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reasonable alternative is ~4. He did not like it, but economically, logically, location-wise, feasibility-wise, taking people off the Happy Valley loop, g4 is the best and requires the least cost and least amount of future development on the Spotorno property. If the original route is built, which goes up the hill, through a massive landslide, over the hill and back down again, it will require a significant amount of development on the Spotomo fiat land, perhaps over a hundred units, as a trade-off in order to pay for the costs of the bypass road. There are significant issues and one cannot ignore the economic issues. He believed that if ~4 was chosen, the cost of condemnation and acquisition would be far less. He wanted to study this further to determine those costs. He did not want to ignore the most logical route if there were no houses involved. Ms. Ayala did not think Alternative #3 took any houses. Mr. Rasmussen said it did not take any houses but put traffic on the street in front of houses on Alisal. Ms. Ayala said Alternative g4 requires condemnation of many developed properties. Mayor Pico felt Alternative #3 was not a bypass road, it was just another entrance to the golf course and leaves traffic on Alisal in front of about a dozen homes. He did not believe it accomplishes the goal of a bypass road. The residents wanted all the golf course traffic off Alisal and Happy Valley. Mr. Campbell wanted to hear from the residents and asked them to address their comments to specific alternatives. Mayor Pico invited public comments. Jerry Wagner, 6344 Alisal Street, did not believe the study was necessary since all the alternatives have already been studied. He felt this was only a delaying tactic and the only reason the City was continuing with the golf course project was because so much money had already been spent. He believed his lawsuit had merit. He felt the best thing to do would be to stop everything until the court decides the lawsuit. He believed Alternative g4 was just a stall that would take years to get through all the condemnation actions. He felt the EIR only dealt with the original road option. There is no EIR dealing with traffic on Alisal or Happy Valley Road. If this were put to a vote of the people of Pleasanton, he felt only the staff and Council would support a golf course. He believed it would be a losing business operation and the people of Happy Valley would be irreparably impacted. The Specific Plan requires a bypass to be in place and used by construction txaffic for the golf course. Staff is only using those parts of the Specific Plan that serves their purposes. He totally objected to density adjustment. It should stay at one house per two acres. If the City wants to proceed, he felt it should consider Alternatives #1 or #7 only. The residents do not want traffic on Happy Valley Road or Alisal. Sherman Balch, 6010 Alisal Street, referred to the yellow area on a map of the area which allowed PUD-MDR zoning. It is assumed the bypass road would provide access to that and the only route in question is from the yellow area to the golf course. He believed there were Pleasanton City Council 10 01/21/03 Minutes