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3. MEETING OPEN FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM WHICH IS NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA John Bauer stated that he had a chance to listen to parts of the audio recording from the June 24, 2015 Planning Commission meeting, and he sent a few emails which he hoped would get into the Minutes. He indicated, however, that he would first like to discuss a couple of topics that came from the long discussion between the Commissioners and City staff: 1. Traffic signs on Sycamore and Sycamore Creek Way. Parking is essentially controlled on both sides of the street from Sunol Boulevard all the way to the dead end at the water tank; however, in Bridal Creek, parking of cars is controlled: once one passes the water pumping station and enters Sycamore Heights, there are "No Parking" signs. So, essentially, no parking is allowed on Sycamore and Sycamore Creek Way throughout the whole length of the roadway. 2. Measure PP. Assistant City Manager Dolan made an enlightening comment regarding Measure PP which should not be overlooked. He stated that Measure PP was never intended to be a Municipal Code or City ordinance; it was an Initiative to revise the General Plan. This should be evaluated further to take into consideration all current and future hillside and ridge development. He noted that he went back and read the full text of the Initiative, and Assistant City Manager Dolan was absolutely correct. He added that underneath the text of the Initiative is the Notice of Intent to circulate a petition within the City of Pleasanton for the purpose of amending the August 6, 1996 General Plan. This is an important distinction the Commission should note when it considers the Lund Ranch project as well as all hillside and ridgeline development in Measure PP. It is not an ordinance but an amendment to the General Plan and should have equal weight with the other items within the General Plan. 3. Emails sent to the Planning Division and the City Attorney's Office. Mr. Bauer read the following written text into the record: During the Planning Commission meeting of June 24, 2015, Chair Allen asked if a road connection can be made between Sunset Creek and the Lund property without traversing a 25% grade. The response to this question is at 2:22 of the audio file. Before the answer is entered into the minutes of the meeting, I'd like to give the Planning Department the opportunity at the July 8, 2015 meeting to evaluate and review their response to the questions. Please consider the Lund Property does not abut the Sycamore Heights development. Tract 7193 (7198 ?) separates the Lund Property from Sycamore Heights. Any road connection between the Lund property and Sycamore Heights (Sunset Creek) would need to traverse Tract 7193 (Shown as Fig 5 -3 of EIR). PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 8, 2015 Page 2 of 10