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Mayor Tarver liked the proposed motion amendment to include affordability in the negotiations. The only part Pleasanton can influence is in the Memorandum of Understanding for the financing. He believed this process was to get another BART station and to get public and private money to fund the station. To the extent that additional costs are added to the project, it becomes less feasible. He appreciated the intention to get affordable housing and referred to a law that allowed public jurisdictions to work together to fund a project. He wanted to see what Dublin's reaction would be to a joint project through this process. He realized the housing element was in Dublin, but he believed an ofi~r of assistance in an affordable component would be worthwhile. Ms. Dennis agreed an offer was appropriate. Whenever there is a compact development, it is the best opportunity to include affordability. She felt a cooperative effort should be pursued if Dublin was agreeable. Mayor Tarver asked that to be part of the motion, to have staff pursue with Dublin the possibility of increasing the amount of affordable housing in this process if it is willing to do that. Ms. Michelotti asked for staff guidance. She was more comfortable with two separate motions because she did not want to tie the affordable housing to proceeding with the MOU. Ms. Acosta believed that Council was supporting and encouraging anything Dublin desired to do in regard to affordable housing and the Council supported a joint project if desired. It can be one or two motions. Ms. Ayala supported one motion. Ms. Dennis asked, if there were an interest in a joint affordable housing component, would that be a completely separate negotiation or as part of the BART project. If the housing component is to be by a separate developer, Council may want to make a separate motion to explore the opportunities with that separate group of people. Ms. Acosta stated the two issues were unrelated financially. The current negotiations regarding the MOU, the bond measure, etc. would be separate from working with an applicant who is building the housing and how affordability would be provided. Ms. Michelotti asked Ms. Dennis to formulate a separate motion on the affordability component of the project. The vote on the original motion was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Ayala, Dennis, Michelotti, Pico, and Mayor Tarver NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Pleasanton City Council 10 03/07/00 Minutes