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Jeff Knowles, Deputy Director/Transportation, said for this study, H0V lanes are assumed to be in place as a baseline condition. Ms. McGovern asked if the HOV lanes would be coming from the Altamont Pass towards Pleasanton? Mr. Knowles said that the HOV lane that is assumed begins just west of Santa Rita Road and continues east of Greenville Road. From a staff perspective, Mr. Fiaiho said the City Managers of Pleasanton, Livermore, and Dublin, as well as the Mayors, agree that as a region, it is better to work together on issues of significance rather than having one agency be removed from the process because of a particular issue that is of real concern to the locality. The strategy has been to find a compromise to discuss Pleasanton's concerns while listening to Livermore and Dublin's concerns and then striking a balance. Mayor Hosterman invited public comments. Vanessa Kawaihau, a Happy Valley resident, asked if Council had agreed to eliminate the West Las Positas Interchange and the Stoneridge Drive extension to El Charro Road out of the City's General Plan? Mayor Hosterman noted that the City is going through a General Plan update. The Council and Planning Commission have jointly conducted a number of traffic workshops. Council is at the point where it has received sufficient data and as a body, Council will begin to make policy decisions regarding traffic circulation for the General Plan update. For the - - purposes of the General Plan update, modeling will occur that will include and eliminate the West Las Positas Interchange and the Stoneridge Drive extension to El Charro Road so that the City will be able to know what the affect is, not only in Pleasanton but also in the Tri-Valley. For purposes of the Triangle Study, the direction from CMA and the amount of money allocated for this study was strictly to look at getting traffic moving on the Tri-Valley freeway structure. Mayor Hosterman closed the public comments. It was moved by Mr. Sullivan, seconded by Mayor Hoaterman, to provide no direction to staff and for the City of Pleesanton to continue to participate in the Triangle Study; however, if at the next Committee meeting, the vote is reversed, staff was directed to bring the matter back to Council for further discussion and consideration. A substitute motion was presented by Mr. Brozosky, seconded by Ms. McGovern, to provide no direction to staff and for the City of Pleasanton to continue to participate in the Triangle Study. If agreement is not reached by the Committee to remove the Stoneridge Drive extension and the West Las Positas interchange from the Triangle Study, the City Manager was directed to withhold the City's funding to participate in this study and to bring the matter back to Council for further direction. Mayor Hosterman believed it was important to take the direction that was achieved today and move forward with it. She noted that agreement was reached from the Mayors of Livermore and Dublin on the direction in which this study was going. She preferred Mr. Sullivan's motion. Mr. Brozosky wanted it to be clear from the beginning so that members of the Committee know the direction of this Council. Pleasanton City Council 25 05/17/05 Minutes