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provide some balance to the misinformation given to voters. The opposition proponents, including Allen Roberts and Karla Brown, the Sycamore Heights residents, and the paid signature gatherers told signers they would have a chance to vote on the decision. The Council wants to hear from us, do not repeal the Ordinance. Submit it to the voters on June 7t', and use Option 3 for the ballot measure language, with the including of Southeast Pleasanton." This project has been dragging on for too many years. Thank you for all you do for the City. David Melaugh urged the Council to rescind the Ordinance. There was a groundswell of support for this referendum including that from the Pleasanton Weekly and Independent, former Mayors and Councilmembers, and two of the proponents of Measure PP. His wife and he were volunteer signature gatherers. This development will impact traffic, schools, and the water supply, plus the road will be built to cross acres of hillside. It will require movement of truckloads of dirt. This is not what the Measure PP voters anticipated and a special election costs money. This is a divisive issue and we should be working on a compromise with a commitment to work with Ventana Hills, the developer for the use of their land, to put down swords and work in good faith. If it goes to an election, he prefers November since it is already budgeted and would like Option One for the ballot measure language because it answers what is Lund Ranch and where it is. He urged the Council to rescind now. Allen Roberts stated that over 70 volunteers gathered the signatures and that the development was not a carefully constructed compromise. Rather, it was done late at night, violates Measure PP, and the City's own conditions of approval. Council can send this measure to a vote, but the divisiness will ruin any chance for compromise. He suggests rescinding the Ordinance. If the Council decides to go to a vote, he suggested placing it one the November ballot and use the savings for traffic calming on Junipero. Please keep the ballot question neutral and informative, it should only describe what it is and where it is, such as, "Shall the Lund Ranch II project plan located in the southeast hills be approved." It should not be a sales pitch for a yes vote. Carolyn Spain sent an email to the Council from her husband and herself not repeal the decision. There have been negotiations for years, and with all due respect to Allen Roberts, there will not be a different compromise. Sending the matter to a vote is the right thing to do. Move forward with vote in June. She urged the signature gatherers to consider offsetting some of the costs to the City for the election. She prefers Option 3 for the ballot language, with the addition of the word "Southeast." Matthew Nelson lives on Lund Ranch Road and sees the road through his front yard and the proposed road from his backyard. He urged the Council to move quickly on the vote as he sees homeless, kids, teenagers, and others on that property. He pushed for the June date. He said that the new street proposal is already there. He signed the Measure PP and Measure QQ petitions specifically to limit growth. This land is three houses from him, it is flat, and he wants to make sure everyone understands the development will be built. It does not change what is being built, it changes the road, There will not be a change to the development. Perhaps the folks that signed the referendum did not fully understand. The referendum is for the City proper, not for the surrounding hills. Angela Ramirez Holmes is a consultant for Greenbriar Homes. She noted they donated land for Bernal Community Park, the PPIE run, 195 Southeast Pleasanton, and City and County Urban Growth. There has been a residential developent plan in place since 1986. The General Plan allows for 143 homes and the City Council approval had 140 conditions after six public hearings in the last year alone. The developer decided to build only 43 homes on 195 acres and left 89.5% as permanent open space which equates to 174 acres. There will also be over 2 miles of public trails, predetermined home sizes, $1.2 million for schools which was already approved by school district, $500,000 in local and regional and neighborhood traffic control and $1 million in other community benefits. The hills belong to the landowner but they could belong to Pleasanton. This is a good project and she requested the call for an election as there were 35,000 registered voters who did not sign the referendum who should look at the merits of the project and decide for themselves. City Council Minutes Page 6 of 10 March 1, 2016