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to dispose of surface water without damage to private or public properties, streets, or alleys." She stated that streets, therefore, are considered structures as well and not access drives. She urged the Commission to follow the intent of Measure PP. George Dort stated that he is and has been a member of the Ventana Hills Steering Committee since its inception in 1991 and a resident of Pleasanton for over 25 years. He added that he was on the original Ridge Committee to save the Main and Pleasanton Ridge, and is very proud of that. Mr. Dort stated that there are many neighbors present in the audience from Ventana Hills and Mission Park to support staff's recommendation to adopt P12-1796, Exhibit A, the Draft Municipal Code Amendment, Chapter 18.70; the Ridgeline and Hillside Protection and Preservation, dated March 13, 2013 into the City Code. He indicated that they believe it adheres to Measures PP and QQ to protect the ridgelines, contrary to other opinions stated tonight, and also allows for previous agreements and understandings by previous Councils, staff, and Planning Commissions dating back to 1991 with regard to traffic flow for new construction in the southeastern Pleasanton to be upheld. Shareef Mandavi stated that he wanted to thank Councilmember McGovern for bringing some context and history as to what Measures PP and QQ were all about. He indicated that he is just an ordinary person who voted for Measure PP and that he would be willing to bet that most of the people in the audience also voted for Measure PP. He noted that he is also a good friend of people over in Ventana Hills and Mission Hills and empathize with their position. Mr. Mandavi stated that he thinks one needs to look at the intention and rally cry behind Measure PP, which was "save our hills." He pointed out that it was very simple and very easy to understand, and he is actually stunned and confused that some four to five years later, staff is talking about extreme minutia and interpretation, reminiscent of when a President was being impeached around the meaning of the word "is." He indicated that it seems to him that staff is getting away from the original intention of the amendment of Measure PP which was just to not build in the hills, something that all these neighborhoods would agree upon. He pointed out that it is the will of the people, with nearly 60 percent of the votes, and Measure QQ, which was known anecdotally as the developer's proposition, failed. Mr. Mandavi reiterated that he empathizes with the people in Mission Hills and Ventana Hills, who got an agreement in 1991 that no roads are going to go through their community for one simple reason—they did not want it. He noted that their motivation for being here tonight is a kind of challenge in just trying to convince the Commission that the staff recommendation is the right one, to say that it is a little thing that can be tweaked here so the Lund Ranch development road and the traffic would not go through their neighborhood. He indicated that he understood that, but he thinks it is the wrong solution. He stated that people need to look at the bigger picture and what the people PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 13, 2013 Page 14 of 35