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out of San Francisco and Oakland and the person awarded the bid to build the jet port was the Chairman of the State Transportation Commission. He referred to an article in the Independent which suggests an EIR be completed; however, the Livermore Council indicates that the EIR done for the Livermore General Plan covers the expansion of the airport. He asked the Council to move forward with their plans to demand the Livermore Council prepare an EIR and to do everything it can to stop the expansion. Kevin Ryan asked the Council to hold off on pursuing legal action until a fixed plan with the operator at the airport is established. The purpose of a fixed based operator is to provide service to the planes that are already using Livermore and not to put a flag up to advertise for more business. A significant portion of small aircraft uses the airport for business matters in Pleasanton's business parks. The 63 hangers are for smaller and medium size aircraft, runways are not changing to handle larger aircraft, and he asked the Council to consider the full plan prior to taking any legal action. Brett Wayne, Livermore resident, said one of the issues with respect to litigation is the fact that there is a claim that no EIR has been prepared for the Fixed Based Operator (FBO). While this may be specific to the FBO case, he is hard pressed to find any facility that has been studied less than the Livermore Airport. He said 5 noise studies have been done at the Livermore Airport which included the Master Plan Update, the Initial Study and CEQA documents for the master plan, the EIR for the EI Charro Specific Plan, and an independent report by Pleasanton regarding noise and altitude study at the airport. He felt it was important to read these documents prior to proceeding to legal challenge and he felt pursuing such action was premature. Barbara Blissert said the decision to file a lawsuit was premature, felt the Council would be wise to save their money until there is a formal plan in place and noted the Council has agreed to move forward with the noise study with the Livermore Airport. Howard Neely said after completion of a study a basic master plan was approved for 50 acres and designated as a sports park for Bernal Park which calls for a phased development. He felt the development of 50 acres needs a permanent name which could be Harding Community Park, and provided an historical account of former Mayor Warren Harding. Karla Brown said she is one of the authors on an Initiative to Protect Pleasanton Hills, felt the hills make up Pleasanton's character, spoke of reasons why people live in the town, said on October 2, 1991 voters voted in favor of Measure F to protect the western ridgelines, but not the southeast ridges, said the City of Lafayette adopted hillside development regulations in 2002, and in June 2008 Moraga voters are expected to vote in favor of the Moraga Open Space Initiative. Chris Miller, Chairman of the Pleasanton Military Family Support Group, said there are over 100 in the community who have had loved ones who are now serving and he asked for names and addresses. During the holiday, they send out 3-4 boxes to each service member, in addition Operations SAMS supports all military. Joe DeRossett voiced concern with the assisted care facility being opened next door to him on Singletree Court and how it looks. He said he emailed information to Council and staff and distributed pictures of the various facilities in town. He said he called the Building Department about building and setback irregularities; he contacted the State, went to the Planning Commission and said there has been no follow-up in permits being signed off. He noted the home was completely remodeled, walls have been removed, bedrooms have been expanded City Council Minutes 4 November 6, 2007