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initiative." He was also the land use attorney for the environmentally destructive Sarich project that took 40 feet off the ridgetop to build the residence within the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan area that caused Measure PP to be drafted in the first place. Ballot arguments in favor of Measure PP discuss "Our City Council majority recently approved two hilltop developments" and the Sarich project was one of them. Mr. MacDonald was the land use attorney for one of them. The Contra Costa Times reports he currently is the land use attorney for the canyon /hillside proposed development for the controversial Doolan Canyon project between Dublin and Livermore. We also wish to further state for the public record that prior to Mr. MacDonald becoming City Attorney in Pleasanton, the city council approved a Hillside Ordinance for sites designed with greater than average slope of 10% that was intended to protect Pleasanton's. During Mr. MacDonald's tenure with the City of Pleasanton, it would appear that this ordinance was largely ignored. For PUDs, the Pleasanton Municipal Code language clearly states that there is an HPD specific process that must be followed: 18.68.120 HPD process. If a development is proposed pursuant to this chapter, which also could develop under the provisions of the hillside planned development district(Chapter 18.76 of this title), the developer shall submit with his or her application for PUD zoning and PUD development plan an explanation why the project is not requested for development pursuant to the hillside planned development district. (Prior code § 2-8.36) hapa'geode.us/codeleasantoti'view.php?topic=18-1868-18 68120&frames=on -startContent PARC would like to state for the record that the pre-existing Pleasanton Hillside Ordinance has no exemption for roadways nor does it have language that effectively reduces an actual ridgeline and ridge to a small portion of area. City Council Members Who Voted To Water Down Measure PP Opposed Measure PP Four Years Ago PARC would like to highlight that Mayor Thorne (then Councilmember Thorne) and Councilmember Cook-Kallio signed ballot arguments either opposing Measure PP or supporting Measure QQ (the city council sponsored countermeasure to defeat Measure PP). PARC would also like highlight that Councilmember Pentin (then Parks and Recreation Commissioner Pentin) was similarly unsupportive of Measure PP by being involved with "Keep Our Park," the "Do Not Sign Petition" campaign to discourage voters from placing their signatures on petitions for the Measure that became Measure PP. City Council that Adopted 1996 General Plan Recommendations from the General Plan Committee Intended Ridgeline Ordinance to Improve Safety and Reduce Negative Visual Impacts of Development The initiative that became Measure PP was in response the city not creating an actual ridgeline preservation ordinance in response to the 1996 General Plan Page VII-12 Program 5.1 policy: 4