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frogs and butterflies and has always found the money for that. Now the City can't seem to find enough money to take care of the commitment for a bypass road. He did not think the residents on the Happy Valley loop think the golf course would be bad. It would be beautiful and the open space and trails would be great. That is not an item for discussion. The thing is that they have lived there for thirty years and moved there because it was a rural area. They have been assured for 17 years that they would be able to keep that lifestyle. Now Council seems to be abandoning its commitment to preserve their lifestyle. With no bypass road, there will be lots of traffic on the road. He felt Council had found money for all those other projects. At one time, the City guaranteed the residents of Happy Valley that they would get sewer and water if they approved an annexation. That money didn't go away and he felt there must be funds available to be spent on the bypass road. He urged Council to build the bypass road. The Planning Commission requires only six months to complete the study before allowing construction. He didn't think that meant anything and felt there should be some "teeth" that says no one can move in to a new house until the bypass road is constructed. He did not believe anyone would pay attention to just getting another study. There have been many studies over the last 17 years. He wanted Council to build the road. Ms. McKeehan said staffhas not implied that the reason there is no bypass road is a matter of financing. The issue is locating a suitable route. One alternative was identified in the Specific Plan and the suggestion has been made to look for other alternatives to see if it can be constructed in manner acceptable to Council. As with any other project, if Council determines it wants to do it, then staff works out a way to finance it. Regarding the water and sewer issue, payment for extending the water and sewer lines was being financed by the developers who agreed to do that if the annexation was approved. Staff approached the developers after the annexation election failed and urged them to continue to provide the infrastructure. The developers are no longer willing to do that. Ms. Michelotti clarified that the City would be installing water and sewer lines the entire length of Alisal Street. She asked what the options were for the property owners on Alisal who wanted to connect to the water and sewer. Ms. McKeehan said they have the same opportunities as other residents outside the city limits. If they want connection to water and sewer they can pay for the connection and sign an agreement agreeing to annexation. Ms. Michelotti asked if the properties had to be contiguous to the city limits in order to annex to the City? Ms. McKeehan explained that if there are City water and sewer lines nearby, a property owner can request connection and pay for the lateral lines to their residences. In conjunction with this provision of utilities, the owners would be asked to sign an agreement not to protest annexation in the future. This can be done for a property that is not contiguous to the city limit line. However, annexation must be through properties contiguous to the city limit. Staff has considered going back to the property owners to see who would want to connect to utilities and to sign the agreements regarding annexation, but that has not been done since they were still working on getting the project approved. Pleasanton City Council 17 Minutes 09/17/02