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CAPP is neutral on those issues, it just wants any development to be put to a vote of the people to decide if it improves the quality of life. Ms. Michelotti stated that if the CAPP Initiative is adopted, this Corridor area goes back to Agriculture zoning. Mr. Erickson said that can be fixed by putting the Specific Plan to a vote. Ms. Michelotti said that in addition to approving a Specific Plan the area also would have to be rezoned back to its original designation. So if CAPP passes, it does have a great impact on these parcels. Ms. Ayala stated that this application is 27 units and if CAPP were adopted, it would have to go to approval of the voters. She felt it would be difficult for this small a project to have to educate the entire city to get voter approval. Mr. Erickson said if Council refused to review this project as a group and forced the property owners to come forward as separate projects it would not have to be voted on. But he felt it would have been easier for all if Council had put the Specific Plan to a vote of the people. Mr. Tarver disagreed. He did not support the specific plan, but he did not object to this portion of it. If you combined this application with the rest of the Specific Plan, he felt the voters might oppose the whole thing, which would hurt these particular properties. Carole Varela, 3856 Mohr Avenue, believed that these property owners should have been taken care of years ago. Many projects have come forward in front of them and she did not believe these properties should be used as a hostage. The CAPP Initiative was not intended to hurt these people. Council has stated it will act on projects already in process and she saw no reason not to approve them. She said this has nothing to do with CAPP. She urged Council to approve these projects. They are on the west side and separate from the rest of the properties in the Vineyard Corridor and she did not believe they should have been included in the Specific Plan. She believed the CAPP proponents supported these projects. Lillian Jardin, 751 Clara Lane, indicated she had recently purchased the property but she sympathized with the people who have been in this process a long time. She referred to the question of getting a conditional use permit for keeping horses. She does not own horses, but relatives come to visit for a month or more and this would be a temporary situation. She does not plan on purchasing her own horses. She asked Council to respect all the decisions and compromises that have been made to get to this point in the project. Ms. Dennis asked staff which conditions applies to the ability to keep horses. 23 09/20/99 Pleasanton City Council Minutes