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Tom Boock, 45543 Parkmeadow Court, Fremont, CA 94539, is sympathetic to the intent of the overlay guidelines, but thinks that the latest version has gone too far. He thinks that there are parts that are very vague and do not serve the intent to clarify. He has property in this area and is limited by what he can do with his property. He is in the process of designing a home for this property and yet there are aspects that he still does not know what to expect. He sees the potential of going through a redesigning process over and over again and yet still not know when he has satisfied all parts of the district guidelines. He gave examples of structure design and minimizing the appearance of massiveness. He also had issues with setback, grading and roof pitch. Barbara Young, 11249 Dublin Canyon Road, lives in property that has been in her lhrnily approximately 40 years. She and her sister own the property and are at a point where they can build on the property and are now faced with these restrictions and guidelines in order to build, spending more and more money in order to use their property. She strongly opposes this proposal and is surprised that the City would spend this much time and money on something that will affect so few properties. T. Lofrano, 1115 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, said that he is totally opposed to changing the Foothill Overlay District. He felt that this is over regulation. There being no further speakers, the public heating was closed. Ms. Michelotti said the Overlay District has a purpose and it has setwed Pleasanton well. She felt that something is trying to be fixed that, in fact, is not broken. She ti:els that the judgment of staff needs to be trusted. She does not want to expand these guidelines from what it was originally. She said she could not support the changes. Ms. Dennis said the Planning Commission initiated this study and she felt that it was not necessary. The result was impacting agricultural property through design guidelines, which she feels are not necessary. She l~els the Overlay District goes into places where development is not planned. Mayor Tarver said he sensed that this item does not have Council support. He felt that the idea was to try to give people who are buying property on Foothill or who are considering development on Foothill some guidelines and yet provide flexibility for staff working with the applicants. It was moved by Ms. Ayala, seconded by Ms. Michelotti, to deny the application to amend the proposed modifications to the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PRZ-01 / RZ-99-01, West Foothill Road Corridor Overlay District). The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Ayala and Michelotti NOES: Councilmembers - Dennis, Pico and Mayor Tarver ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Pleasanton Cily Council 23 08/01/00 Minutes