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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilmembers presented various Committee Reports for the information of the Council. Councilmember Wood suggested that the Planning Commission consider meeting bi-monthly instead of monthly due to the number of items on their agenda and the length of meetings. Mayor Brandes supported this suggestion and requested staff to pursue this matter with the Planning Commission. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Ms. Colleen Clancy, Attorney representing Railswap, urged Council to reconsider their earlier decision denying Railswap's referendum petition against the railroad consolidation project. Ms. Clancy noted that she, like the City Attorney, was setting forth an argument and not citing any identical cases. She stated that Railswap would have a very strong case against the City in court and opposed both arguments the Council had used in deciding that its March vote adopting the project could not be put to a referendum. Ms. Clancy told Council its resolution approving that project was patently legislative and definitely subject to a referendum. She challenged the City Attorney's position that consolidation policy was actually set Cit ' when the y s General Plan map was adopted in 1976. She also challenged the City Cit ' Attorney's position that consolidation is under the State's authority, not the y s. She stated that Pleasanton is approaching the Public Utilities Commission for project approval, but that the PUC has in no way mandated the plan. Ms. Clancy stated this matter is a land use problem and the decision should lay in the hands of the voters. Mayor Brandes thanked Ms. Clancy for her presentation. PUBLIC HEARINGS Application of the Planning Commission to prezone a one-acre parcel of land located at 6248 Amber Lane to the R-I-40,000 (Single-Family Residential) District or any other zoning district consistent with the General Plan On the basis of an Initial..st~.dX of the po.tential environment~.l impacts of the .projet. t, th~ Director of Planning and Community Development has determined that the proposed project would not have any potential significant adverse effects on the environment and that an environmental impact ~eport need not be prepared. This Initia.1..~u~y is available for review at the Planning Div. isiqn~ 200 Bernal Avenue~ Pleasanton. Comments on this decision may be directed to either the planning staff prior to the above meeting date~ or. directly to the City Council at the above noticed meeting Mr. Harris presented his report dated May 15, 1979, regarding this matter. ~4ayor Brandes declared the public hearing open on the application and the negative declaration. No one in the audience spoke in favor of or in opposition to this item. Mayor Brandes declared the public hearing closed on the application and the negative declaration. It was moved by Councilmember Mercer, and seconded by Councilmember Wood, that Resolution ~o. 79-90, determining on the basis of a review of initial environmental study done for this project, that no significant environmental Cit ' impact would occur as outlined in the y s guidelines and that a Negative Declaration is appropriate to prezone a one-acre parcel of land located at 6248 Amber Lane to the R-i-40,000 (Single-Family Residential) District, be adopted. 3. 5/22/79