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317 environmental protection and other measures, and community outreach and public education. She pointed out that the timetable for the last Committee meeting did not allow for the review of the Subcommittee reports that was promised throughout the eleven months of Committee work. She requested Council not to accept the Final Report in its present formbecause it does not reflect the scope of work for a consensus building process and is not the quality product Pleasanton citizens deserve. Mr. Raili Glenn, 5650 Foothill Road, a member of the Park and Recreation Subcommittee, stated that the Final Report should be sent back to the Committee because the members were not give the opportunity to discuss the final conclusions of the other Subcommittees at the final meeting, as promised. He indicated that the Report is not a quality product that should be submitted to the voters. Ms. Virginia McCullough, a resident of Sunol and a member of the Agricultural Subcommittee, stated that the process followed at the Committee meetings was not democratic. She pointed out that pertinent issues, such as water and infrastructure, were not discussed and that none of the minority reports were heard at the last meeting, as promised. She indicated that the Council cannot accept the Final Report as being the work of a Citizens' Committee. Ms. Nancy Storch, 3193 Chardonnay Drive, stated that she was not a member of the Committee and expressed concern that the Final Report was not complete. She indicated that since preservation takes many years of work while development can take place in less than a year, unleashing development before preservation measures are in place will cause the development to impact the preservation efforts and make it impossible to accomplish. She stated that Pleasanton has the opportunity at this time to preserve the Ridgelands and to extend the existing park northward to connect to other Ridgelands parks. She requested Council to take this opportunity by reconvening the Committee. Ms. Becky Dennis, 838 Gray Fox Circle, urged the Council not to accept the Final Report and approve either Option 2 or Option 3 of the Staff Report. She indicated that the land use plan for the remaining 20% of the Ridgelands has the most potential to impact Pleasanton and that these impacts were not explored by the Committee as a whole or addressed in the majority land use plan. She pointed out that the need for the exploration of these impacts is set out in the Committee's scope of work which was approved in June 1990 by the Ridgelands Steering Committee and the Council. She added that the scope of work was the basis for the support of the Committee by some Measure N supporters and that the modification of this duly assigned voter approved scope of work is - 21 - 7-16-91