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155 Mr. Tarver agreed that the parcel should not be used as a park, but added that he felt that it should not be used as a road. He was aware that with grading, a road could be placed there but did not agree with placing one through there. He objected to using City money to maintain the area. He would rather make the parcel surplus and sell it, or take responsibility to maintain, it if the City was to continue to own it. Ms. Mohr asked Mr. Elliott if City staff had reviewed this parcel in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor study. She asked how critical would a road be to serve this area. She also asked what the feasibility was for this parcel to be an access point. Mr. Elliott answered that the study has just begun. Possible alignment lay outs have been drafted. Staff has yet to determine the need and how to access the Hatsushi property. Mr. Rasmussen explained that the study has been started. The EIR was approved by Council at its second meeting in June and City staff is now working with the consultants. There are alternative plans being drafted for that area. It would be possible for a half dozen homes to be built on the flat area behind this right-of-way. The plans are expected to be available for public review in approximately three months. Ms. Mohr asked staff to explain where the park dedication fees for this property were used. She pointed out that the dedication fees have to be applied to neighborhood parks which serve within one half mile radius of the homes, or applied to community facilities. Ms. Bengtson stated that was correct. She would need to know the approximate time that the fees were collected to determine to what they were applied. Recently, community facilities are what staff has been concentrating on because there are no new neighborhood parks in the Montevino area. Mayor Mercer agreed withMr. Butler that there are a number of unanswered questions at that time. He also agreed that this area should be declared surplus and be sold if it is too small to be a usable park. He asked staff to begin its study on the Hatsushi property before studying Vineyard Avenue'as a whole. This would enable Council todetermine whether this parcel would be needed for access sooner than in three months. He would not object to selling the property to the neighbors. Mayor Mercer asked that the Police Department patrol the neighborhood more to eliminate the speed of the vehicles. He concluded that if staff were to suggest that this property should be used as a park, he asked that a drawing of what it would look like be provided for the neighbors as well as for Council. 7/21/92 13