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the FAA and/or the Port of Oakland involved. Second, he felt the urban forest of Pleasanton was gradually being destroyed by the removal of numerous trees for development. He suggested changing the traffic to one-way in front of Hollywood Video and having a drop box available so people would not have to park to drop off their videos. He felt the Design Review Board needed to be reinstituted to resolve some of the problems. In regards to trailers and image, if a single family detached residence is adjacent to a lot that is rezoned for mobile home use, the value of the residence can decrease by $20,000 to $50,000. He asked the City and the School Board to stop using modulars as temporary solutions. Vice Mayor Dennis asked staff to update him on the tree issues and mentioned the airport noise reporting process. Ms. Acosta said the City is working with the Livermore Airport in regards to airport noise. The studies that need to be done are quite lengthy and expensive. The two cities were hoping to get funding from the FAA. She said to help establish a record people who have a concern should call the airport. Mr. Corrado believed the airplanes going to San Jose and Oakland were creating more noise than those going to Livermore. He suggested talking to elected representatives to get funding for the studies. Tom Gill, 4540 Muirwood Drive, expressed his concerns about the disruption while trying to gather signatures for the Ponderosa referendum. He asked Council to support an initiative on the ballot and to put a stop to the what was happening. Mary Roberts, 1666 Vineyard, said she received a phone call regarding the referendum and the caller was rude and misrepresented themselves. She understood the caller to be representing the city and after receiving the paper work she realized the caller was representing Ponderosa. Matt Sullivan, 4324 Muirwood Drive, agreed with the two previous speakers. He said while he was trying to gather signatures, he was harassed numerous times. He felt it was Council' s responsibility to stop this kind of behavior and to put this on the ballot as an initiative. Vice Mayor Dennis asked to put consideration of a ballot measure regarding the Ponderosa Homes project on the next agenda. Michael Roush said Ponderosa Homes has filed an action in the Superior Court in which it raises certain concerns about the referendum petition that is circulating. Ponderosa believes there are certain irregularities with the petition, in particular some of the petitions did not have the ordinance attached (which is required by law); secondly, certain language on the petition Ponderosa believes is inappropriate; and thirdly that the signature blocks did not comply with the Elections Code. On those grounds they are seeking an order that would direct City Council Pleasanton City Council 1/6/98 Minutes 5