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Allen Roberts 16 Grey Eagle Ct. Pleasanton, CA 94566 February 26,2016 City Council Members °, l : City of Pleasanton �� fQ © Y �®Mr16D8 200 Old Bernal Avenue A B'ril t 44_ Leo of pe62 Pleasanton, California 94566 t 4 — Re: Lund Ranch Referendum Decisions Dear Mayor and Council Members: The certification of the referendum petition signatures for the Lund Ranch project is expected soon, at which time,the Council will face many decisions. I urge the Council to carefully consider all the options, especially the decision to go forward with an election. The first decision is whether to put PUD-25 on the ballot or to rescind the ordinance.As the Council knows,this issue has been very divisive in the community.A decision to rescind would stop the controversy and would allow the Council to give direction to Staff and the developer to bring back a revised project, which has limits on the traffic exiting Lund Ranch Road AND is fully compliant with Measure PP. Those two directives will stop the rancor between the neighborhoods and keep measure PP in force for all of Pleasanton. There are a number options that meet those objectives which were not fully explored by Staff and Council when PUD-25 was originally considered. One of these options a future Council might consider requires a voter approval for a connection of the project to Sunset Creek. If this Council decides to put the referendum of PUD-25 on the ballot, asking the public to vote a second time to approve a Sunset Creek connection seems unlikely, so this Council would likely be eliminating one of the potential solutions for a future Council. I urge this Council to keep all the options available and rescind PUD-25 now with the clear statement that traffic would be restricted on Lund Ranch Rd and Measure PP will be fully adhered to on all future projects in Pleasanton. If the Council decides to proceed with an election,the next decision will be when to have the election. Much of the opposition to the referendum effort was based on the cost of an election. While I have been unable to get the exact costs from the City Clerk or the Registrar of voters, based on the discussion about the Oak Grove referendum,the cost of a November election would be dramatically less expensive than a June election. In June,the City would bear the full cost of an election for the referendum. In November the referendum would be one of many items for an already budgeted election in Pleasanton; and therefore, the incremental cost of the referendum measure would be very small. In 2010,that incremental cost was estimated to be less than $10,000 as compared to $97,000 for a June election. Lastly,the Council must consider the ballot question. When collecting signatures, most voters asked what the project was and where it was located in Pleasanton. I request the Council adopt the following neutral ballot question that is simple and direct: "Shall the Lund Ranch II housing plan, located in Pleasanton's southeast hills, be approved?"The Council should allow the Referendum supporters to