SANTA CLARA -- A San Francisco 49ers consultant said Monday that opponents of the team's Santa Clara stadium proposal are not accurately portraying how the project would be financed.

In response to numbers used by the newly established Santa Clara Plays Fair committee at an afternoon news conference, team consultant Jude Barry said that no city general fund money would be used to build the new stadium nor would taxes be raised.

Earlier Monday, a group of Santa Clara residents who are against city subsidies for the proposed San Francisco 49ers stadium announced the formation of a political committee opposing the project.

Santa Clara Plays Fair is registered with the California Fair Political Practices Commission and has a limited agenda, according to committee chairwoman Michele Ryan.

"We have only one talking point - it's our money and it's a lot of our money," Ryan said.

According to Ryan, Seattle residents paid a $92 per resident subsidy for the new Seahawks stadium; Glendale, Ariz. residents paid $117 per resident for the new Arizona Cardinals stadium; and Arlington, Texas residents are paying $904 per resident for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium now under construction.

"The 49ers have asked us for an astonishing $1,947 per resident," Ryan said. "Do you remember the song from Sesame Street: one of these things is not like the others; one of these things does not belong. One of these things does not belong in Santa Clara."

Barry denied these assertions.

"Both the 49ers and city have agreed that any stadium financing plan must include no new taxes and have no negative impact on the city's general fund," countered the team consultant. According to Barry, the 49ers proposal would also require a smaller percentage contribution from the city than has been the case in other recent NFL stadiums.

"The current proposal requests Santa Clara to invest less than 20 percent to own and operate an NFL stadium. This is far less than the average in other cities where the public investment for new stadiums averages over 66 percent," Barry said.

Santa Clara city officials are continuing to analyze the 49ers proposal. On Tuesday, the city council is scheduled to discuss the structure and function of a proposed Stadium Authority that would operate the facility.