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with special interests would have told her at the time they were collecting signatures to deny the road would go through to Lund Ranch II, she would have said they are off base; but no one ever asked her that. She indicated that it is important to her that the past decisions by numerous Councils, General Plans, Specific Plans, and PUDs be honored, and that if the true intent of Measure PP is honored, roads would not be considered structures. Chair Blank stated that the Commission is in receipt of an email from someone claiming to be the author of those sentences. He asked Ms. Ayala if she was suggesting that she did write this section of Measure PP. Ms. Ayala replied that it was written by many people. Chair Blank indicated that he was curious about Ms. Ayala's involvement and asked Ms. Ayala if she wrote this section of PP which talks about the ridgelines and hillsides being protected. Ms. Ayala replied that she was involved from the start of writing Measure PP, and she assured Chair Blank that roads were never discussed. She added that if roads were in their interests, they would have put "roads" in there. William Lincoln stated that he believes most of the talking points have already been made. He indicated that he lives in Sycamore Heights and have agrees pretty much with Ms. McGovern's and Mr. O'Connor's comments as well as those of some others. He indicated that one of the things that confuses him the most is that at the November 27, 2012 City Council meeting, City staff actually supported the concept that a road was a structure, and now three months later, staff made a 180-degree turn. He stated that he is sorry to say that it appears to him that staff is appeasing special interests of some sort. He noted that the bottom line is that they are being pitted against other neighborhoods for access to Lund Ranch, and they hope the Commission you will make the right decision. He added that all those among them who believed in beautiful hills and quiet and safe neighborhoods voted for Measure PP, and they hope the Commission does the right thing and try and make everyone happy. Laurie Saxton stated that she is a typical voter of Pleasanton, and when her husband and she voted for Measure PP, their understanding was that they specifically were voting to not have any type of construction up on the ridges, to try to limit the number of houses up on the ridge because nobody wants to have the ridge discovered. She added that had she known that this would mean reneging on a promise that was made to Ventana Hills in 1991 that they would not be burdened with any more additional traffic, she would not have voted for it. She indicated that they have already allowed a neighborhood that is not part of their neighborhood to temporarily use their roads, and she has had to call the police so many times to try to get them to try and make these people slow down. She noted that these drivers have absolutely no respect for their neighborhood, and she has followed some of these people up the hill, and they turn around and tell her that they do not care anything about their neighborhood, that it PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 13, 2013 Page 16 of 35