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Greenbriar project starts. The Windsor development has been waiting for six years for a solution to their difficulties. He urged Council to make a commiUnent to complete that bridge soon. Mayor Tarvar indicated the City of Ple~.~anthn is not assuming the water delivery to Castlewood. He also clarified the Kottlnger Hills project was lost due to a referendum, not by Council action. Dean Shotwell, 1272 Chianti Court, eonm~ended the City staff for all its work on this project. This is not the best project the City could have gotten nor is it the best for Greenbrlar, but it is a very good project for the City. Staff has gotten many concessions and 300 acres of open space and affordable housing offer a great opportunity. He referred to an earlier speaker whose son wanted to preserve the open space. When he grew up in Pleasanton, the Aquatic Center, Sports Park and Hacienda Business Park were all open fields. He was pleased to have the dedication of 30+ acres for a new sports park. The ariginai Sports Park on Hopyard Road was built in 1971 and expanded in the 1980's. It is time to move forward with plans for a new park with lighted fields. He asked the City to consider dedicated sports fields. This proposal has been around ~br a long time and there has been ample opportunity tbr the community to present its views to the Council. ICs time to move forward and he urged Council to approve the project as proposed. He plays golf and believed the property on the western parcel was adequate for nine holes, but he urged Council to expand the course to 18 holes. He liked the placement of the betms. Dolores Bengtson, 568 Hamilton Way, did not like bernas, but in this case they are be~.ler next to the freeway. Any uses on the public land will also need sound mitigation. She agreed with a prior speaker that there are safety issues regarding children playing on the harms and going out of sight. She did not think the alternative for housing off of the eastern parcel should be approved and felt that only Alternative A should be considered. If it kills the deal~ so be it. She referred to Condition 30b which requires a neighborhood park and she did not think it met the expectations of the Park and Recreation Commission. ~he felt the Commission believed the park condition was conceptual and could be amended to 'add or delete elements of the park and wanted the condition amended to reflect that. She referred to the request for an easement for water, electrical and fiberoptics on the western parcel and asked where that would be located. She was concerned that the public land is already burdened with other mitigations and this is just one more. What limitations are there on development and maintenance? The General Plan required a Specific Plan for the entire property and Phase I will impact what can be done in Phase Ih The City should not have to design around mitigations or assume the barden of mitigations. She felt this was a good project, but she wanted the best proposal possible. She preferred to go back to the drawing board and urged Council to assure 116 acres on the west side are potentially useable for a golf course by conditioning the project to require Greenbriar to work with the City to achieve the proper relationship of homes and land within two months. She was delighted that Mr. Costanzo was willing to go along with the plan and wanted clarification on what he considers a minor modification She thought a statement had been made that moving lots and houses Pleasanton City Council 12 08/21/00 Minutes