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SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Karen Gonzales Provided ;o the City Council After Distribution of Packet crom: Joanne Hall ent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:21 AM . /3 To: Annalisa Herzog; Mayor and City Council Date Cc: Maria Hoey; Pleasanton City Clerk Subject: RE: April 2nd Agenda - Development and Measure PP Dear Mr. and Mrs. Herzog, Thank you very much for your valuable input regarding Item 10 on the upcoming City Council agenda. This message acknowledges receipt of your email. Please rest assured that the City Council will have the benefit of your comments. Kind Regards, Joanne Hall Public Information Officer City of Pleasanton From: Annalisa Herzog [ Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 3:45 PM To: Mayor and City Council Subject: April 2nd Agenda - Development and Measure PP To our Mayor and City Council: I am sorry that we are not available to attend in person the City Council meeting this Tuesday, April 2nd, with an agenda item important to us—development, but work commitments prevent our attendance. My family has lived in Pleasanton for 24 years. We have raised our children in this wonderful and welcoming community. However, we are dismayed at the prolonged disputes involving our community over continuous and unnecessary development in our hills. We thought matters were put to rest by the passage of the "Save Our Hills", Measure PP over four years ago. As a reminder, • Measure PP prohibits housing units and structures from being developed on slopes of 25% or greater or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline; • Measure PP was passed by a majority of Pleasanton voters; • Measure PP can only be amended or repealed by the voters of Pleasanton at a city general election; • Measure PP overrides any existing General Plan. The residents of Pleasanton spoke with a common voice for the benefit of the whole Pleasanton community-- Preserve the hills within and surrounding our community. Now, the city planning staff is undermining the democratic electoral process, and the Planning Commission, by limiting the definition of a "structure" to not include a road. The City Council and the Planning Commission must act for the benefit of the whole -ommunity and not appease special interests. We ask that you support the Planning Commission, and respect .ne vote of the people of Pleasanton. Enforce Measure PP and prevent roads/structures from marring our hills. t