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Mayor Pico said that was not to be decided at this point in time. That decision would be made on June 4. Ms. Ayala accepted the clarification from Mr. Roush of her motion. Mr. Roush said he was trying to distinguish between a situation where the motion would not foreclose every Council forever in the future, as opposed to simply saying that the land use plan to be submitted to the voters at some point in time would not contain housing as an allowable use. Ms. Ayala agreed with that. Ms. Dennis had a problem with that because Council has not received the recommendations of the Bemal Task Force and the comments from the review process. The citizens' initiative, while valid and a reflection of the sentiments of some citizens who do not agree with the direction of the Task Force, is not a product of the Specific Plan, which requires a plan and a vote on the ultimate uses. Eventually the work of the Task Force will go on the ballot. Ms. Ayala said her motion did not go past the November 2002 election. That is an important election for two positions on Council and the Mayor. At this time, she felt Council should be very clear what should go on the ballot at an important election and that the voters not be confused. There was no second for the substitute motion of Ms. Ayala. A second substitute motion was made by Mayor Pico, seconded by Ms. Ayala, to adopt the Bernal Property Initiative without putting it on the ballot in November, realizing that there is a possibility that there could be an initiative of some kind that might supersede it. Ms. Dennis did not support the motion because she was present when people were signing petitions and felt they were signing to get the right to vote on the matter. She has participated in gathering signatures for measures that qualified for the ballot, but were later defeated by the voters. She felt the Bemal Initiative should be on the ballot and allow discussion in the community. She did not support the prior motion to put a competing measure on the ballot. Mr. Campbell did not support the motion because he did not want anything on the ballot. This should be a Council decision. The only reason there has to be a ballot measure is that the Specific Plan says the citizens have to vote on the final plan. He wanted the Bemal Task Force to finish its work and go through the review process. If the citizens want an issue on the ballot, then put it there and have an intelligent, rational debate on the issues. Pleasanton City Council 15 05/21/02 Minutes