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MINUTES <br /> of <br /> THE STUDY SESSION <br /> of <br /> THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br /> March 18, 1974 <br /> <br /> Mayor Floyd Mori called the Study Session of the City Council to <br />order at 6:30 P.Mo, with the following Council People in attendance: <br />Councilmen Herlihy, Kinney, Councilwoman LeClaire, Councilman Philcox, <br />and Mayor Morio <br /> <br /> Mr. Edgar stated that the City Gouncil had previously been made aware <br />of material regarding the proposed route for the BART extension. <br />Edgar went on to introduce members of BART and the consultant team who <br />were present to assist the Council in their deliberation. They were as <br />follows: Roy Cofer, from Livingston and Blayney; Hans Corvey, DeLeuw, <br />Cather and Company; and Howard Goode, BART. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cofer made the initial presentation regarding the advantages <br />and disadvantages of the Northern and Southern Routes. He described <br />both routes indicating which areas they traversed as well as the current <br />and projected land use, station descriptions, and noise contours per- <br />taining to each route. In addition, he described the elevations along <br />the routes and for the Southern Route he explained the subway alternate <br />through downtown Pleasantono <br /> <br /> Mr. Cofer, as well as Howard Goode and Hans Cotroy, stated that the <br />critical choice between downtown and the outlying stations for the en- <br />tire route were most clearly focused in Pleasanton where Station J, <br />south of Bernal near the Fairgrounds, was compared with Station F on <br />Los Positas, west of Santa Rlta Road. Station J would save Pleasanton <br />riders two minutes, would relieve congestion during events at the Fair- <br />grounds, would establish the identity and importance of the new civic <br />center and attract office development nearby, and would connect down- <br />town Pleasanton with downtown Livermore, although it would not be with- <br />in easy walking distance of the retail core. <br /> <br /> Station F would save Livermore riders one minute, would cause less <br />line disruption, would avoid attrition of low and moderate income <br />housing near J, could have a much larger walk-to-ride patronage than J <br />if the General Plan were revised to permit apartments nearby, would <br />serve the proposed Valley Memorial Hospital site, and would provide an <br />alternate park-and-ride station if Station D became congestedo <br /> <br /> The Northern. route would also be cheaper than the Southern route. <br /> After some City Council discussion, the study session was closed° <br /> <br /> <br />