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preceding the November 2008 election, including the City Attorney's Impartial Analysis, also highlighted that such key terms could be subject to differing interpretations. Measure PP issues (including the interpretation of key terms in the measure, particularly "structure") were at the forefront of discussions related to the Lund Ranch II Project, which was approved on January 5, 2016, and the subsequent referendum (Measure K), which sought to halt the project. Measure K was approved by the voters, meaning that the Lund Ranch II project was able to proceed. In 2016, out of a desire to provide clarity regarding hillside considerations on lands in the Southeast Hills, the City Council placed slope mapping of the area on the City Council work plan as a priority project. SITE DESCRIPTION The Southeast Hills, comprising approximately 1,520 acres within the City and just outside City limits in unincorporated Alameda County, is a landform that functions as a visual boundary and important feature to the southeast of the developed portion of the City (see Exhibit B, Project Location Map). Ridgeline elevations tend to increase as one moves towards the southeastern portion of the area, ranging from about 500 feet in the southwestern portion of the area to approximately 1,170 feet in the extreme southeast corner of the Foley Property. Although the Southeast Hills have a long history of livestock grazing, they have been subject to limited development, contain large expanses of native vegetation, and serve as a wildlife corridor between Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park and the wildlands around San Antonio Reservoir. The Southeast Hills, for the purpose of this mapping priority project, consist of four properties, all formerly or currently uses for livestock grazing: • Lund Ranch II (196 acres)2 • Spotorno Property (158 acres) • Oak Grove Property (560 acres) • Foley Property (606 acres) As shown in Exhibit B (Project Location Map), the Lund Ranch II, Spotorno, and Oak Grove properties are all within City limits, while the Foley Property is located entirely in unincorporated Alameda County. The City's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB; affirmed by Measure FF in November 1996), beyond which urban development is not permitted to occur, bisects the Spotorno, Foley, and Oak Grove properties. Lund Ranch II is encompassed entirely within the UGB. POLICY CONTEXT The General Plan identifies protection of the open space character of the Southeast Hills as an important planning consideration, stating: "Consideration should be given to preserving large open-space acreage in South Pleasanton and in the Southeast Hills by a combination of private open space and a public park system." Policies related to protection of the Southeast Hills, which incorporates the hillside protection elements of Measure PP and promotes the preservation of hillside areas, are excerpted below. These policies were taken into account in developing the hillside mapping methodology 2 The Lund Ranch II site was mapped pursuant to Measure PP as part of the evaluation leading up to the entitlements for that project, and is excluded from the mapping contained in this report. Mapping of Southeast Hills Planning Commission Page 3 of 10