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1. Approve the project with the circulation system as proposed by the applicant. This would include access from Lund Ranch Road only, without connections to Middleton Place or Sunset Creek Lane. This option would not honor the principles that were discussed by the City Council in 1992 at the time of the approval of the Bonde Ranch project, i.e., that the connections from future development of Lund Ranch Road (and from Middleton Place) would be to the East West Connector identified in the North Sycamore Specific Plan (i.e., Sunset Creek Lane or Sycamore Creek Way). This option would also avoid the need to cross the ephemeral creek along the southern portion of the site or traverse the hillside to the south of and above the creek to connect to Sunset Creek Lane, therefore avoiding the potential biological and grading impacts of such a connection (although such impacts could be mitigated to a less-than-significant level). It would also avoid the issue of whether a connector road that traverses the hillside on slopes over 25 percent would violate the provisions of Measure PP. It is likely to be supported by residents of Middleton Place (their current access would remain the same) and Sycamore Heights and Bridle Creek (they would receive no project traffic), and be opposed by residents of Ventana Hills and Mission Hills (whose neighborhoods would receive all of the project traffic). 2. Require the project to be redesigned to access only to Sunset Creek Lane. This option would honor the principles that were discussed by the City Council in 1992 at the time of the approval of the Bonde Ranch project, i.e., that the connections from future development of Lund Ranch Road (and from Middleton Place) would be to the East West Connector identified in the North Sycamore Specific Plan (i.e., Sunset Creek Lane or Sycamore Creek Way). This option would create the need to cross the ephemeral creek along the southern portion of the site or traverse the hillside to the south of and above the creek to connect to Sunset Creek Lane, resulting in potential biological and grading impacts. It would also raise the issue of whether a roadway that traverses the hillside on slopes over 25 percent would violate the provisions of Measure PP. It would require that the City conclude that Measure PP does not prohibit the construction of roads on such slopes either because it does not consider roads to be structures or because the area of 25-percent slope that would be traversed is considered minimal and not inconsistent with the intent of Measure PP. This option is likely to be supported by residents of Middleton Place (their current access would remain the same, and Ventana Hills and Mission Hills (they would receive no project traffic), and be opposed by residents of Sycamore Heights and Bridle Creek (whose neighborhoods would receive all of the project traffic). This option was recommended by the Planning Commission. Page 21 of 26