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Councilmember Thorne said he lives in Pleasanton Valley and the trains wake him up in the summertime when he has his window open, agrees with the speakers, felt the engineers are not very conscious of the fact that they are going through a populated area. He would support returning the item during discussion of the CIP and thinks it is a problem. Councilmember Sullivan said he hears the diesel engine on the other side of the freeway, and felt the Council should look at the item in the context of other projects, and agreed it should be on the CIP list. Councilmember McGovern felt there is a progression towards more trains coming into Pleasanton, felt the numbers will increase and felt the City should plan that this will be the reality which gives this much more credibility of doing something, as it is going to get worse and not better, asked to see the schedule and distinguish between whether they are ACE and freight trains. Mayor Hosterman agreed, felt it was a big concern and an issue regarding quality of life and wanted to see how the four projects might get done sooner rather than later. Motion: It was m/s by Cook-Kallio/Thorne to review potential costs and procedures required to establish railroad quiet zones at grade train crossings as part of the discussion during the CIP mid-year review in May. Ayes: Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL Councilmember Throne announced that Pleasanton will host the League's East Bay Division dinner meeting on November 15. The speaker, David Stark will address the East Bay housing market. Councilmember Thorne confirmed with the City Manager that the Pleasanton Upper Field is on the priority list and that it would return to Council sometime late in 2008. Councilmember McGovern felt the all-weather field is risky being that the property is owned by the District and she would rather look to see how close the City would be for an all-weather field at Bernal. Councilmember Sullivan questioned if there was interest to have community workshops on the subject of how the City refines the residential development we want to see downtown, and provide outreach to residents, the development and business community so as to build more housing that everyone can feel good about it. He felt there has been conflict between the groups and he did not want conflict every time projects come forward. Mayor Hosterman agreed with holding workshops and Councilmember Thorne agreed as well. Councilmember McGovern agreed, felt people buy small homes and want to make them bigger and green space gets lost. She questioned if neighborhood meetings have been held with City planners and residents and whether input has been received from those who live in the core of the downtown about higher density in the downtown. Councilmember McGovern felt a town hall meeting was needed on the downtown to discuss concerns and then staff could bring back those concepts to the Council. City Manager Fialho City Council Minutes 14 October 16, 2007