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Mr. Richard Baker, Sandpiper Way, stated he supports this proposal and does not have any problem with the railroad proposal, provided the train whistle does not adversely impact the senior citizen complex. He suggested the railroad station be placed south of the planned development with bus service into the City. He stated if this could not be done then he felt the railroad project should be eliminated. Mr. Art Bartee, 465 Main Street, representing the Downtown Association, stated he is in favor of the senior citizens project. He recommended a committee be formed to study specific plans for the proposed railroad project before it is approved. He stated that the Downtown Association would be happty to participate in such a study. Dr. Ray Serafin, 1124 Vintner Way, with offices at 60 and 90 Mission Drive, stated he is in favor of the proposed railroad project, and advised there would be no train whistles after 6:00 P.M. Mr. Bill Laube, 855 Main Street, stated he is in favor of any kind of tourism that will help Pleasanton, and he supports the proposed railroad project. Mr. Levine stated that the PHGI is very eager to see Pleasanton progress and have no objection to meeting with developers of the railroad project to work out potential incompatibilities and final street alignment. He requested that Council action be taken on this item tonight relative to the general plan amendment. There being no further testimony, Mayor Mercer declared the public hearing closed on the application and the mitigated negative declaration. It was moved by Councilmember Brandes, and seconded by Councilmember Wood, that Resolution No. 84-320, determining on the basis of a review of initial environmental study done for this project, that the proposed change may have a significant adverse effect on the environment but that conditions imposed on project approval would re- duce those potentially significant adverse effects to an insignificant level, there- fore a mitigated negative declaration is appropriate in connection with the applica- tion of the City of Pleasanton to change the General Plan designation of the approxi- mately 17 acre City Corporation Yard located at 5335 Sunol Boulevard and the approxi- mately 20.5 acre City-owned parcel located west of the corporation yard immediately west of the SPRR right-of-way from "Public and Institutional" and "General and Limited Industrial" to "Public and Institutional", "Parks and Recreation", and '!High Density Residential" Districts, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Butler, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Mercer NOES: None ABSENT: None After discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Brandes, and seconded by Council- men~er Butler, that Resolution No. 84-321, approving the application of the City of Pleasanton to change the General Plan designation of only the approximately t0 acres at the City Corporation Yard involved with the 200 unit elderly housing project from "General and Limited Industrial" to "High Density Residential", as modified to include the noise mitigation proposed in the Initial Study, and approving the general circula- tion system proposed for the entire Corporation Yard/San Francisco Water Department land area, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Butler, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Mercer NOES: None ABSENT: None Council asked that the railroad group and the PHGI get together to discuss their respective proposals to see if they could work out any potential differences, and in- dicated further consideration of the proposed railroad project in a master plan for the area to be discussed at a later date. 6. 6/26/84