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The following businesses were honored but unable to attend: Davis S. Stone, M.D., Inc. Nebco Sales Baijnath Saw, M.D. Lincoln Air Conditioning Corp. J. H. Pillow Associates, Inc. Boyd Corporation Best Foods Boswell Enterprises, Inc. Autotron Service Center Janice &Company Gil Kal Ventures Express Store Kenneth R. Henneman, AT&T Consulting Engineer TCA Hill Rom Company Sanders Coy Construction, Inc. Lady Footlocker Beauty Supply Plus Top Cuts Terry Edwards, Youth Commission, introduced Anna Johnson as the new Youth Commission Chair. He gave an overview of the Youth Day car show that was held on May 22, 1999 and an update on planned future Youth Commission activities. He said the car show was very successful and everyone had a great time. He presented the Council with T-shirts from the event. Vice Mayor Ayala thanked Mr. Edwards for his work on the Youth Commission and the Youth Master Plan. Brian Arkin, 3740 Newton Way, commented that the defeat of Measure P shows that the residents cannot be bought with a fancy campaign, that this city needs a change and from now on development will only be approved that truly mitigates its impacts. The current status quo is as follows, development is approved which is followed by an increase in local and regional traffic, overcrowding of local schools and stresses placed on sewer, water and other infrastructure. In response to this the City tends to tax itself and then try and fix the problems later. He said with the millions of new residents anticipated to move to the Bay Area over the next decade, the City needs to approve new development that will truly mitigate the impacts to the existing residents. Vice Mayor Ayala mentioned the School Board is discussing facilities tonight and said people were welcome to attend that meeting or watch it on Channel 69. Carole Varela, 3858 Mohr Avenue, said she was thrilled about the outcome of Measure P. She thanked all the voters for listening to the residents and the developers. She named several people involved in the process and wanted to personally thank them for their efforts. She was curious as to why people would endorse something that doesn't involve them and people who endorse something should have a clear picture of what they are endorsing. She also believed new development does not pay for the full cost of schools; it only helps to get some of the schools started. She encouraged people to attend the School Board meetings. She wanted to thank the reporters for giving a fair evaluation of both sides.