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Ms. Michelotfi said Council should follow through on the action before them, and address the east side specific plan study at another time. She said there were two options before Council this evening and it should choose one. She did not want the ordinance to go to the ballot because she felt it was obvious what the outcome would be, so why have an election that would be very costly for the community. Mayor Tarver said he would like to rescind the ordinance and direct staff to refer the concept of the east side specific plan to the Planning Commission for its comments. He believed the rest of the Council agreed with him. Ms. Dennis supported an east side specific plan study and referring it to the Planning Commission. She welcomed a solution that would circulate the traffic through the entire area. Ms. Ayala commented Martin Avenue was not made a through street because the citizens did not want it. If the road had gone through, traffic would circulate down Martin Avenue from the Stoneridge area onto Mohr and out onto Santa Rita. She wanted the community to understand that if the east side specific plan study is done, the community may end up with more traffic circulating through the neighborhood than what was proposed. Mayor Tarver felt if the traffic was circulated correc~y it would not cause problems in other areas. He hoped the specific plan study would satisfy the neighborhoods. When a development plan comes back, he will be looking for affordable housing. He said the Council has to abide by the General Plan, but if the General Plan needed to be changed, he certainly wanted everyone to have the opportunity to look at a specific plan and be satisfied with it. Mr. Pico made a substitution motion, seconded by Ms. Dennis, to repeal Ordinance No. 1731 and directing staff and the Planning Commission to initiate the process to establish an east side specific plan study. Ms. Ayala wanted to understand what purpose she served and 300 citizens served on the Steering Committee, if the General Plan, which was approved last year, was now being changed. Ms. Dennis said the General Plan review was a great process that involved a considerable amount of people, but no plan is perfect. She liked the concept of an east side specific plan that might work out the problems with circulation. Ms. Ayala wondered where the process stopped. The Steering Committee, the Planning Commission and the Council all approved the project. It has been referended because of traffic concerns and that is what we need to review. Ms. Dennis said the project was referended and that was a direction to Council. The direction is to try and make the designated land uses work better with a different circulation system. Pleasanton City Council 02/03/98 Minutes 6