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Mr. Lee presented the staff report recommending that the Commission refer the case to the City Council with a recommendation to include the North Sycamore area in the South Pleasanton Specific Plan and EIR study. Should the Commission wish to adopt any of the alternative plans as presented, they may direct staff to return to the next meeting with the necessary documentation with direction to staff as to which features they would like included in the Specific Plan. Commissioner Hovingh asked staff if more than one-half the acres involved decide to annex, would this require all the acreage to be annexed. Mr. Swift replied that the actual annexation of the area can happen in a number of ways. The property that is asking to be annexed has to be contiguous to the City, but most of the properties are contiguous on the south or the north. LAFCO has a rule that it is not allowed to create a narrow strip of unincorporated land less than 300 feet wide. As long as this does not occur, large or small properties can be annexed as the requests come in. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Laird Newhart represented the Pleasanton Unified School District and read a letter on their behalf. He submitted a copy to Mr. Swift. The letter indicated the school district's intent is to sell their property in that area in order to supplement much needed school funds. This process was started about five years ago and the ~ district now feels that it is inappropriate to delay annexation any longer. The district does not feel that restudying the process would achieve anything more at this point and urges that annexation not be postponed. The district further supported Alternative 2. The letter was signed by Superintendent Bill James. Gary Van Wegen, 488 Sycamore Road, as Co-President of the Alisallmprovement Club, displayed several transparencies of the area and explained each one. He stated that of all the plans shown, Alternative 1 seems to be the most favorable, even though it is not perfect. It can be supported by a strong majority of the property owners. He said that he has gone to a great number of meetings in the last two years, as have many other people in the affected areas and felt that the time is right to support the plan. He felt that if more years go by for more study and research that less of a consensus would be gained by this segment of the community. Their intent and wish is to keep the Sycamore area as unchanged as possible as to zoning and traffic issues. He asked the Commission to recommend that the south side of Sycamore be zoned PUD-A as in Alternatives 1, 3, and 4. Mr. Van Wegen said that the City has promised to sit down with the Alisal Improvement Club and discuss the matter with them; they have not done this. However, at this point, they feel that some action should be taken and that nothing more will be gained by further studying the matter. He felt that if this plan ~ MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 24, 1991 Page 5 .. .