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Robert Cordtz, 262 West Angela, referred to his concerns about the sovereignty issues. In Pleasanton there are areas controlled by the State of California, the Federal Government, Alameda County, the Pleasanton Unified School District, the San Francisco Water Department and the Fairgrounds. We are told the School District can build a school wherever it wants with no controls. He has been dealing with the Fairground for many years regarding the noise. He referred to documents he presented to Council regarding this topic. The Fairgrounds has not responded to any concerns that have been expressed. There has been a shooting at the Fairgrounds, an ecoli problem, and a discharge of contaminated water onto the San Francisco property. Alameda County has still not responded to the water discharge incident. The Liaison Committee has not been able to accomplish anything. There are Pleasanton citizens on the Fair Board and they have done nothing. He was surprised the Board members did not come to the Council meeting to apologize, instead of sending Mr. Pickering. Vinton Voss, 1667 Paseo del Cajon, appreciated what has been done by way of apology. He suggested the City ask the sponsors of the event to do the same thing the Fair Board has done and send a written apology to everyone. Bob Phillips, 1865 Paseo del Cajon, said he has never heard anything like this in all the years he has lived here. He usually does not complain about noise, but this was ridiculous. He did not believe there was any difference in the sound level on Sunday. He said he could hear the announcers urging the technicians to turn up the sound. He felt the police department had done a good job. He disagreed with facing the sound towards the San Francisco property. When that is developed, there will be the same problem. He enjoyed the music and entertainment, but it was just too loud. Pat McInemey, 1041 Harvest Circle, indicated she did not want the Council to get involved in trying to run the Fairgrounds. The Fair Board had done a good job over the years and it is working hard to keep the Fairgrounds going. It cannot survive on just two weeks a year and needs other events during the year. It lost $400,000 when it lost the gun show. She would like to see smaller concerts at the Fairgrounds. The Valley needs a venue so people don't have to go to the Oakland Coliseum, Shoreline, or to the Concord Pavilion. She felt alcohol could be controlled. Marry Elling, 6075 Corte Montanas, was thankful he did not have a job that required him to have rest on Saturday or Sunday. He went to the Fair Board meeting and heard a person from the radio station defending the noise as professionally done good music. He said by the time the sound reached his back yard, it was no longer music, it was only noise. The question of alcohol was not discussed at the Fair Board meeting and he was glad it was brought up at the Council meeting. He also expressed disagreement with the Police Chief about people leaving the Fairgrounds peaceably. He said there was a lot of traffic noise, loud radios, and people yelling, which disturbed his son. Mayor Tarver appreciated the response of the Fair Board and General Manager and the assurance that this will not happen again. He believed the Fairgrounds should be regulated by the City of Pleasanton and that everything possible has been done to express 5 10/19/99 Pleasanton City Council Minutes