesses. The maximum tax to be gotten from each business was $159 to $172 per employee. Right now the consensus plan is $100. He felt Condition 26 is still applicable and businesses have a commitment to pay for the impacts. The North Pleasanton Improvement District was formed to make all the road improvements; it raised the money, the improvements were made, and the City just made a refund back to the property owners for that District. The money came from interest income on the money that has been sitting for that ten year period to make those improvements. Money paid ten years ago is worth more than today. It is not fair to just assess those with condition 26 and it is not fair to assess all businesses on that commitment. Neither is it fair to have the voters approve a tax on business. Fairness does not come easily; someone always loses. He was sorry the City had lost some of its opportunities. Mayor Tarver acknowledged that the economy is down and the impact would be on small businesses. I-Ie felt past promises should be kept. He is working hard to have a community goff course and lighted sports fields, which he has promised. He felt there were many opportunities where entities want to help the City because they want something back from the City. Those agreements that were made with the development community were quid pro quo. Each deal is for that entity only and is not for all. When someone says they will do something, they should do it and not have people come back and say they are not able to live up to the conditions. It was moved by Mr. Pico, seconded by Mayor Tarver, to continue this item to December 11, 1995. 12105/95 -18-