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Karen Gonzales From: Joanne Hall Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 1:36 PM �- �, 4=V s t�3 To: Brian Dolan; Maria Hoey ---- =WI TAL MATERIAL-- - Cc: Pleasanton City Clerk -Drovidded to the City Council Subject: FW: Measure PP After Distributi011 of Packet From: Matt Sullivan [ Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 1:31 PM To: Mayor and City Council Cc: Nelson Fialho; Jonathan Lowell Subject: Measure PP Mayor and Council, I am writing about item 4.(b) on your Closed Session agenda tonight. I am a Steering Committee member of the Pleasanton Ridge & Hillside Protection Association and I'm writing in support of the May 6th letter to the City Council from our attorney, Stuart Flashman. I am hoping to attend the meeting, but have a work conflict this afternoon and want to get you my thoughts in case I'm late. I won't repeat the specifics of the letter, but I will address your action to approve the proposed ordinance. I'm a former Pleasanton City Council member(8 years), Planning Commissioner (6 years), Energy Committee member(3 years), and a member of the West Las Positas Interchange Committee (3 years)—not to mention a participant on several ad hoc committees over the past 15 years. Based on these experiences, 1 think I have a good understanding of the public process and the limits of City Council power. You may personally believe that the changes you are attempting to make to Measure PP are appropriate, but you DO NOT have the power to implement them without CEQA review and a public vote approving them. If you move forward, you will be ignoring and actively undermining the rights granted to citizens for the initiative process by the California Constitution. As important as protecting our hills are, this would be a far more egregious offense. I would encourage you to reconsider your actions. Thank you Matt Sullivan Matt Sullivan Click here to report this email as Spam. 1