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the Hacienda owners must be aware of what is proposed and where and how it will affect the properties already developed in the Business Park. Cindy McGovem, 9206 Longview Drive, asked if this was just to gather information and no one is going to come back and recommend that the Council build a certain number of units in a specific place. She felt the public wanted assurance of that. It almost looks as if Council is considering redeveloping Hacienda Business Park and that could cause some concern. She hoped the public understands this is for a study of the entire Business Park to provide information for Council and City staff to review possible redevelopment of portions of the Business Park. Mayor Pico believed the purpose of this is to find out if there is any indication that it would be feasible to do that and whether there would be benefits and to identify downsides. It is a very preliminary study and is only to determine whether it is feasible to allot additional resources, money and time in order to do a more comprehensive program. Ms. McGovem commented that sometimes the purpose of a task force gets changed along the way and she wanted it to be clear that this group is only going to bring back information and not to present recommendations for development. Mayor Pico said there may be a recommendation to continue to study the possibility. Ms. McGovem hoped that the people who will work on this plan will have a clear understanding of what is expected of them. Steve Brozosky, 1700 Vineyard Avenue, said he had been on a task force when the objectives changed and he agreed that it should be clear that this is a concept plan. He felt this was a great opportunity for the City to get work force housing near jobs and public transportation. The Business Park has the best public transportation in the City and this concept makes a lot of sense. He suggested also trying this for the East Side Study and to determine whether it would be worthwhile to add transit facilities in that location such as the ACE train or BART station. There is a lot of land over there whose development is undetermined at this point in time. It would be a good idea to see if this is a concept the community can accept. Ms. Dennis felt this was a unique opportunity for the City. She did not think total direction should be given; she felt instead that it should be an opportunity for exploration and she was curious to see what people will present. She believed this concept will be seen more often as the City reaches build out. In order to keep the City economically vital within the boundaries already set, it will be necessary to look more to redevelopment rather than development on raw land. That is why this type of study is different than an East Side Study, which will be dealing with raw land. All the discussion about jobs/housing balance and infrastructure has been driven by the City's General Plan, the availability of raw land and the development community that wishes to build on that land. This is the first time there have been property owners who have existing buildings and who would like to change the uses on the land. She believed this is only the first of a number of processes involving property owners and the future of their properties. She is very excited about this and looked forward to the input from the owners in the Business Pleasanton City Council 24 10/01/02 Minutes