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Commission move should forward with approving Option 2, which does not violate Measure PP since a road is not a structure, and it is the alternative that upholds agreements and understandings the City has made during the past 25 years. Ms. Spain stated that moving forward with Option 2 is the right thing to do for Pleasanton to ensure that it be known as a community with character. She added that while she would like you to move forward with Option 2, she would support Option 3 as a solution. Chris Markle stated that he works in the software development business and they have a law called Postel's Law which says "Be liberal in what you accept and conservative in what you do." He indicated that being conservative means interpreting Measure PP exactly as it is written. He asked the Commission not to make a liberal interpretation and say roads and retaining walls are not structures, threatening not only the hillside above Lund Ranch II and Sycamore Heights but for to six other potential future Pleasanton projects. He further asked that the Commission be a Community of Character and obey the law voted in by its fellow citizens. Steve Spinola stated that he is Pleasanton resident for 44 years, and Junipero Street did not go through then; the only egress was Mission Drive and Sonoma Drive. He indicated that Mission Drive was designed to be the main street; it had no trees on a parking strip so there was a clear visual shot. He noted that the cows would come to the corner from across the street and then go to the park with the big slide. He further noted that it was because of the big slide that Mission Street did not go through, and Junipero Street did. He added that Junipero Street was designed to go out towards Sunol Boulevard, and it went out the Mission Drive exit; Junipero Street was not originally designed by planners and builders to be an egress. With respect to traffic safety, Mr. Spinola stated that he called Sgt. Leonardo to come out and have someone at the corner because the rectangular sign in front of his house is actually a stop sign, and normally they would monitor that at the first week because everyone is late getting their kids to school. He stated that when he moved to Pleasanton, no one thought then that there would be 50 houses at the end of the road. He asked if it would be at 50 and would it keep going. Greg O'Connor distributed some documents to the Commission and stated that one of the documents is a fairly long letter written by Anne Fox, who was one of two authors of Measure PP. He stated that in the letter, Ms. Fox says that she used the word "structure," and what that means is all in that letter. He then made the following two points, the first being that the Lund Ranch II development with ingress and egress only from Lund Ranch Road as proposed by Greenbriar is the environmentally superior plan in the EIR. He indicated that he was also asked by someone if he could please explain to them why building a road up from Lund Ranch Road to Sunset Creek Lane would violate Measure PP, and in his opinion, there are four reasons: 1. Measure PP states that housing units and structures shall not be placed on hills 25 percent or greater or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. "Structure" is defined in three key places: in Section 18.08.535 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code, which says that "A structure is anything constructed or erected which PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 26, 2015 Page 9 of 43