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Community Development director also stated that he had did have concerns about "...the elevation and grade about the part of Santos Ranch Road from which the proposed new street will be accessed." A City Councilmember who voted to approve this amendment who was formerly a Planning Commission stated that he did not want traffic from future developments coming through Junipero, a street near his residence. Since this City Councilmember was opposed to 15 percent grade roads off of Foothill Road in Pleasanton in December 2010, it is surprising that this Councilmember would support construction roads on slopes of 25 percent or greater on locations near his residence in order to keep traffic off of Junipero. A City Council policy promoting building roadways on steep slopes in excess of 25% is inconsistent with previous city council, planning staff, and planning commission policies on steep roads. Roadways Newly Re-Cast as "Infrastructure" Not Consistent with General and Specific Plan Definitions Three city council members at the last meeting that either opposed Measure PP in the first place or supported the countermeasure QQ to defeat Measure PP each echoed similar comments---that they had done 'recent' research. The three city council members also said that even though they considered roadways subject to Measure PP when they each wrote or signed ballot arguments against PP and for QQ when it was before the voters four years ago, now state that through their recent independent research, they each concluded roadways are now "infrastructure." This is inconsistent with the 1996 General Plan that Measure PP amended and the Happy Valley Specific Plan that was the subject of Councilmember Cook-Kallio's original signed ballot arguments submitted to city in August 2008 in opposition to Measure PP. "Infrastructure" Definition in 1996 General Plan The ballot arguments against Measure PP that Councilmember Cook-Kallio signed in August 2008 were included in the voter pamphlet to inform voters that roadways were subject to Measure PP provisions. It said PP would "Stop the promised Happy Valley by-pass road." Reclassifying roadways four years later as "infrastructure" is inconsistent with the1996 Pleasanton General Plan definition which was in effect when voters approved Measure PP, which is--- "Infrastructure refers to the capital improvements required to service development such as sewer, water, and storm drainage." "Infrastructure" Definition in the Happy Valley Specific Plan Reclassifying roadways as "infrastructure" is also inconsistent with the Happy Valley Specific Plan definitions of infrastructure that discussed the term in relation to water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems. The common understanding of"infrastructure" that voters had 2