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Yongjian Su stated that he agrees totally with Option 1 and that Options 2 and 3 <br />basically violate Measure PP. He further stated that he agrees with the earlier speaker <br />that a road is a structure, no matter how it is interpreted, and as clearly defined in the <br />dictionary as well as by other cities. <br />Carolyn Lincoln read the following letter from the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the <br />Sierra Club into the record: <br />Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council and Members of the Planning <br />Commission, <br />In past recent weeks, the environmental impact report was released for Lund Ranch <br />IL It contained the results of a review of a number of options for the construction of <br />a modest number of homes and an access road. The Sierra Club's local chapter, <br />(which includes Pleasanton) has had members perform the review of this EIR, and <br />they concur with the report's findings, and with the developer, that the Lund Ranch <br />Road access is the preferred environmental approach to minimize impacts and avoid <br />construction on high sloping ground. <br />However, it has come to our attention that the City of Pleasanton administration is <br />proposing to overrule, and deviate from, the EIR and attempt to push a second road <br />through the steep- sloped ground. This additional road is not the environmentally <br />preferred solution, and it will also likely to run afoul of the Measure PP, which voters <br />approved for the purpose of preventing the environmental damage and steep - sloped <br />terrain. <br />It is therefore our earnest request that the City administrators use the EIR as the <br />impartial planning tool and implement the EIR's preferred project configuration with <br />the lower impact road that does not violate Measure PP. <br />Sincerely, <br />Rebecca Evans, Chapter Chair <br />Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter. <br />Ms. Lincoln then asked the people in the audience to raise their hand if they support the <br />content of the letter. <br />Vicki LaBarge stated that she will speak about environmental impact versus human <br />impact. She indicated that she has lived on Junipero Street for 30 years and has raised <br />a family on Junipero Street before it connected to Sunol Boulevard, before there was <br />any Ventana Hills, and she has seen traffic increase over the years. She stated that <br />she has been in communication with Mike Tassano about the traffic problem on <br />Junipero Street and that she is in a way representing a number of people on Junipero <br />Street because she is also the Neighborhood Watch Captain. She further stated that <br />she was told by staff that there is no money for traffic - calming measures on Junipero <br />Street, that Junipero Street is No. 9 on the list for traffic - calming measures, and <br />Sycamore Creek Way, Sunset Creek Lane, and Bridle Creek are not even on that list. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 24, 2015 Page 20 of 54 <br />