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side backed by the pockets of developers but also said this community has a solid history of allowing the city to guide its progress in this manner. He said that "sprawl" is a real thing that was used as part of Measure FF to establish the Urban Growth Boundary 19 years ago and is not at all politically charged. Steve Dunn, Legacy/Lionstone, said that as both a landowner representative and Bay Area native he is very invested in doing the right thing for this community. Since Legacy's acquisition of its property in 2007 they have been involved in the planning efforts that only became formalized several years ago. He stressed that the current issue at hand is about a planning process and its attempts to respond to any issues and concerns that arise through that process. He said the Task Force discussion and feedback has been very positive to date and he had no cause to believe that had changed. He asked the Council to complete what has been.a healthy process, certify the EIR and respect the tremendous effort put forth by city staff and consultants. Clark Morrison with Cox, Castle and Nicholson introduced himself as a land use attorney representing Legacy/Lionstone. He stated that the most significant outstanding issue raised tonight seems to be the • drought. All others such as traffic and schools can be dealt with through the EIR and would not be an appropriate reason to halt the planning process. The applicants have therefore prepared a sample resolution that applies a standard by which the Council can determine the appropriate time to move forward again, based upon water supply. Specifically, Section 3 of the sample resolution states that any further consideration of the specific plan or other decisions regarding the plan will be suspended until such time as it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Council that the city's total project water supplies during normal years, single dry years and multiple dry years will meet the water demand associated with the specific plan in addition to all of the city's other land uses. The resolution specifically provides that the Council base its determination upon consideration of the provisions of Section 9.30 of the Municipal Code as well as the final EIR for the specific plan where these water issues can be more fully fleshed out upon certification, which should contain a complete water analysis. Vice Mayor Brown asked how the EIR addresses the 29,000 additional vehicle trips per day that are projected to result from the plan. Mr. Morrison explained that the function of the EIR is to identify a set of environmental conclusions and then allow for the public to provide comments to those conclusions. The final EIR would then contain fact based recommendations on the available mitigations for the City Council to contemplate. Rather than saying those facts are of little importance and stopping the process here, allowing the EIR process to continue would help to answer questions like those raised by the Vice Mayor. The following individuals submitted speaker cards, did not wish to speak, but wished to go on record to stop the ESPS and EIR process: Coleen & John Worley, Phillip Quiros, Renee Quiros, Tom Murphy, Guodong Liu, Ying Qian, Carlos Quiros, April Recinos, Stacy Merrill, Marilyn Knapp, Carissa Duan, Julie Hu, Bryan Long,Shu Liu, Lynn Kriegbaum and Mindy Long. Mayor Thorne closed public comment. BREAK Mayor Thome called a brief break from 9:16 p.m. to 9:24 p.m. Mayor Thorne said he initially favored stopping the EIR process but allowing the Task Force to proceed with formulating a recommendation. During the meeting, however, it has become clear to him that there are a number of other issues that need to be further evaluated by the community. He said that putting the issues of how to proceed now and whatever final plan might come forward to the voters would allow for an engaged debate on the pros and cons. City Council Minutes Page 12 of 15 May 19, 2015