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many hours spent in meetings. She felt it was hurtful to overturn all the work that was put into this project all the way back to the General Plan review. She asked for questions from Mr. Campbell on what his concerns were. Mayor Pico did not think a major dialogue on this issue was necessary. He did share her concerns. There is a major commitment to the neighbors on this and he felt this was all linked together. He was not in favor of the appeal. Ms. Dennis was also involved in this and talked to people on Independence. She felt they negotiated well for themselves and got a project they could live with. In reading the Planning Commission minutes, the primary issues were getting the project they wanted, not a linkage to the annexation. She visited the residents nearby and took pictures of impacts that have been caused by the Greenbriar development. She presented those to Council. She did not think Council was being fair to all Pleasanton residents. The people on the other side of this project have more impacts than those on Sycamore. The drainage issues are substantial if the New Cities project is not completed. Even if the annexation does not occur; that the condition could be permanent concerns her. People have paid for a lot and still have no water or sewer. To let this project lapse means these people may have to renegotiate agreements under less favorable circumstances. She did not feel the linkage to annexation was major. It was an afterthought. Linking the project and getting the permits could help the golf course project. If annexation does not proceed and the New Cities approval lapses, there will be permanent affects on the residents. There is a fear there will be no project if the annexation is not approved. Ms. Ayala said these are impacts caused by Greenbriar, not New Cities, and it is G-reenbriar's problem. Ms. Dennis said the Greenbriar project stops and the road improvements stop at the edge of the New Cities project area. It is not Greenbriar's responsibility to deal with land that is not part of its project. Ms. Michelotti came to the Planning Commission in 1985 and saw the North Sycamore property developed and annexed. She worked with the neighbors in Ventana Hills who finally approved this project. Tying this to the Happy Valley annexation was never discussed. That only happened on the night the Council took action on the project. Mr. Campbell asked for an explanation of nexus and why conditions are put on projects in the first place. Mr. Roush said nexus is a legal term that indicates there is a relationship between a condition and the impact that the project will cause. In other words, ifa governing body imposes a condition with no nexus, a court could say the condition is not valid. Mr. Swift said there are many conditions for many reasons. In a development plan you can't incorporate all the things you want a project to do by what it looks like on a piece of paper. You can show how the houses will look, how the streets will be laid Pleasanton City Council 19 03/20/01 Minutes