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traffic and he did not understand where the 1,100-1,500 cars a day was coming from. If there has been some miscommunication, it will sink community support for annexation. That should be explored and clarified. He felt Council should provide an incentive to the residents to make them want to annex. He believed the City should provide sewer and water connections all the way to the residences, not just to the property line. If the bypass road is not constructed, the City has saved $1.5 million and that money could be allocated toward an incentive program. He suggested raising green fees and also suggested hook up fees for Zone 7 could be reduced. Zone 7 has been pumping groundwater from the Happy Valley basin for years and now they are asking for $10,000 for hook up fees. He felt since it had been borrowing from that resource, they might be willing to reduce the fees. Finally, the bypass road has always been an expensive endeavor. The Alisal Improvement Club had an idea early on to bring it along the base of the hill. Take the east/west collector and where Alisal Road is perpendicular to that, create a connection for a half mile and it would impact only 8-12 homes. If you could work a deal out with Mr. Spotorno in exchange for developing his flat acreage, you could run the golf course road through his flat acreage up against the base of the hill and cul de sac at the golf course property. That would not be win/win because a lot of people don't want to see a change, but that could happen. He believed that considering what is on the table now will cause the annexation to be voted down. Sue Adams, P. O. Box 477, recommended postponement of this item until the residents have more time to study the issues. Janet Linfoot, 6300 Alisal Street, related a story about Franz List, who convinced a woman to leave her husband and come to him. He promised her many things, but never delivered. She quoted the woman who said "He promised to take me to paradise, but he couldn't find the road." Ms. Linfoot felt a proper road should be the first thing to have for a project. The project has sewer, water, power, etc., but no road. Happy Valley residents use their little country road and it is a far cry from anything resembling a basic piece of infrastructure for the development that is contemplated. The residents will not stand idly by while traffic generated by the development is poured onto their little road with no commitment to construct a proper road. This is unacceptable. She hoped staff can discover a road that will avoid an unpleasant situation for all. She hoped there were no "Franz Lists" among the Council. There were no filrther speakers. Ms. Dennis believed the purpose of the requested additional funds is to provide the information and details the residents are asking for. The goal of the Council is to provide accurate and honest information on what is likely to happen and to discuss altematives for the road and what can be done. She agreed with Mayor Pict's request to have an alternative annexation proposal. It was moved by Ms. Dennis, seconded by Ms. Ayala, to direct staff to proceed with the completion of f'mal design plans and specifications for phase I (Golf Course and Off-site Infrastructure), and authorize the City Manager to execute consultant contracts shown in Exhibit H for a cost not to exceed $1,031,358; to direct staff to meet with Happy Valley residents regarding annexation policies, and to present these policies to the City Council for f'mal confirmation prior to conducting the annexation election; and adopt Resolution No. Pleasanton City Council 19 10/02/01 Minutes