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Councilmember Kephart presented six pictures that he had taken of trucks and recreational vehicles parked on various streets in Pleasanton causing unsightly and dangerous conditions, to reinforce his point for the need of an ordinance to control. this problem in the City. Councilmember Kephart requested City Council support to ask staff to investi- gate the development of a Restitution Program, to possibly deal with daytime burglaries. He asked that programs and ordinances on this subject be surveyed and reported back to Council. Council concurred. Councilmember ~ercer requested the Mayor to write a letter to the Rotary Club thanking them for their donation and planting of 190 trees at the Sports Park this past ~eekend. Council concurred. Councilmember Mercer stated there was dirt running into the sidewalk and curb area from the construction of the shopping center site at the intersection of Hopyard Road and Valley Avenue; he requested staff to investigate and correct thfs problem. Councilmember Wood asked if any personnel had been hired to replace those layed off due to Proposition 13. Mr. Brown advised that only those positions authorized by City Council were being filled. He stated that several persons were being utilized at City Hall under the Valley Volunteer Bureau Women's Re-Entry Program. ~yor Brandes stated that he would be considering assignments to the various Council liaison committees shortly, and requested Councilmembers to present in- put of preferences and improvement of these committees. Mayor Brandes asked that Councilmembers continue in their present assignments until reassignments are made. CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilmembers presented various Committee Reports for the information of the Council. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Mr. Terry Bell, 4722 Harrison Street, stated that with regard to the petition he presented at the City Council meeting of February 27, 1979, relative to the proposed apartment complex at 4741 Harrison Street, the newspaper articles seemed to indicated the residents in the area were opposed to the design of the apart- ment. Mr. Bell stated the residents were not in opposition to the design of the apartment but were concerned about the increased traffic and parking that the proposed complex would create and the safety factor involved, especially with emergency vehicles. He asked Council to review the decision of Design Review on the apartment complex at 4741 Harrison Street. Mayor Brandes advised Mr. Bell that RAP allocations would not'be approved for any construction until October, 1979, and that the entire Old-Town area was in- cluded in a zoning study being done by staff which is scheduled to be completed by June. Mayor Brandes instructed staff to see that Mr. Bell received a copy of this report and that he be advised as to when the report would be reviewed by Council. Mr. Stanley Kephart, 6232 Corte Altamira, speaking as a citizen, expressed displeasure of a picture in the Tri-Valley Herald on }{arch 11, 1979, related to Juvenile Crime, showing how to commit a burglary. He commended the article but stated he felt the picture was in poor taste. 4. 3/13/79