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years ago. He noted that there are different interpretations of that, and ultimately, the Planning Commission will be asked to make a recommendation to the City Council on that issue. He reiterated that when the Council at that time last convened regarding this issue, it concluded that a road was not a structure, and, therefore, a road was not prohibited by Measure PP to go on slopes greater than 25 percent. Mr. Dolan then displayed some photographs of the man -made slopes of the Lund Ranch II site. He pointed out that the area right in the middle of where the ranch operations are located are clearly man -made: the owners wanted to get from one side of the farmland to the other, so they graded right through the middle of it and created a road. As regards the other area, Mr. Dolan stated that it appears that this is down where the barn is located and that it is adjacent to the creek off to the left, and staff suspects there the previous natural slope was graded to create a flat pad for the barn and some other out buildings. Prior Council Commitments Mr. Dolan stated that the approvals of Bonde Ranch, Bridle Creek, and Sycamore Creek all anticipated connections of the development of Lund Ranch II to connect to Sycamore Creek Way, Sunset Creek Lane, or to both. He noted that they were designed that way, signs were put up, and it was well -known that that was probably going to happen. He added that notifications or disclosures were given to buyers, but there has been some disputes about whether all phases of the development got those disclosures. Mr. Dolan stated that there was also the North Sycamore Specific Plan which identified the possibility of something called the East/West connector, which became either Sunset Creek Lane or Sycamore Creek Way, that would provide access to the development on Lund Ranch II. He noted that the Plan only said that there would be access provided from these two streets; it did not say that would be the only access point, and some of these other approvals did not say that would be the other access point either. Mr. Dolan stated that the approvals of Bonde Ranch, Bridle Creek, and Sycamore Creek all anticipate these connections; and going back even further, there is the approval of the Ventana Hills subdivision. He noted that the design shows Lund Ranch Road stubbed out in anticipation of an access at that point from Lund Ranch Road. Mr. Dolan stated that the primary Council commitment involves a private agreement in 1991 between Shapell Industries, property owner of Bonde Ranch, and the Pleasanton Heights Homeowners Association and Ventana Hills Steering Committee, a collection of concerned residents in that neighborhood, which expressly prevented connection to Lund Ranch Road. He indicated that during the review of the Bonde Ranch development, there was this concern about the fact that Ventana Hills was going to have to take all this traffic, so the deal was struck related to Middleton Place and between the parties that when Lund Ranch II was developed, that traffic would not go through Ventana Hills on Lund Ranch Road. He pointed out that the City was not a party to that agreement; however, it did adopt and made reference to that agreement as a condition of approval of the Bonde Ranch PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 25, 2015 Page 17 of 46