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Amy Lofland decided to speak and read part of a prepared statement into the record: "Good evening. My name is Amy Lofland. I live at , which is in Ventana Hills, and I'm a member of the Ventana Hills Steering Committee. Our Committee was formed as a result of a motion adopted by the Pleasanton City Council at the April 2, 1990 meeting to provide orderly input and successful negotiations for the adoption of the Bonde Ranch development known as PUD- 90 -18. All five members still comprise the Committee and we all reside in Ventana Hills. The Committee has and has had consistent communication with the residents of our development for over 20 -plus years. "I'd like to give you a little history into southeastern Pleasanton planning, particularly with regard to traffic flow. This is an area where the proposed chapter implementing Measures PP and QQ into City Code will affect future development. Back in 1990 and 1991, with the development of Bonde Ranch, the proposal of Callippe Golf Course, and the development plans along Sycamore, it was clear to existing neighborhoods and to the City that a plan was necessary for southeastern Pleasanton, particularly for traffic that would come from new developments. The neighborhoods of Alisal, Happy Valley, Sycamore, Pleasanton Heights, Mission Park, Old Town, and Ventana Hills, to name most, participated in many City -run workshops to come up with mitigation plans for the development of this area. These City- initiated meetings with the citizens of Pleasanton and neighborhood representatives took many hours and shaped the final outcome of the North Sycamore Specific Plan and the Happy Valley Specific Plan. We worked to preserve existing neighborhoods and to regulate the effects of future development and traffic flow so that the adverse effects would not be too great. There was compromise with regard to all that on all sides. "The Planning Commission and the City Council, if they intend to consider roads a structure, then it is important to grandfather both PUDs and Specific Plans into those approved prior to 2008 so that the roads that have been constructed or are planned to be constructed in the southeastern section of Pleasanton to support development and traffic flow can be used. As someone who voted for Measure PP to protect the ridgeline, it was not my intent to preclude the Happy Valley Specific Plan or the North Sycamore Specific Plan from future development plans, and I'm sure the neighborhoods of southeastern Pleasanton who worked in good faith with the City on these specific plans would agree." Ms. Lofland stated that she had more on her statement, but she just wanted to make sure the Commission had the history of how this all came about, since this item will not be considered at tonight's meeting Cindy LeLaurin, a resident of Bridle Creek, stated that she found it preposterous that she is standing in front of all the Commissioners again and fighting about Measure PP. She indicated that Bridle Creek residents really worked their tails off to get signatures to PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 13, 2013 Page 6 of 20