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future of Pleasanton. The questions are "what will Pleasanton look like in ten or fifteen years?" and "what dreams do you have for the city's future?" 3. Meeting Open to the Public Robert Allen, 223 Donner Avenue, Livermore, spoke strongly in favor of more public transit to reduce cut through traffic. He suggested a BART Livermore Express Bus Shuttle and felt this would reduce cut through traffic and congestion. He urged LAVTA to run a shuttle for each BART train during peak commute hours. He believed a six-month experiment would cost about $108,000 and Supervisor Haggerty has consented to try to get the funding from the Bay Area Air Quality Control District. Mayor Hosterman asked Mr. Brozosky, the LAVTA representative, to address this issue. Mr. Brozosky indicated LAVTA has reviewed this proposal and Supervisor Haggerty has submitted a grant proposal to the Bay Area Air Quality Control District. This was discussed at the BART to Livermore meeting last week. The BART representatives did not feel people would use this shuttle service and preferred a BART bus throughout cities. It was felt if people had to transfer from one mode to another, they would not use the service. The park and ride has only 200 places. Highway 580, without HOV lanes, would mean people would be stuck in the same traffic, so there is no advantage to public transportation at this point. If there were HOV express lanes, then there would be an advantage. Mr. Arkin asked if there were any other areas where Mr. Allen's proposal has been done and was shown to work? Mr. Allen cited a reil connection in Chicago. He proposed a bus connection with only a six-minute transfer time. He did not feel there would be transfer problems as cited by the BART staff. Vanessa Kawaihau, 871 Sycamore Road, expressed concern about the constrained gateways. When Sunol Boulevard was metered, the Happy Valley Loop experienced cut through traffic. She felt the fiscal sustainability of the golf course needed to be considered when proposing a constrained gateway. People using the driving range will be stuck in traffic in the afternoon. Sheri Scarborough, 3644 Kamp Drive, strongly objected to any consideration of the Stoneridge Drive extension. She voted for four of the Councilmembers because of their opposition to the extension. Regardless of any information staff gathers about how Stoneridge may relieve traffic on 1-580, she did not feel it would be very much. The main problem is because a five-lane highway narrows to three lanes at Santa Rita Road and trying to divert traffic from 1-580 to a residential street is like redirecting the California aqueduct through a straw. It will not make much different to the traffic, but will make an enormous difference to the quality of life of the residents of this neighborhood. She wanted Council to adopt a resolution to reassure the residents that the primary consideration when crafting street extensions or traffic expansions will be Joint Workshop City Council and Planning Commission7 05/24/05