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completed or even started: 30-acre community sports park at Staples Ranch, Alviso Adobe restoration, Aquatic Center Community Room, the Vineyard Nature Center and Community Park, the south Pleasanton park and the Presley open space. The adults will be able to vote on Measure D, but the kids will not. If the kids could vote, would they vote on the Measure if they knew it would negatively affect the possibility of getting a BMX track? There has been a grass roots effort by kids interested in BMX. They are like the group of kids he worked with on the skateboard park. That has been a model for providing safe entertainment. The Park and Recreation Commission has offered these BMX kids the opportunity of realizing their dreams. Measure D will postpone or stop this currently unfunded project. Them will not be enough money. Between the boys and girls soccer leagues, there are over 4,000 children who count on using their parks each weekend for games. There are 400-600 adults that need fields for practices and matches. New soccer fields have been proposed for Val Vista Park and Measure D will push out or eliminate these badly needed community assets. The Staples Ranch community park will offer lighted fields for softball and soccer along with other elements. Measure D would make this unaffordable. Lastly, there is the potential loss of a community asset that will outlive everyone at this meeting. That is the 300 acres in south Pleasanton destined to become the Pleasanton Municipal Golf Course and community open space. Two years ago a steering committee was formed for this open space. However, if Measure D passes, this project is totally at risk. The parks are a major portion of what makes up this city. All these amenities are envied by all communities in the Tri-Valley area. He does not want to support a measure that will dilute negatively the work of the Council, commissions, citizen collaboratives and ad hoc committees that have worked over the years to make this one of he most desirable places to live. He asked the citizens to carefully weigh what Measure D has to say and vote no. Stan Erickson, 3684 Chillingham Court, believed there were misconceptions and misinformation being circulated about the Initiative and offered to spend time with the Councilmembers to explain the concept and impacts. He felt this only provides for voter review of Council decisions and everyone does not have to be a Planning Commissioner. It is an automatic referendum. Voters are concerned with top level impacts, not whether the curb heights are correct. He agreed few people have been coming to Planning Commission meetings. However, when you look at the voter turnout for the last referendum, you find that people all across the community voted. He felt people will vote on issues whether they are directly affected or not. They do not come to Council meetings because they do not feel they have an effect. He did not like dealing with worst case scenarios. It is impossible to say that if the CAPP Initiative passes, Pleasanton will be boycotted by developers. He cited examples in Napa County, and in Oregon communities, that have voter approval of zoning changes. Those communities have not seen a slow down in growth and have about an 80% approval rate. It means the developers have to present a better product, one that the community really wants. He believed that will happen in Pleasanton and there will be a higher quality of projects with more amenities to the city and that will solve some of the problems we have. Jocelyn Combs, 5151 Greentree Court, indicated she had hiked the skyline trail and was reminded how fortunate she is to live in the East Bay with its miles and miles of 7 09/20/99 Pleasanton City Council Minutes