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meetings to express their views. With regard to the USA Patriot Act, she indicated her disappointment that many city councils limit their public service potential to just approving housing tracts thereby increasing traffic. She appreciated Council's recognition of the Library Commission's action to support the ALA and CLA resolutions on the Patriot Act and that there would be a Council agenda item for the residents to express their views on the Commission action. Finally, she noted a Pleasanton Weekly editorial that indicated the proposed golf course clubhouse will not have a banquet room and green fees may go up. The article implied this would out of deference to the Happy Valley residents. She refuted that. Jerry Wagner, 6344 Alisal Street, complained about Alisal Street being only twenty feet wide for vehicle traffic, with a three foot bike lane. He said the bike lane is too close to mailboxes along the road, which could pose a problem to bike riders. He also believed the $500,000 in a fund for the bypass road was totally insufficient and believed that money could be transferred to another fund when the City felt it necessary. Kevin Close, 871 Sycamore Road, noted the core developers for the golf course homes had declined to contribute to funding for the bypass road. He noted the fees generated by the additional ten homes on the golf course would be used for permits, habitat mitigation and other costs related to the golf course construction. He said the new homes will bring an additional 1,100 vehicle trips to Alisal and Happy Valley Roads. There used to be only 100 trips per daY at that intersection. The golf course patrons and employees will generate even more traffic. All this traffic was supposed to use the bypass road according to the Specific Plan. He felt the downsizing of the clubhouse was due to the failure of the City to provide adequate traffic circulation. Tom Smith, 1070 Happy Valley Road, said that Happy Valley Road is less than sixteen feet wide in front of his house. He noted the width of several vehicles and the difficulty some would have passing on that narrow road. He noted the new access road was required to be wider for safety reasons. Alisal is the only road being improved and complained about the traffic that would be using Happy Valley to get to the golf course. Vince Barletta, 6290 Laura Lane, thanked the contractors and the City for getting water lines and hydrants in operation in time to fight the fire last weekend. However, he noted when the fire spread to Laura Lane there was no water except from the residents. He believed if the fire had occurred on a weekday, most of the residents would not have been available to help fight the fire and it could have been much worse. He believed this indicated the need for fire hydrants on every street in the Happy Valley area. He said the residents need safe drinking water and water to fight fires. He announced the proposal to have a social event once Alisal is finally complete for people to walk or rollerblade on it before the golf course is open. He would provide more information later. Ms. Hosterman asked staff to address the comments about fire hydrants and the width of the roadways. Mr. Wilson said the hydrants are all operational now. He agreed Happy Valley Road will not be widened. He acknowledged there are a few narrow sections. The traffic study done as Pleasanton City Council 6 Minutes 07/15/03