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that traffic on Vineyard Avenue would be significantly increased and that the proposed use of land by the Hindu Complex might represent a down-zoning, there- fore he was not opposed to the use but did feel the City should take a position that they could not provide municipal services to the proposed facility. After further discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Brandes, and seconded by Councilmember Wood, that Resolution No. 79-23, recommending to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that the Conditional Use Permit for the Hindu Cultural Center ba denied based on the following concerns: (1) the unmittgatable adverse environ- mental impacts listed on page 19 of the Environmental Impact Report raise grave con- cernsfor the City; (2) the primary impact on the City of Pleasanton will be the traffic generated by the facility on Vineyard Avenue through the City of Pleasanton, it is important to note that the City Council has in the past down-zoned apartment projects along that road to reduce their traffic impact and has phased other pro- jects to limit the negative impacts of traffic on Vineyard Avenue, and that addi- tional traffic generated by future phases, as well as the present phase of this project, could reduce the effectiveness of the City's attempts to control traffic flows on Vineyard Avenue; (3) the questions regarding the provisions of municipal services to the Center have not been satisfactorily answered by the conditional use permit approved by the Planning Commission of Alameda, in particular, the appellant's lack of sufficient water supply to fight fires on the site, coupled with the County Fire Department's inability to handle structural fires, raises serious safety con- cerns generated by this proposal; and (4) factual support for findings in the EIR have not been sufficiently provided in the record, in particular, there are no facts established for the public need for the proposal, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Brandes, Kephart, Wood, and Mayor Mercer NOES: Councilman Butler ABSENT: None Councilmember Brandes stated he would be attending the County Board of Super- visors meeting on Thursday, March 1, 1979, regarding this matter and could present the Council's adopted position resolution to the Board at that time. Mr. Terry Bell, 4722 Harrison Street, addressed the Council speaking in opposi- tion to a proposed apartment complex at 4741 Harrison Street, and requesting Council to consider rezoning the area to single-family residences. He presented a petition to the City Council, signed by 219 residents, which read as follows: "Whereas Pleasanton Ordinance #5-1.54 and 5-3.46 permit law enforcement agencies to prohibit parking on streets which might create emergency (Fire dept., Ambulance, etc.) traffic congestion, and Whereas Farrison street at the proposed multiple dwelling site (4741) measures 33 feet in width, as opposed to the normal 36 foot street width, and Whereas Farrison street in Old Town Pleasanton by its width, indicates that the street was never planned for multiple dwellings, Now, therefore be it resolved, that the under- signed property owners and taxpayers of Old Town Pleasanton feel that if it is in- cumbent on law enforcement to prohibit parking on Harrison street during the Alameda County Fair Exposition, so that Emergency vehicles may have unobstructed passage, we the undersigned, feel that Harrison Street and nearby citizens are entitled to the same unobstructed Emergency vehicle passage the remaining fifty weeks of each year, and thereby petition the rezoning of Harrison street as well as 4741 }~rrison street to a single family dwelling s atus" t . Council discussion ensued about possible rezoning of the area, who could initiate a zoning change, and the possibility of including this area in the land use study of the downto~n area that is expected to be completed in June. Staff advised that it would include this area in its report. 3. 2/27/79