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residents of Happy Valley take the lead. He did not want it to appear that Council is <br />trying to influence it one way or another, even though each Councilmember has stated <br />publicly what their stance is. He wants City Council to be as far removed from the <br />arguments as possible. <br /> <br /> Councilmember Dennis said it was always her position that if the residents out <br />there thought that it was helpful to have the Councilmembers sign the argument that she <br />was more than willing to do that. She was leaving it up to the residents. She said she <br />was pleased that they asked and think it would be helpful. She personally would be <br />pleased to sign the arguments and work on crafting the arguments. She felt that she <br />would do for Happy Valley what they would do for any other neighborhood as far as <br />traffic concerns. From that point of view she does not feel uncomfortable and is very <br />concemed that the residents of Happy Valley feel comfortable with signing the rebuttal <br />argument and that the City is committed to working with the neighborhoods addressing <br />traffic concerns. She wants the resident of Happy Valley to feel comfortable that the City <br />is committed to working with them by having a couple of Councilmembers sign makes <br />people feel better, she would be happy to give her personal commitment. <br /> <br /> Councilmember Michelotti said she would like to see the arguments against to <br />feel comfortable with the rebuttal language. <br /> <br /> Councilmember Ayala said this was a courtesy to bring this item back to the <br />Council to look at the options that have been discussed. She said she is 100% committed <br />to the golf course, working with the transportation problems and wants the residents of <br />Happy Valley to know that. She would be proud to sign the rebuttal argument. <br /> <br /> Mayor Pico said there are at least three members of the Council that are willing to <br />consider signing the rebuttal arguments. Council does not need to take any action on this <br />item. <br /> <br /> Ms. McKeehan said she wanted to mention the point that the Mayor had indicated <br />and that is that if three Councilmembers sign it, the language must be extremely general <br />as to what the Council is committing to. She said she and Councilmember Ayala <br />discussed this today, because the City cannot commit to something if the Council has not <br />already done. The very thing that the Happy Valley residents who are in favor of this <br />want you to do may be the very thing that City Council may not be able to do, depending <br />on the way the language is written. Otherwise you have a significant violation of how <br />our process works. <br /> <br /> Councilmember Ayala said that she would make sure that if she were to sign <br />anything she would want Michael Roush to review it, to make sure we were not crossing <br />that line. <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council <br />Special Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />3 03/11/02 <br /> <br /> <br />