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square feet or less. She did not understand why there were two sets of standards for this project. A1 Spotorno, PO Box 487, Pleasanton, said he and his family have fully cooperated since day one in this process. The family has offered to donate the land needed for the bypass road, offered to donate sufficient land for reasonable trail use, offered to provide a view corridor from the Spotorno area for the benefit of the Happy Valley neighbors, offered to provide water from the winter runoff for the golf course, and offered land necessary for additional golf course use or space for golf course homes. He felt the more he donated the less he received in return. He had several issues: 1) the majority of the people in the Happy Valley area voted for one acre density; 2) he did not agree with the land acre designation for the flat area; and 3) the Minnie Road trail needed to be deleted from the Specific Plan. The trail should be removed. The trail is not a fundamental element in the overall trail system, it does not provide a critical link, the trail increases the risk to public health and safety, it is impossible to split and fence off this area and the immediate adjacent neighbors would be severely impacted. He said the Spotorno "Agricultural Remainder Parcel" was not included in the staff report, nor in the Planning Commission recommendations, nor in the Happy Valley Specific Plan. He believed the Spotornos are a key player in this project. He did not want to be isolated. He wanted to work with the south Happy Valley agricultural property owners to devise a workable plan. John Spotorno, 1028 Harrison Avenue, Redwood City, described the development of the family compound. Staff suggested keeping the development approximately thirty feet below any ridgeline, to mitigate views from the outlying area and to limit development on the steep slopes. He said the line drawn on the General Plan is inconsistent because it places the line somewhat in the middle of a consistent slope, not at the top or the bottom. The house and barn sites are between 40 to 60 feet below the ridge to the south and these sites mitigate the views from Pleasanton, Happy Valley and Alisal. The site is two miles from the downtown area and the landscaping and windbreaks have been installed before construction rather than after. Regarding staff's comments, he could not agree with recommendation No. 1, "thirty feet maximum elevation above Minnie Road", because this would place the house essentially on the proposed bypass road: He did not agree with Condition No. 2, the barn site "not being above a 600 foot elevation" because the barn site is better located as shown at the elevation of 635 feet. The compound will fully comply with staff's recommendation No. 3 and 4. He felt recommendation No. 5 was not needed as the compound is intended to be built into an existing lot of open space. Also, with the current bypass road alignment, the lot size recommended by staff, a buffer from the creek, and a buffer from the existing residence, it appears that only three units can be designed for the LDR location. Lee Zachariades, 2630 Sanderling Way, said the Spotornos have always believed that the minimum acceptable number of lots was 22. Therefore the increase of six lots is not a fair exchange for deeding over the entire "Ranch Remainder Parcel." The Happy Valley Specific Plan states the 33 acre Spotorno area next to Alisal Street has a density of one home per one and one-half acre and requires a significant dedication of open space land. The agriculture Pleasanton City Council 13 06/16/98 Minutes