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Christina Casha From: Ellen Holmgren Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 1:43 PM To: Matt Sullivan; Mayor and City Council Cc: Pleasanton City Clerk; Pamela Ott; Ellen Clark; Melinda Denis; Shweta Bonn Subject: RE: March 21 Agenda Item 13 Dear Matt Sullivan, Thank you for your email and link regarding Item 13 on the City Council Meeting Agenda for March 21, 2023. This email acknowledges receipt of your email to the Mayor and City Council,the City Manager, and City staff and has been forwarded to the appropriate departments. Thank you again for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. Regards, Ellen Holmgren, Administrative Assistant City of Pleasanton From: Matt Sullivan Sent: Monday, March 20, 2023 12:04 PM To: Mayor and City Council <citycouncil@cityofpleasantonca.gov> Subject: March 21 Agenda Item 13 ***[EXTERNAL]This message comes from an external organization.Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links,especially from unknown senders.*** Dear Mayor and Council, I have a question about the approval process for Item 13 on the March 21 City Council agenda,the approval of 360 units of high-density housing at Stoneridge Mall.The title of the agenda item includes the statement "waive first reading" of the PUD approval. Since you are all City Council members, I assume you know the municipal code for PUD approvals requires a first and second reading for all approvals two weeks apart(see https://dev.cityofpleasantonca.gov/civicax/filebank/b lobdload.aspx?blobid=23410). It appears that the first reading has been waived,thus allowing the project to move forward immediately. Other than the statement in the title,there is no further elaboration or explanation in the Staff Report for this action (if I missed it, please let me know). What is the reason for waiving the first reading?As at least one of you knows from experience, a first and second reading of a PUD provides more time before final approval of a project so that the community can become aware of its impacts and put plans in place to either collect signatures to referend or legally challenge a project that has detrimental impacts upon residents. Both these actions to challenge already have significant hurdles to meet the timelines when a first and second reading is in place and makes it almost impossible if the first reading is waived.This would be a significantly anti-democratic action for a City Council to take. Is this the rationale for waiving the first reading? If not, please provide your reason and where in the city code it allows this. Thank you 1