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FULL TEXT OF MEASURE QQ Plan provides in Goal 1, the following: Policy 12: THE PLEASANTON RIDGELINES PROTECTION Preserve scenic hillside and ridge views of the AND GROWTH CONTROL INITIATIVE Pleasanton, Main, and Southeast Hills ridges; and The people of the City of Pleasanton do ordain as follows: Program 12.2: Study the feasibility of preserving Section 1. Declaration of Purpose. large open space areas in the Southeast Hills by a combination of private open space and a public The purpose of this Initiative is to: park system.And the Conservation and Open Space A. Preserve and protect scenic hillsides and preserve Element states in Goal I, the following: Policy 4: views of the ridges that surround Pleasanton. Protect all large continuous areas of Open Space,as B. Achieve that preservation/protection through a col- designated on the General Plan Map, from intrusion laborative and public process. by urban development. C. Reaffirm and readopt General Plan policies and E. Since the voters'adoption of the housing unit cap in programs that currently provide, with no exemp- 1996, the City Council has consistently determined tions, preservation and protection of hillsides and that all single family homes, multi-family projects views of ridges. (including apartments and mobilehomes) have D. Clarify how all types of housing units are counted counted toward the housing cap. Similarly, the City towards the voter-approved maximum buildout of Council has consistently not counted toward the 29.000 housing units. housing cap either second units (as provided by Section 2. Findings, State law)or rooms within extended stay hotels, as A. The hillsides and ridges that surround Pleasanton these uses are commercial in nature. These actions provide spectacular views and the community of the City Council have been consistent with the wants to ensure that these scenic hillsides and Land Use Element of the General Plan, Goal 2, ridges are preserved for the protection of public Policies 14 and 15. health and safety, to provide for trails in such open F. This Initiative reaffirms, readopts and clarifies space, for the continuation of agriculture and gran existing City policies and programs and therefore ing. to protect natural resources and sensitive habi- tats, and to preserve wildlands. Section 3. General Plan Policies Regarding Preservin B. The General Plan has a policy that Pleasanton resi- Pleasanton Ridges and Growth Management. dents will participate in land use planning and Reaffirmation and Readoption of Policies Concerning decision making,and in recognition of such collab- Preserving Scenic Hillsides and Ridge Views: The orative and public process, an ordinance/design Pleasanton Ridgelines Protection and Growth Control guidelines should be developed to: Initiative hereby reaffirms and readopts Land Use Ele- a. Identify specific ridges, based on engineering ment Policy 12 and Program 12.2, Conservation and considerations related to view lines. geotechni- Open Space Element Policy 4, as set forth in Section ca]conditions,elevations(in the Southeast Hills 2.D of this Initiative. in particular) and other relevant data, where Reaffirmation and adoption of Growth Management development should not occur. Policy Concerning Housing Units: The Pleasanton b. Such ordinance/design guidelines must be draft- Ridgelines Protection and Growth Control Initiative ed as expeditiously as possible and by no later hereby reaffirms the General Plan Land Use Element than the end of November 2009. Policy 15 and clarifies how all types of housing units c. In drafting such ordinance/design guidelines, are counted against the housing cap, such that Policy the collaborative and public process should 15 reads as follows: "Maintain a maximum housing include Pleasanton residents, property owners buildout of 29,000 units within the Planning area.Each potentially affected by such ordinance/design single family residential unit and each multi family guidelines, representatives of environmental residential unit (for example, a condominium, town- organizations, open space and trail advocates house, each half of a duplex, a mobilehome, or an and other interested persons. apartment unit), whether market rate or affordable, shall count towards the maximum housing buildout. d. Such ordinance/design guidelines would be sub- Units within assisted living facilities are generally not ject to public environmental review under the counted toward the maximum housing buildout due to California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA). their commercial nature, but a proportion of such C. To accomplish such preservation,the Conservation developments may be counted toward the maximum and Open Space Element of the General Plan pro- housing buildout based on impacts on community ser- vides in Goal 1, the following, Program 5.1: vices and infrastructure. Second units and extended Develop a ridgeline protection ordinance and stay hotel rooms shall not count against the maximum scenic hillside guidelines to improve safety and housing buildout." reduce the potential negative visual impacts of Section 4. Implementation. • development in hilly areas. The collaborative public process identified in Section D. In addition, the Land Use Element of the General 2B of this Initiative shall be completed by November PLQQ-4 t: �