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444 Mr. Paul Ebright, Chairman of the Golf Course Committee, indicated his support for the staff recommendations. He requested Council to approve the feasibility study and have it done as soon as possible. Ms. Phyllis Couper, 6525 Alisal Street, representing the Alisal Improvement Club, expressed concern about the traffic flow and stated that viable solutions must be considered for all the communities involved. She added that the latest discussion to move a collector road out into the undeveloped areas and connect to Bernal Avenue to relieve the heavy traffic flow to the communities in the area would present serious problems impacting the people on both ends of the roadway. She pointed out that the North Sycamore Specific Plan (NSSP) proposed a 40-foot wide roadway, not an 80-foot collector size road. She indicated that the Club is not opposed to any development in the area but would like to preserve the rural atmosphere of the Happy Valley area and maintain its uniqueness and that having 17,000 daily trips pass through the North Sycamore area is not acceptable. She expressed personal concerns about the 5,000,000 - 6,000,000 cubic yards that would be taken off the hilltops for the golf course. Mr. Bud Barlow, 6723 Alisal Street, commented that he would like to maintain the rural environment on Alisal Street as well as Happy Valley Road. He stated that the 26 additional parcels from the Happy Valley Loop area need not be annexed and that the basic plan for the golf course does not provide any jogging, hiking or horse trails. He expressed concern that watering the golf course and any development in the area would affect the ground water supply which the area uses. He asked what the time table was for the feasibility study. Mr. Mercer referred the matter to staff. Mr. Chandler Lee, Principal Planner for the Department of Planning and Community Development, stated that the closest example to this would be the West Pleasanton Feasibility Study, which took three to four months to prepare and another two months to go to the Planning Commission and the City Council. Council decided at the end of the process to proceed with further planning and a citizens' committee review of the Ridgelands. Mr. Don Temple, 6409 Alisal Street, resident of the Happy Valley area and a member of the Alisal Improvement Club, stated that having a golf course in the area would be beneficial to the City but that it should not be put in at the expense of the communities involved. He added that the impact of traffic coming in from the south and the east as mentioned by Ms. Couper exemplified the neighbors' concern. He indicated that a 8-21-90 - 20 -