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,-- Marijane Poulton, 24710 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, expres concern about a number of things should development take place in the ridgelands: (1) Ho would the ridgelands be accessed and would this affect Castro Valley; (2) Development efti t on ground water for Palomares Road residents; (3) Flood control issues. She was prim . y concerned with water supplies and felt that anything that depletes the ground water would affect their drinking water also. She urged that the Commission carefully consider the egative effects before sending it on to Council. Mannie Joel, 5420 Foothill Road, said he was on the committee. noted that the plan must be good because everyone wasn't that happy with it. He said even some of the property owners on the committee were not satisfied with it. In response to a comment from one of the subcommittee members that status quo was not adequately disc ssed, he said that in his subcommittee it was discussed for over two meetings. He felt the Ian was reasonable; that the parks and trails, if developed, would be an asset to the citizens of Pleasanton. He stressed that he would very much want to preserve the ridge for ci ns' use as much as possible. ,-- Garry Gimmel, 7901 Dublin Canyon Road, said he wished to go 0 record as stating that the committee was open to all residents and neighboring community w 0 wanted to help in the plan. At one point, the committee reopened the invitation for pea e who wished to enter into the discussions. In January 1991, over 100 residents of PI ton were let in to join the discussion. He said if the committee were "stacked" from the ginning, the committee would not have opened the doors for more residents to take part in it. He felt that the committee bent over backwards to accommodate everyone; he fu er urged the Commission to support the plan as presented. David Glenn, 5650 Foothill Road, said he felt that Pleasanton was osing control over their land use approvals and cited the Laguna Oaks property, Hacienda ark, and Golden Eagle Farms. Events were stopping plans; the City was not getting what it wanted or approved. He felt that a number of mistakes had been made by the Commissi n and Council on these areas, but that they had done the best they could. He felt the ridg lands issues were 10 times more confusing. He expressed concern about who would be respo sible for the large open space areas. He felt that a lot of promises had been made, but tha the plan had been poorly conceived. He concluded that he hoped the Commission would r mmend to Council that the plan be put on the ballot, but also give a negative recommenda 'on to Council. Harry Lutz, 4545 Entrada Court, said he felt the benefits to the Ci are small. He also felt the plan is contingent upon getting an adequate supply of water be ore development could take place. He also felt the quality of water for current residents . ght be affected by development. He felt the Amador Land and Cattle Company was control of the situation and that the residents of Pleasanton would all pay the price. He It the plan had serious flaws, but should be put on the ballot and urged that the Planning ommission recommend to the electorate to vote against it. ,-- Minutes Planning Commission February 12, 1992 Page 18