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Subject FW: Lund Ranch II Comments From: Steve Brozosky Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:33 AM To: Mayor and City Council Cc: Kay Ayala Subject: Lund Ranch II Comments Dear City Council: SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Provided to the City Council After Distribution of Packet Date 7/- -7S- I appreciate the council trying to uphold the intent of Measure PP that was passed by the voters of Pleasanton. I realize that there is something I left out last night when I spoke. The Measure has some absolutes, and it has intent/purpose. The absolutes are Measure PP applies to developments over 10 housing units, 25% slopes, 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. Although the definitions here can be debated. The Purpose of Measure PP is to "protect out city from uncontrolled growth and the impact it has on ridgelines and hillsides." For the absolutes, the Council does not have discretion. For the intent/purpose, the Council has complete discretion, just like any proposed development in the city. If the council feels a road going in is going to significantly impact the views of the hillsides /ridges, then the Council can make that determination. This is somewhat subjective but the Council does this all the time. Just because the Measure does not mention something does not mean the city has to allow it. The Council can defer to other parts of the General Plan for the decision. It is possible a road can do grading but is designed in a way that is not an eyesore. The converse is also possible. The Council can make that determination. Also, many of the arguments on this development, and others, seem to get down to whether a road is a structure for the purposes of grading. However, Measure PP says "No grading to construct residential or commercial structures shall occur on hillside slopes 25% or greater." The word structure is not by itself. It is qualified with "residential" or "commercial ". I think it is wrong to decide if a road is a structure but rather the decision should be is a road a "residential structure" or a "commercial structure ". The intent of Measure PP was a road is not a residential structure or a commercial structure. I realize this is a very emotional issue for a lot of people. In Measure PP I was mostly concerned with the little mentioned part of the measure which defines a "housing unit" as it relates to our housing cap as I saw the Council excluding certain types of housing from the housing cap. However, this provision is pretty much mute now with the housing cap gone. Once again I appreciate the Council deliberating over the intent of a voter approved measure; whether you supported the measure of not. Best Regards, Steve Brozosky Click here to report this email as spam.