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If Council had done what staff asked, there would not have been a Citizen's Initiative. He remembered that meeting very well and spent that night trying to think about what he could do to fix this because Councilmembers were not going in that direction. He thought that the Specific Plan should not go on the ballot. What needs to go on the ballot is a variety of choices and details given for each use. Visuals need to be presented to the community so they can see what the different proposals look like. The concept of this being "free" land is inaccurate. This community debated over this land for decades. Three years ago this land was going for almost $1 million per acre. It was through tough negotiations that we were able to get this land as a community asset. People do not realize that there are other areas in the community that we also can get to be used for community assets, such as affordable housing. The Citizen's Initiative in no way is meant to be a referendum or a gauge of the community on affordable housing. It's not meant to even discuss affordable housing. It does not even use the word affordable housing. It's not trying to be sneaky about it. It just says, "no housing." The reason it says no housing is that two years ago, the summer of 2000, we debated, compromised and came to an agreement between the landowners, the developers, and the City that there be 581 homes there. That was the agreement. That's the reason what we're upset now that consideration is being made to put more housing on that property. That was the agreement. The concern is that it's going to take a long time to build out this land and already people are coming to these meetings who were not part of the summer of 2000 deal, weren't there, weren't listening to what was going on, and they are asking for housing on that land. Concerning putting a referendum before the voters, a referendum takes approximately 1,000 hours of signature collection. This is a lot of work. Pat Murray, 4490 Mirador, thought there was confusion when it comes to the Bernal Property. When the initiative was first put on the ballot, "do you want to buy this property, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen of Pleasanton," we were also told by the former City Council that as to everything that would happen on that property, we as citizens would have an opportunity to vote. Much of that thinking has transcended what is happening today. She has been a resident of Pleasanton for 30 years and she now has an opportunity to devote more time to activities within the community. She sees several issues at this time. She recalled that she wanted to keep her small town exactly the way it was and came before City Council many times urging Councilmembers to vote against additional development. Perhaps if things were shown on a map and made very simple, people would not be so confused as to what the issues are. This is presently way too hard for the average citizen to understand. She is concerned about the issue of "where are my children going to live" and people want them to live in Pleasanton. The same holds true for the parents of these same citizens. Also tree is where retired residents are going to live. We all want these folks in the community. She expressed her concerns about putting the seniors in areas without access to shopping, banking, and other services. She wanted Council to remember to look at the aging community within the community and know that these people want to stay in and be part of the community. They are the people who are the backbone of the community. Kurt Kummer, 4456 Clovewood Lane, collected signatures for the Citizen's Initiative. In his experience in collecting signatures for this, the number one response Pleasanton City Council 19 06/04/02 Minutes