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determined that there is no historical significance to the location, she felt it could be moved and <br />suggested it be put on the Austin property. <br /> <br /> Mr. Wolfe said the Austin property dedication will not be connected to the Alviso Adobe <br />Park, but would be across the mad. That road (Old Foothill Road) must remain as is because it is <br />the access for homeowners north of the park and for the park itself. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala felt the silo should be next to a barn and wondered if there was an opportunity <br />with the Austin property to move both to an area less intrusive to the Laguna Oaks residents. <br />She felt strongly that if the silo were behind the barn and nestled into the oak trees that it would <br />look much less intrusive than the current proposed location. <br /> <br /> Mr. Wolfe agreed that if it were moved, it would have less of an impact on Laguna Oaks. <br />If Council wants to include the silo, staffcan review the site for another location. The staff <br />position was to have the silo next to the barn, rather than anywhere else on the site, just to have a <br />silo. Council could delete the silo from the park at this time and then when the land donation is <br />received, staff could consider doing something on that piece of land such as constructing another <br />barn structure and a silo. He felt certain that when the land is received, some kind of task force <br />would be organized to plan the use of the property. <br /> <br />Ms. Ayala was surprised staff did not provide photomontages of the proposed silo. <br /> <br /> Mr. Wolfe said Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mike Sedlach had used his computer <br />program to prepare a photomontage for this site. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala requested that professional photomontages be prepared to nestle the silo <br />behind the barn. She wanted to see the silo the same distance from the new Foothill Road as it <br />was from the original Foothill Road. She asked if the barn would be white without the silo? She <br />was still interested in doing something with the silo, but she did not like where it was proposed <br />to be located. <br /> <br />Mr. Wolfe said the barn would be white. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala was interested in looking at the proposed donation of 26 acres and locating the <br />barn and silo more in the hills. <br /> <br /> Ms. McKeehan cautioned Council in discussing the 26 acres as part of a development <br />proposal that it has not seen. Staffhas not received the proposal. This 26 acres is not just a gift <br />to the City, but is part of a development plan that would allow the building of houses in <br />exchange for the granting of this extra acreage. All that is undeterminable at this point. <br /> <br /> Ms. Michelotti admitted that she was one of the Councilmembers who wanted to consider <br />the silo. She had felt, from a design review aspect, that the barn looked better with a vertical <br />element added to it. She had asked if the silo could be moved or hidden to make it less obvious. <br />At that time, Council was concerned about having the plan meet the historical requirements in <br />order to be eligible for certain grants. She did not think it would take a year and a half to come <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council 23 08/20/02 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />