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5. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Jack Hovingh, 4250 Muirwood Drive, felt Pleasanton needed more affordable housing and hoped Council felt the same. He asked for the city not to take part in the action against the City of Tracy for the development of 5500 units. The City of Pleasanton at buildout will have a tremendous job/housing imbalance. He felt there is a need for those units and the city should encourage the City of Tracy to build the units. Joseph Cunningham, 3599 Carlsbad Court, spoke about the water level at the Bernal Bridge and the flooding of Valley Trails. He asked Council to take out the abutement of the old Bernal Bridge in order to open up the channel. He suggested a pump at Valley Trails to take over when the flood gates close. He mentioned the channels are peaking much faster because of more and more development. Judy Fox, 3645 Virgin Island Court, said she had a concern with the city approving commercial development without making the developer provide sidewalks. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Item 6a Referendum petition concerning the Ponderosa Homes project and alternatives for Council to consider. (SR98:32) Michael Roush presented the staff report. Mayor Tarver asked for public testimony. Carole Varela, 3858 Mohr Avenue, described the process the petitioners used during the gathering of signatures. She felt the process used for approval of the development was faulty because it did not address the citizen' s concerns. Also citizen committees do not represent the general population of Pleasanton but rather favor the developers. The committee's should be led by citizens without special interests. She believed the petition drive united the community. The petitioners developed an efficient process for organizing the residents in the referendum process. In regards to the referendum, the petitioners were requesting Council to either rescind the ordinance or take it to the ballot. If the ordinance is rescinded, there should be no loss to the public with respect to breathing space and no action should be taken on the Ponderosa development for a year following the June election date. In addition, the petitioners would like an east side specific plan study done that would change the land use related to the area. The east side specific plan study should cover the area from 1-580 to Stanley Boulevard, and all current undeveloped land east of Santa Rita Road. The members of the committee should be chosen by the twenty petitioners and approved by the Mayor. The petitioners would like Council to pass Pleasanton City Council 02/03/98 Minutes 3