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Public Comments Location and Notification Map STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Planning Commission review the attached materials, receive public comments, and provide comments on the proposed project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The applicant proposes to annex four parcels, totaling 128.5 acres, hereafter referred to as the 'project site,' into City limits for the development of 33 detached, single-family residential lots, including two lots to replace two existing homes in the northeastern portion of the project site, and related on- and off-site improvements. The project would also include dedication of approximately 70.3 acres of land to the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) and construction of an EBRPD staging area for public access to Pleasanton Ridge. The application is being presented to the Planning Commission as a Work Session, providing the Commission with an opportunity to review the project, hear public comment, and give direction to staff and the applicant on a few key items. A list of discussion topics and questions are included in the body of this report and in Exhibit A. No formal action will be taken on the application at this time. BACKGROUND 2008 Hillside Development Voter Measures Measures PP and QQ In the November 2008 general election, Pleasanton voters passed two initiatives: Measure PP, the Save Pleasanton's Hills and Housing Cap' Initiative, and Measure QQ, the Pleasanton Ridgelines Protection and Growth Control Initiative. Measure PP prohibits "grading to construct residential or commercial structures... on hillside slopes of 25 percent or greater, or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline." However, Measure PP provides an exemption for existing lots of record2 and allows a maximum of 10 units on such properties. Measure QQ reaffirmed existing policies and programs in the City's 1996 General Plan regarding the preservation of scenic hillsides and ridge views. The passage of Measure PP resulted in the addition of Land Use Element Program 21.3 to the General Plan, which reads: Ridgelines and hillsides shall be protected. Housing units and structures shall not be placed on slopes of 25 percent or greater, or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. No grading to construct residential or commercial structures shall occur on hillside slopes 25 percent or greater, or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. Exempt from this policy are housing developments of 10 or fewer housing units on a single property. Splitting dividing or subdividing a `legal parcel' to approve more than 10 housing units is not allowed. Certain provisions of Measure PP related to the City's Housing Cap were invalidated by the Alameda County Superior Court as conflicting with State law that mandates communities to meet regional housing requirements. ' As of January 1, 2007. P18-0078/P18-0079/P18-0080/P18-0081/PUD-130 Planning Commission 10807, 11021, and 11033 Dublin Canyon Road and the parcel west of 11021 Dublin Canyon Road 2 of 26