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43 Item 12c Status Report on Current Ridqelands Committee and Request for Statement of Goals and Objectives for the Ridqelands to Present to the Current Ridqelands Committee (SR92:388) Mayor Mercer indicated that at the last meeting it was decided that the County wo~ld come back with a list of its objectives, along with the City of Hayward, the East Bay Regional Park District, the land owners, and the City of Pleasanton. This report sets forth the list of goals and objectives described by staff. Mr. Tarver indicated that the text of Measure M, which was approved by the voters, should be the statement of the goals and objectives for the Ridgelands until such time as it is changed. He pointed out that Measure M clearly stated in Section 4 that the 1986 General Plan is amended to say "1. The planning area of the Pleasanton General Plan is expanded to include the area defined as the Ridgelands Study Area;" (that is 11,000 acres) and 2. All land in the Ridgelands Study Area is designated as 'Public Health & Safety'. (No development is allowed in these areas other than single family homes on existing lots of record which meet the City's requirements for access, public safety, building site, architectural design, etc.)" That is the change that Measure M made to the City's General Plan and that should be what we communicate to the other jurisdictions. Mayor Mercer indicated that is what he tried to do. Mayor Sweeney wanted to formulate an urban limit line and then do everything into 100 acre zoning, one house for every hundred acres. Mayor Mercer tried to explain that if it were 7,100 acres or 11,000 acres, there are 108 lots of record; so with those 108 lots, there would be another 710-1100 lots (at one house to 100 acres). The citizens already rejected a residential development plan, which is what Mr. Sweeney was proposing. Mr. Mercer indicated he had said that that is not what the citizens want, a project of 800-1100 lots. Both Mary King and Ed Campbell said the same thing; they don't see it as that and weren't prepared to do that until an adequate study was done to determine the planning necessary for the ridge. That is when it was decided to come back with goals and objectives to see what is wanted on the ridge. Mayor Mercer indicated the goals and objectives in the staff report are what was stated in Measure M. He would have liked to add a goal that the whole ridge would be a park, but that is not what Measure M is. He did not think the citizens of Pleasanton are looking for 1100-1200 homes on the ridge. They already rejected 2,500. Ms. Mohr believed what Mr. Mercer stated was consistent with the goals. Number 2 says "create accessible, usable and permanent open space" which includes park usage and no residential development. 9/15/92 17