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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Item 6a GPA-97-01, SP-97-01, RZ-97-01, Happy Valley Specific Plan Application for a General Plan amendment, Specific Plan, PUll prezoning and environmental impact report prepared for the 860-acre Happy Valley Specific Plan Area located in the unincorporated land generally south of Sycamore Road. The project includes the development of an 18-hole municipal golf course, up to 179 future homes, extension of a collector road to serve the Plan area, and extension of City water and sanitary sewer facilities. (SR98: 135) Wayne Rasmussen presented the staff report. Ms. Michellotti asked how many of the properties on the south side of Happy Valley Road would have a density of 1.5 units per acre. Mr. Rasmussen said two properties. Mayor Tarver declared the public hearing open. Jean McMurphy, 6828 Corte De Flores, said she has been a member of the Pleasanton community for thirty years. She thanked Council for preserving the open space but she had a concern that this issue has become more important than a man's life. She asked Council to step into A1 Spotorno's boots. A1 Spotorno has worked his land for over 50 years. She wanted Council to imagine a situation of never being able to sell their homes, imagine losing the equity in one's house, and your backyard becoming a public playground. She supported A1 Spotorno. She felt the proposed plan is a nightmare for A1 Spotorno and maybe others. By being required to deed the remaining portion of his land, A1 Spotorno is being stripped of his inheritance. She asked Council not to punish A1 Spotorno but to pay him what the land is worth. She said if the City does not have the money, then wait until it does. She asked Council to reconsider its plan of requiring the 104 acres to be deeded and asked for a show of hands that supported this proposal. (There was a significant show of hands) Inge Jechart, 744 Mockingbird Lane, strongly supported the one acre limit. Derek Schaffer, 777 Happy Valley Road, Nick Chapman, 255 Happy Valley Road, and Mrs. Mirandas, 933 Happy Valley Road, as a group, handed Council a list of concerns regarding the urban growth line. Frederick Jacobsen, Attorney at Law, PO Box 6190, San Mateo, recapped a case when he represented the Cattlemen's Association and the Farm Bureau against Alameda County regarding the County's urban limit line. He said one of the plaintiffs in that case was the City of Pleasanton. He found it ironic that now he was here representing residents' objecting to Pleasanton City Council 5 06/16/98 Minutes