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Ms. Michelotti asked if any action was to be taken by Council at this meeting. Mr. Rasmussen said no. Mayor Tarver continued the public hearing. Dorene Paradiso, 3168 Paseo Granada, referred to comments of the Mayor on the Mayors Report on Channel 30 which indicated an agreement is close regarding the San Francisco Water Department property. She believed the outcome of the November election could determine how the San Francisco property will develop. She did not think San Francisco could develop within the proposed housing cap recommended by the General Plan Steering Committee. Ms. Paradiso urged Council to support the Planning Commission recommendation to provide an exemption for the Bernal Avenue development from the housing cap. She also opposed the requirement of a 4/Sth vote to change the General Plan and felt it was unjust for this Council to say that no future Council has the right to make decisions for this community. Keith Fraser, 2109 Fourth Street, Livermore, representing the Kolb Family, asked the City Council to leave the designation of the Kolb property on Foothill Road as it currently is. He agreed with the Wildlands Overlay designation for forty acres of wooded foothills. He pointed out that the property owners have already preserved wildland areas. The property is not steep so the 25 95 slope restrictions do not apply and sewage disposal, and fife and police protection are not a problem. None of the proposed ten lots will affect the visual identity of the area. He presented slides showing the property, the existing roads and the proposed development sites. Mr. Fraser believed it was very unfair to change the property designation which would allow only two lots, especially since there is a subdivision next door. The subcommittee and the Planning Commission recommended no change and he urged Council to follow that recommendation. Ms. Micheloff asked if the Kolbs still had access to their property when the Presley property is developed. Mr. Fraser said they do. Deborah Kleffman, 3010 Paseo Granada, opposed placing General Plan issues on the November ballot when initiated by the City. She believed referendum and initiatives are the tools the public has to address any perceived errors of the Council and signify the importance of an issue when the citizens are willing to take the time to follow these processes. She did not feel that an issue coming from the Council had the same significance. Also she wanted to know how much of the General Plan was proposed for the ballot; will the issues be ranked in importance; and ranked by whom? If the voters must decide on every issue, then they don't need the leadership of the Council. She was concerned that if the elected officials don't make the big decisions, their role is reduced to a secretarial function. If residents want to be heard before a general plan issue gets on the ballot, to whom do they speak? Not to Council, because 06/13/96 - 2 -