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Mayor Tarver announced the PG&E scoping meeting next Tuesday from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Library about the expansion of the Tri-Vailey electrical capacity for 2002. He urged evaryonc to attend. Mr. Lure indicated staff would be aFtending the meeting and urging the PUC to do a full analysis of alternatives that would avoid residential areas. Mayor Tarver requested an agenda item to discuss the railroad cars on the Alameda County Transportation Corridor. Ms. Acosta indicated an agenda item is necessary if the Co~mcil position is differera from what was outlined in the letter from staff. Staff had worked on the situation from the aspect of a Code violation. She believed the Mayor may be concerned that the letter from staff does not represent the Council's position. Ms. Michelotti agreed with the leFtcr from staff. Ms. Acosta indicate Alameda County had contacted staff to see if the City was in favor of removing the railroad cars. Staff agreed the cars should be removed. Ms. Dennis asked who will pay for them to be removed. Ms. Acosta responded that the individuals who put them them in the first place. Them was never a permit process that the City was part of and the items that were to be done to clean up the area, as set lbrth in a staff report in 1996, were never accomplished. Mayor Tarver wanted to make certain the public is aware the City's official position is to remove the boxcars. When he attends the Farmers Market, he sees children climbing all over the railroad cars. He l~lt the boxcars were an asset, not a liability. He wanted the community to understand the City is saying they are a liability and should bc removed, if that is the will of the Council. Ms. Michelotti indicated this had been brought up at another hearing and she wanted to clarify that there have been complaints about the condition of the cars by a property owner. Mayor Tarvet again asked if there were three votes to put it on an agenda. Ms. Ayala asked to see the staff report from 1996 to see what was requested to be done. She thought the cars could be an asset to the community and felt it was probably beneficial to coordinate with the possible steam train coming to the community. As the cars currently stand, she was not certain they were an asset. Ms. Dennis referred to Mayor Tarver's comment that the cars were being used as a playground during the Farmers Market and expressed concern about liability if a child were hurt. Pleasanton City Council 24 05/02/00 Minutes