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John Lyons, 3943 Promenade Way, felt this was the most important issue in the City for yeats. He was one of the 64% to vote for Measure I. He urged Council to approve the Greenbriar plan. There may be small problems but this is a fantastic deal and the best opportunity to preserve open space in the City. Fix the small things that are wrong, but don't micromanage it. In the big picture, this is this is a great deal. His only concem was that Council might yield to pressure to put morn houses on the property; 581 units is enough. He is aware of the ABAG fair share housing issues and understands there are regional issues to consider, but we don't have to ruth the quality of life in Pleasanton. He did not want any morn large developments aller this one. He challenged Council to revise the 1996 Oeneral Plan. A lot of work went into that plan, but it was made during a low economic time and events have overtaken it. This is a beautiful town and he wanted to preserve open space. David Miller, 2637 Vista Diablo Court, indicated he grew up in Saratoga and watched the omhards and open space be convened to homes. At one point there was an opporttmity to preserve the Paul Mason Winery property. There was debate about what to do with the open space, but eventually it also had houses built with no open space or parks. He believed the Greenbriar plan was the last chance to preserve open space in Pleasanton. He indicated he worked in Silicon Valley tbr a company that had looked for office space in Pleasanton. The company decided to open a satellite commute office in San Ramon to attract employees from the Tracy-Modesto areas. He did not believe the needs of Silicon Valley would ever be satisfied in the Tri-Valley area no matter how many homes are built here. He indicated he preferred the berms instead of soandwalls. They are nicer to look at. He indicated the commute problems on 1-680 are so complex, there is no way Pleasanton can solve them alone. He stated a great deal more office space is necessary in Pleasanton and believed that Silicon Valley would expand northward at some point. Currently there are more businesses coming south from San Francisco. Ite referred to the impact of the state bill on fair housing starts and wanted to make certain it would not have an adverse impact on the Vineyard Corridor plan. The last issue he had was with regard to the ability to provide enough electricity for build out in Pleasanton. Bob Cordtz, 262 West Angela, spoke in support of the project. He commended the City staff and Greenbriar for putting this together in the time frame allowed. He thanked Ms. MicheloUi for coming back from vacation to participate in this. He referred to Ms. Dennis's comments about the golf course and going back to the old plan. He remembered in the original plan there was to be $1 million given to someone to be earmarked for the East Bay Regional Park. Hc asked if Ms. Dennis still felt that agreement should be honored? He said three of the Councilmembers killed a prior proposal fbr a golf course at Kottinger ttills. lie lblt anytime the City can get 300 acres for nothing it should take it. For those who want affordable housing, they could vote to put ten houses to the acre on the 300 acres and make it affordable. He said there is a golf course in Happy Valley that should be pursued. One concern he had was regarding water. He asked if the City was required to provide water to Castlewood, which has previously been supplied by the San Francisco Water Department. He wanted to see the contract. He also heard that the Bernal Bridge was not going to be built when the Plcasanton City Council 11 08/21/00 Minutes