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opportunity to work as closely with the agriculturalists in the valley and to hear what their issues are and their goals for open space protection. One of the first steps identified in the Vision was a County urban growth boundary around the Tri-Valley. This concept was taken to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors with a request to work on a ballot measure, and it agreed to do so. A similar proposal will be taken to Contra Costa County in a few years. Karen Sweet, 12233 North Flyun Road, Livermore, also spoke on behalf of the Vision 2010 Committee and announced that the City of Livermore approved in concept the Vision's measure as presented. She was proud that the agricultural community had an opportunity to participate in a broad-based effort to deal with the area. The subcommittee is working to develop its own concepts for a Vision and to identify the barriers to achieving it as well as possible solutions that will be further studied through the long-range agriculture and open space enterprise plan that is a major focus of the Vision's measure. She believed these concepts will provide landowners incentives to stimulate agricultural investments as well as fostering the realization of the Vision. Laura McDowell-Boyer, 5987 Via Del Cielo, urged Council to delay taking a position on the proposed Sierra Club initiative versus the proposed Vision 2010 ballot measure, until it has fully analyzed the implications of both proposals. She believed the prior CAPP Initiative lacked fairness and reasonableness and could not be a long-term solution. She has attended many meetings regarding the Vision 2010 and heard many views on the effects of drawing an urban growth boundary and what can be done to ease the impact to those on the non-urban side of the line. The members of the agricultural community have expressed a willingness to discuss issues and solutions. She felt these people were critical to the discussions because they own the land the rest of us want to see left as rural landscape. We rely on them to manage our open space. She did not believe there would be a long term solution until individuals on both sides of the urban growth boundary line benefit from its placement. It is necessary to understand the issues affecting both sides. She referred to a letter from the Mayor to the Board of Supervisors asking it not to place the measure on the ballot, but rather require the writers of the measure to collect signatures to qualify for the ballot. She asked Council not to take a formal position until analyzing both proposals. She believes the Vision proposal makes good sense as a County measure, that it has a broad base of support for its concepts and takes existing County planning which clearly establishes an urban growth boundary and strives for permanent protection of the lands outside the boundary. Roy Comwell, 1102 Farmington Way, Livermore, also supported Vision 2010 and urged Council to support the program. It is rare for such a large number of interests to come together to devise a long-range plan for the valley. He inquired of a Sierra Club member if its plan had been discussed with cattlemen, the Farm Bureau, U.C. Davis agriculture faculty, or with the business community. They had not. The Vision 2010 participants includes a broad scope of participants. This is a wonderful area and many people would like to live here for a variety of reasons. Like it or not, people are coming here and it is far better to plan now than to keep people away. The Vision 2010 plan is not a developer's scheme or business plan, but a way to control development and Pleasanton City Council 4 04/18/00 Minutes