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has extruded underneath the retaining walls, producing ground swells up to two feet. The stone wall running the length of her yard has rotated and slipped off its foundation moving forward to a depth of one and one-half feet crushing a Japanese Maple and other trees. The fence separating the two properties is twisted and on its side. Above her house the property has dropped one and one-half feet. The storm drains that are located above the hill were operating adequately but she figured with all the storms they could not handle the overflow. She contacted Mr. Higdon of Public Works and he assured her that someone would come out and look at this. As of today, no one has contacted her. She appealed to the Council for some resolution to this problem. Randall Lum said staff has been out at that location on several occasions to review what is occurring there. It is clear that the hill is very saturated. Although the stress is on private property, staff is taking steps to retain a geotechnical engineer to perform further evaluation of the site. Ms. Ayala asked if there had been any problems in this area before. Mr. Lum said the area has reported water problems in the past, but not to this extent. Some areas of the city, because of the heavy rains, are very saturated. This is one of those areas and the city is taking steps to try to resolve the problem. Thomas Benigno, 6546 Cottingwood Circle, Dublin, had concerns about the operation of the Farmers' Market. He started a private group "Citizens Voice" to organize farmers and citizens against Farmer Markets. He felt those Farmers Markets' were taking business away from local farmers and grocers. Some of these operations are supposed to be privately funded but he discovered they are receiving funds from the federal government. Another concern he had was the Farmers Markets' selling produce from other countries. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Item 6a AP-98-02 (PUD-90-19-TM, Moller Ranch) Bhulabhai and Vanita Patel Appeal of the decision of the Planning, Commission's denial of an application for a PUD plan major modification to allow a 456 sq.ft. increase to the 4,500 sq.ft. maximum allowed house size and design review approval for a 4~956 sq.ft, two-sto~ home with a 1,570 sq.R. five-car earaee located at 5568 Serenity Terrace (Lot//92 in the Moller Ranch nrOiect). Zoning for the property is PUD (Planned Unit Development) - RDR/LDR (Rural and Low Density Residential) and A (Agricultural) District. (SR98:94) Mayor Tarver indicated that this item had previously been heard at the April 21 meeting and it was before Council this evening because of a tie vote. He asked Councilmember Dennis, who was absent April 21, if she had an opportunity to review the video tape from that meeting. Pleasanton City Council 7 05/05/98 Minutes