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uppLov_ip TAL 'WATERIAL Karen Diaz p� ielod , the City Council ■ From: Joanne Hall After DlStribUtIO CI P/CKe� •Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 11:07 AM ounc To: K cousins; Mayor and City Council )Std Cc: Brian Dolan; Maria Hoey; Pleasanton City Clerk Subject: RE: For your consideration at the Council Meeting of June June 4th, 2013 Dear Ms. Cousins, Thank you very much for your valuable input regarding Measure PP. 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: K cousins [ Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 11:05 AM To: Mayor and City Council Subject: For your consideration at the Council Meeting of June June 4th, 2013 Dear Mayor Thorne and Council Members Brown, Cook-Kallio, Narum and Pentin, Thank you for your dedication and service to our community. You have given much of your time and effort on the Council, Commissions and Tasks Forces and have had to make important decision regarding where we spend our City's resources and what decisions will be in the best interest of the majority of citizens of Pleasanton. I am glad you are committed to spending our money wisely while sustaining the projects, priorities and services that have been vetted by the majority of the voters. Avoiding spending money on costly litigation, as some of you have mentioned from your past experience, seems an efficacious goal for our Council. Recently some of you have voted in favor of changing Pleasanton's Municipal Code to create Chapter 18.70, regarding the definition of a "structure, ridge line and ridge" arid amend the intention of Measure PP without putting it to the vote of our community. As you are well aware, our ridge lines and hill sides, along with any development on them are of significant interest to the people of Pleasanton. Changing the definition of a "structure" to include roads, staging areas and water tanks are another way of altering our hills and ridges for which we have worked so hard to protect. It is my understanding that the City may be facing more costly litigation as a result of these changes to the Municipal Code. Legal action due to the changes in the code would no doubt lead to depleting our City's limited monetary resources with legal fees and be a significant drain on the City staffs time and energy. Please give your careful consideration to how this decision will affect the wishes of the majority of our community who voted in favor of PP and its intent to preserve ridge line and hill sides throughout Pleasanton. Please find a solution of compromise that does not perpetuate more law suits and deny the wishes of the majority who have also work hard to maintain our community's resources and natural beauty. Respectfully, Kelly Cousins 1