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Sullivan agreed, but he asked to add the option to the list that we also study the I-580 median option because it is not on the list currently. Councilmember McGovern felt the Council could look at the Tri-Valley PAC support the continuing evaluation of the regional rail plan, recommend it for a BART extension to Isabel and beyond because we have always supported BART to Livermore, and even if it were to go to Greenville, she would be in support of this as well, and she confirmed this would not tie the city in any high speed rail. City Manager Fialho confirmed she wanted to address the BART extension, and when the Council goes to the high speed rail, the Council can talk about I-580 and others. He said the two bullets are related to one another; one is the extension and the other is the environmental review process to develop soon after as it relates to the BART extension. Mayor Hosterman opened the item for public comment. Tom Radulovich, BART Board Director, San Francisco, said there are a number of complex decisions; one is high speed rail alignment, and he felt the hybrid was promising. He hoped one of the things that would come out of the regional rail study was to try and find a solution to high speed rail and how BART should connect. He felt they were close to a consensus around an alternative that looks good and that they want to take into further study. The thing that has bedeviled them was that they could not address all three of those travel markets and a way to move people around the Tri-Valley, and he felt what is proposed is something more complex but actually solves the problem. He discussed the option without the hybrid without benefits, and he felt high speed investment could be made through Altamont, not enough to require huge structures or very high frequency, but enough to justify some improvements that will improve the environmental conditions in the Tri-Valley as the service ramps up. Regarding freight, they want to move its sea level. They hoped that if they can de-congest the I-80 corridor or the sea level corridor around the Carquinez Strait, the Union Pacific will naturally go to the sea level route because they use a lot less diesel to get around there. Councilmember Sullivan questioned and confirmed that the City's BART director weighed in on the matter and supported this direction as a member of the policy advisory committee. Mayor Hosterman closed public comment. Councilmember Sullivan confirmed with Ms. Nelson that the second study includes extending BART to Isabel/Stanley or Greenville and includes the best way to connect to ACE Trains. Motion: It was m/s by McGovern/Sullivan to support the TAC's continuing evaluation of the Regional Rail Plan, and the recommendation for a BART extension to IsabeVStanley and beyond. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Noes: None Absent: None Regarding additional comments to the EIR which should be included in the letter prior to the 28~h regarding high speed rail, Councilmember McGovern suggested indicating that if this is studied, there should be no significant right-of-way takes or no major aerial structures in Pleasanton. She felt it was hard to envision any high speed rail through Pleasanton. She confirmed visual impacts, noise and vibration would be studied in the EIR. City Council Minutes 12 September 18, 2007