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137 apartment. Also we are facing our 5th year of drought and there is not enough water for this project. If this project is approved by Council, it should be put to a vote. Lorraine Coster, 3428 Windsor Court, asked how it is that a plan that has been approved and passed by the City voters can be changed by the City Council. As a school teacher, she wanted to know if these kinds of projects ever take into consideration schools or services such as water. She asked if Prudential is planning on donating land or building a school in the middle of the Business Park. This will be the third major complex in that area. The schools have been impacted by the other complexes built. The principals had no previous warning that those complexes were going to built and were not prepared. She was also concerned about water. George Land, 4024 Fairlands, Pleasanton, has lived in this town for 20 years and over those years he has watched this body, not particularly these same people, knuckle under to the interests of developers time after time. He had his first acquaintance with this body, when this body knuckled under to certain demands by the cable company to increase charges. There's no doubt that Council will approve this project because that's the history of this body. He sees this body as a lackey for the selfish interests of developers and business interests. Many people have not liked many of the things that this body has been doing over the years. Wayne Meyers, 3428 Virgil Court, Pleasanton, stated that about 10 or 11 years ago Prudential made the promise that it would build a nice Business Park with the sole purpose of allowing the people of Pleasanton the opportunity to work here in town. Now Prudential wants to bring in more people who will work at the Business Park. There were no rebuttals. There being no further testimony, Mayor Mercer declared the public hearing closed. Mr. Butler stated contrary to what several people have said, the reason that the project should be approved is because the City staff and the Council sees a need for this type of housing. He felt it's an advantage to the City to have this type of housing approved. It's difficult for Prudential to say today what type of housing projects it will bring to the market in the future. The one thing that goes in favor of Prudential's argument is that this Council has the opportunity to determine if the density that's being suggested is appropriate or not. He was of the opinion that it made sense for the overall project to have an average density of 15 units per acre. Mayor Mercer recommended eight units per acre to allow more flexibility for future CityCouncil's to do what it wanted to do 12/10/91 11