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$1 million dollars of its money into this station and he believed the residents of this community would say the number one problem is in getting traffic out of Pleasanton headed eastward, and if the City planned to invest its money in some type of transportation infrastructure, this is the type of thing it should be discussing. Mr. Reynolds believed if Council were to talk with some of the major corporations who made a major investment in the purchase of the Stoneridge Corporate Center it would find that all of the corporations indicated that adjacency to transit or the opportunity of that future station was a considerable consideration in investing major their dollars. The opportunity of having a viable community with auto dependency exacerbates more vehicular traffic around Stoneridge Mall that people could access via transit which would not only be a community benefit but a benefit to those major corporations and property owners. Mr. Sullivan did not disagree but pointed out that the largest traffic issue was not centered around the Mall, it was Hacienda Business Park going eastward. In BART's long-term planning picture, he asked how two stations could be located in such close proximity? Mr. Reynolds said there was a strategic reason why the two stations were situated in close proximity and a specific decision was made that determined given the financial feasibility of this extension that building to what was the end of the line at that time made sense, but from a strategic standpoint, the infill station and the spreading of the track and putting in the foundations at the time of the original construction of that line segment helped to reduce the cost and the feasibility of being able to construct a station in the median of 1-580 while still having revenue service. The hook ramp southbound off of 1-680 to the Dublin Station would help to reduce both vehicular and bus traffic that would be going to the East PleasantonlDublin Station to enable it to function more effectively. Mr. Thorne noted that the question asked by Mr. Sullivan was asked at a Pleasanton- Dublin Liaison Committee meeting and the answer to that question was it was always a known that one BART station would not handle the load in Pleasanton, which was the reason he was supporting the construction of the West Pleasanton/Dublin BART Station. It was Mayor Hosterman's understanding that a parking fee was being charged at two existing BART Stations. She asked why and what has the result been, and was there any contemplation by the Board of Directors to charge for parking in the future at either of the two Stations in Pleasanton. Mr. Reynolds said that looking at a charge for parking was a strategic decision that the Board of Directors is considering system wide. The Board is looking at it incrementally at first for implementation at the existing stations to help support the financing of this project and it is one element of revenue that the Board of Directors is considering to help offset the indebtedness to finance this project. If Council approved a future high-density housing project to move along the building of the Pleasanton side of the BART station, Mayor Hosterman said the last thing she wanted was for the BART Board of Directors to initiate any type of a charge situation. She did not want a parking lot to be constructed and then have people parking on the streets and where they should not be parking in order to avoid paying a fee. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 21 11/15/05