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277 'MINUTES of THE MEETING of THE CITY COUNCIL November 9, 1981. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kenneth Mercer called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 8:00 P.M. ROLL CALL Deputy City Clerk Doris George called the roll which is recorded as follows: Councilmembers Butler, Kephart,-Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Mercer were present. Mr. Walker, City Manager, Mr. Levine, City Attorney, Mr. Warnick, Director of Public Works and Utilities, and Mr. Harris, Director of Planning and Community Develop- ment~ were present. Also present were Planning Commissioners Doherty, Getty, Jemieson, Lindsey, and Wilson. NORTH PLEASANTON ENGINEERING STUDY/STREET AND FREEWAY IMPROVEMENTS Mr. Walker stated that when planning for proposed development started taking place in the North Pleasanton area it became apparent that traffic studies would be necessary, and that the formation of an.assessment district was a possible means of financing the improvements required. He stated that Council instructed staff to initiate a study to look at anticipated costs and preliminary work to be included in an assessment district. Mark Thomas and Company was:. hired to complete the study. He advised the study is now completed and is to be reviewed at this meeting. Mr. Walker advised that the study is very preliminary, that no cost figures can be pre- sented that might be levied on each parcel, and that improvement costs and boundary lines are very basic at this time. Mr. Walker introduced Mr. Sam Zullo, represent- ing Mark Thomas and Company, to present a review of his report regarding street and freeway improvements; and Mr. Robert Brunsell, representing Sturgis, Ness, Brunsell and Sperry, to discuss the financing aspect of the assessment district. Mr. Walker stated that Council approval is needed to proceed any further with the initiation of the assessment district, and he outlined the actions required by Council to proceed. He stated that properties to be included in the assessment district will be deter- mined at a later date, and that public hearings will be scheduled for the 120 indivi- dual property owners involved in this proposed assessment district.. Planning Commissioner Getty stated there was no mention of BART included in the report, which she felt could play a major role in offsetting traffic problems if service is extended in the future. Mr. Walker-advised that the report addresses traffic problems at their worst and that proposed improvements can be decreased if it is determined they are not necessary. Ms. Getty stated she felt there should be a statement in the report to that effect. Mr. Sam. Zullo, representing Mark Thomae and Company, stated this firm had been hired by the City in April, 1981, to review a number of items'in the North Pleasanton area and to prepare a ~tudy of these items and report back to Council on the findings of the study. He stated that basically the scope of work was to review traffic studies that had been prepared for the North Pleasanton area in conjunction with proposed development in that area and to. evaluate and prepare cost estimates on the amount of improvements necessary to mitigate traffic problems, to identify the im- provements, review financing concepts, and then to actually proceed with preliminary distribution of costs in order that property owners could evaluate costs presented in~his study.