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various developers that have had options on the property. There is now a proposal that has been submitted to the City with respect to a portion of the Spotorno property and an EIR is being prepared concerning that it has the Bypass Road in a different location than shown in the Happy Valley Specific Plan. He further stated that the City has never understood the resolution to say that the Spotornos or developers couldn't propose a different location or alternative. There has been no staff initiated study of the Bypass Road and, in light of that, the city manager decided to step back and review possible alternatives to revisit the issue as to whether there were alternatives to the Bypass Road that should be studied. Ultimately the recommendation may come back that the only place for the Bypass Road is where it appears in the Happy Valley Specific Plan. Mayor Hosterman's recollection was that the City was going to conduct a study once the Spotorno family submitted an application for a development project on their property. Mr. Roush responded in the context of the EIR he has had discussions with the consultant about the fact that one of the alternatives to be studied will be the location of the Bypass Road set forth in the Specific Plan. That study would not include the extensive detail discussion that the developer is going to propose but there would be some further study as set forth in the EIR about locating the Bypass Road in that location. Mayor Hosterman asked what the timeline was for the EIR. Mr. Roush responded that there is a cumulative impact portion of the report that is being done in conjunction with the EIR for two other projects in the area. The cumulative impact study is going on currently and once it is completed, this EIR can move forward. He believed it would take about three to four months. Mayor Hosterman stated her belief that it made sense to move forward with the Blue Ribbon Committee and that it could occur in tandem with preparation of the EIR. Mr. Fialho responded that the timeline is in the report and he believed not until September, staff would present options and the Committee's recommendations to the council. Councilmember Sullivan addressed the question regarding who would be leading the Blue Ribbon Committee. Ms. Tinfow responded she envisioned that she would be the coordinator of the Committee, help lead the efforts and to be the contact person to keep information flowing. Councilmember Thorne questioned that option 1 implied the Council's involvement in the process is over after the decision is made to form the Committee. Ms. Tinfow responded it was her understanding that was correct, until the recommendations and options come back before Council. Mr. Thorne asked if Council would be involved in the processing of selecting the participants on the Committee. Ms. Tinfow responded Council would confirm the Committee members. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 7 03/21/06