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Mitch Pereira said he and his partners own a business at 55 West Angela Street in front of the Farmers Market, and noted a property line dispute that he has been able to resolve with staff and distributed a letter to the Clerk for distribution to the Council regarding the matter. Mike McDermott read a prepared statement complaining of political bias and thought-policing of library staff and operations concerning the new bookshelf. City Manager Fialho said he would follow-up with the Library regarding the matter. Stephen Woodward thanked staff for putting in bike lanes, and asked that when bike lanes are considered, that staff not just consider the bike lane but also where they lead to. He noted what he thought were challenging areas for bikers. Councilmember McGovern confirmed with the City Manager that appointments to the bike committee will happen in the near future and that the deadline for applications is October 12tH Jocelyn Combs said she serves on the East Bay Regional Parks District Board and on the Board of the Alameda County Resource Conservation District. Yesterday was the 2-year anniversary of the death of her daughter in a motorcycle accident in Tucson and noted a foundation in Michelle's name that awards scholarships to students who have learning disabilities at the University of Arizona at their Salt Center, a special school for dyslexic college students. In addition, she sits on the Alameda County LAFCO, said there has been much discussion about the Staples Ranch and said it would not be difficult for Livermore to annex the property. She felt it was important that the Stoneridge extension go through and that the City should keep its options open and this one should be looked into, especially from an emergency standpoint. She voiced her support for the Oak Grove project and said her main interest was for a management plan to be developed for open space and that there be an endowment to cover the cost of maintaining the property in perpetuity. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 11. Continued from September 4th - Public Hearing: PUD-33, James Tong/Charter Properties, Jennifer Lin, Frederic Lin, and Kevin Lin -Consideration of: (1) the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Oak Grove development; (2) an application for a PUD development plan for the Oak Grove development to subdivide an approximately 562-acre site into 51 custom home sites and to designate the remaining area for permanent open space; and (3) the Development Agreement to vest the entitlements covered by this application. The property is located at 1400 Hearst Drive, near the present terminus of Hearst Drive on the southerly sides of the Vintage Hills and the Grey Eagle Estates developments and is zoned PUD - RDR/OS (Planned Unit Development -Rural Density ResidentiaVOpen Space) District Planning Director Jerry Iserson provided a description of the property and its location, said 66 acres of the 562 acres would be developed with homes and streets, 77 acres would be graded, and 496 acres of permanent open space would be dedicated to the City with a conservation easement to retain the open space in perpetuity. The project would provide a number of trails, a staging area for the open space, a new water tank constructed in addition to the existing one, and new trees planted to mitigate those being removed. One of the major issues has been visual impacts, some analyses prepared by the EIR consultant were shown at the previous meeting, he presented the site's context to the surrounding area, said after 15 years of tree mitigation, and the project is mitigated from public view. The view from Red Feather Court is another area impacted and he presented a simulation that showed tree growth. He said visibility City Council Minutes 3 October 2, 2007