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Ms. Dennis said it was a means to see if there was a way to get the bypass road. Mayor Tarver felt there was still no guarantee. We can go to the Happy Valley people and say we have taken additional steps to do everything possible to get a bypass road. For example, we have signed a preannexation or development agreement that grants the Spotornos some level of development rights without going to the vote, if it is done within a certain period of time. Then those rights are lost. The responsibility is on the Spotornos to find a developer and create a plan that can be approved within the limited period of time. He did not want any chance that a majority of Council could vote down the project or a referendum could rescind the project and the people, who had relied on getting the road to vote for annexation, would then have lost their rights to object to annexation. Ms. Acosta indicated that the agreement should provide that nothing can be built on the Spotorno property without the bypass road being part of it. Mayor Tarver said that after November 2, Council will know what the rules are. If it is important enough to the City to say we have a Specific Plan that calls for a bypass road, we have approved the golf course, and one additional step is to say we give you two years or some period of time to bring a PUD consistent with the Specific Plan that Council can approve. His problem was that he did not want to be viewed as taking away the community' s rights to a referendum. Ms. Dennis asked if an agreement could be drafted that says provided the bypass road is preserved, the proposal could also include a Specific Plan amendment that accomplishes that and addresses staffs concerns with the previous proposal. Ms. Acosta stated the Specific Plan already gives Council the ability to get the bypass road. Council can amend the Specific Plan at any time if it finds a plan that it likes. Ms. Michelotti felt a density transfer could be allowed without amending the Specific Plan because the number of units would not be increased. That would provide good faith to the people in Happy Valley that Council is trying to proceed with the bypass road. Ms. Ayala did not feel it was an incentive to annex to amend the Specific Plan. Mayor Tarver felt the Happy Valley residents would only approve that if they had a chance to vote on the Spotomo project. The Happy Valley people have indicated they do not want houses in the flat land. He did not think they would agree to that trade-off. If the CAPP Initiative passes, the Spotorno project will require a vote of the people. The representative of the Spotoruo family has said if that is necessary, then they will not develop and there will be no bypass road. He was basically concerned with completion of the Specific Plan that has been in the process for years. If this will help in some way to communicate to the people in Happy Valley that the City has taken every step possible Pleasanton City Council 24 Minutes 10/26/99