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365 block on Main Street to accommodate the demand for parking and parking structures. He asked if all those people who will be giving up property been notified. Mr. Lee advised that they have been notified. Mayor Mercer stated the Specific Plans recommends that $100,000 a year be designated to expand Pleasanton Downtown Association promotion and to minimize the disruption of construction activities over a ten year period. He asked how much the Downtown Association receives now. Mr. Lee stated it is $35,000 per year. Mayor Mercer stated that page 9 of the report states the highest priority improvements include Main Street landscaping, consolidated parking lots, remedial street repairs, utility repairs, Ray Street, St. John realignment, and promotional activities. He stated that sound good to him. He had some questions about the rest. Regarding the Sunol railroad right-of- way road on Sunol, he asked if the City is purchasing that with the County. Mr. Lee stated the County is in the process of purchasing that from Southern Pacific. Once it becomes part of the public domain then the City can negotiate with the County. Mayor Mercer asked if the County is buying that with a grant from the State of California. Mr. Lee stated he did not know what the funding source is. Mayor Mercer stated it is his understanding that the County of Alameda is purchasing that with a grant from the State of California and that the grant states that there must be a fixed railroad right-of-way in that facility and that it what the grant is for. He directed staff to check that out. Mayor Mercer stated he can support realigning Ray Street, St. John, Peters intersection, also replacing existing street trees, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, restriping Division Street, restriping Spring Street. He stated he can support Main Street landscaping, paving, furniture, plazas, etc., upgrading water, sewer, storm drain and utilities, and the $100,000 promotional allocation. He stated he feels uncomfortable supporting the Del Valle Parkway extension, which he has never supported, the Santa Rita/Western Pacific Railroad undercrossing, and the Sunol Boulevard extension. He does not know if the City needs nine parking lots. He has a real problem with building five parking structures in downtown; he did not think they would lend to the heritage and beautification of downtown. He stated that if the projects in the Specific Plan gets reduced down to some number that Council can agree on, then obviously the next problem is how to fund it. He felt Council should get more specific this evening about what kind of projects are to be included in this Specific Plan. Councilmember Tarver stated some of that was expressed at the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission felt as if it has to accept the entire Plan. He stated he expressed concern regarding Sunol Boulevard, Del Valle extension, the undercrossing at Santa Rita and some of the parking structures. He stated he - 23 - 12-6-88