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Ms. McGovern said when she agreed to the Mariposa Design Guidelines she believed that the type of house being built on Lot 11 was what some of the homes would look like. She believed Lot 11 and 13 were similar as being craftsman homes. She agreed with Mr. Sullivan's comments related to the groundwater contamination issue and believed it was a separate issue. She supported the motion and wanted Council to have a discussion at some point regarding contaminated wells and how to proceed further. Mr. Brozosky supported the motion and said his concern was related to Lot 11 having access from two different roads, which would make the garage visible if the bypass road goes through this location. He hoped when these custom homes were built, there would be space between them to keep the openness, which is what the semi-rural character look is all about. Mayor Hosterman said she would support the motion for the same reasons as previously mentioned by fellow Councilmembers. She noted that when the Mariposa Ranch Design Guidelines were first presented to Council, it gave Council an opportunity to take design guidelines and see what could be done and look at applications for any type of structure based upon these design guidelines. This also gave Council the opportunity to include progressive environmental and innovative aspects as mentioned by Mr. Sullivan. When a past Council approved the 34 custom homes for the Mariposa Ranch development at the Callippe Preserve Golf Course, it knew that 34 lots would be subdivided out and sold separately in order to help subsidize the Golf Course, and more likely that than not, large lots meant that large homes would be built. She was more concerned about the previous homes built in the Happy Valley area versus this development. She believed the homes along Alisal Street were more imposing than these 34 lots because there is no differentiation between large homes to homes that are truly rural, low density, and neighborhood type look. Anything that this or a future Council approved, given the market and given the price of real estate, would be for larger homes. She believed this particular project was in keeping with what Council had in mind and in keeping with the Mariposa Ranch Design Guidelines. She believed the contamination of the ground water is a separate issue. The roll call vote was taken as follows: AVES: Councilmembers - Brozosky, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, and Mayor Hosterman None None None NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAINED: 6f Fundina aareement between BART. Pleasanton. Dublin. and Alameda County concernina the West PleasantonlDublin BART Station. (SR 05:309) Ms. Rossi presented the staff report. Mr. Sullivan understood and supported the value of BART and public transportation and the need for it in this community and the Tri-Valley. He said he was trying to understand the added value of this particular BART Station, as there is already an existing station in Pleasanton/Dublin. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) specified the City would essentially subsidize the development of the BART Station by contributing property and sales tax dollars and now it appeared the City would be contributing $1 million dollars up front. He Pleasanton City Council Minutes 19 11/15/05