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Rev 5-19-15 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL <br /> Provided to the City Council <br /> Aft ' Diat�ihul'uu u` Packet <br /> Option 2b: GerilittheflaAllow Task Force recommendation,pause specific plan <br /> and EIR: if Council later adopts EPSP—send to voters for ratificaty&e 6 f 9 /a <br /> RESOLUTION NO. <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> . . _ <br /> . e _ e . _ . e . _ - - . , REQUESTING A TASK <br /> FORCE FINAL RECOMMENDATION, BUT PAUSING ACTION ON EAST <br /> PLEASANTON SPECIFIC PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. AND <br /> AGREEING TO HAVE VOTER RATIFICATION OF ANY PLAN IF LATER ADOPTED <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton's General Plan Land Use Program 6.1 discusses the <br /> preparation of a Specific Plan for East Pleasanton; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2012, the City Council began a study for the East Pleasanton Specific <br /> Plan (EPSP) area, a 1,110 acre area of eastern Pleasanton and unincorporated Alameda <br /> County, and created a nineteen member citizens task force, with two alternates, to assist in <br /> considering land use pattems, development and design, roadways and other public <br /> infrastructure, environmental protection, financing and implementation requirements for the Plan <br /> Area; and <br /> WHEREAS, the planning process has involved a significant effort by task force <br /> members, as well as members of the public, to become informed about the project, its impacts <br /> and benefits, as well as an investment by property owners with the Plan Area to pay for City <br /> staff to coordinate the preparation of an environmental impact report (EIR)for the proposed <br /> EPSP and its alternatives; and <br /> €126F4-and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council would still benefit from a final recommendation from the <br /> Task Force members regarding the EPSP, even if no final City Council action is taken on the <br /> EPSP and related EIR at this time, as the Task Force members have provided their time and <br /> energy to become informed and carefully considered this issue; and <br /> WHEREAS, while the efforts of the involved residents, community members, property <br /> owners, task force members and other officials has brought forward important information, the <br /> City Council will pause its consideration of the EPSP and EIR due to ... <br /> Drought Rationale <br /> the on-going California drought emergency and unpredictability of future water supplies <br />