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Mr. Roush said yes. Mr. Campbell asked why this matter was being considered for the November 2 ballot? Mr. Roush said the Bernal PrOperty Specific Plan allows the voters the fight to approve the land use plan for the Phase li area. A future Council could amend the Specific Plan and omit the current requirement that the voters approve the land use plan for the Phase II area. Mayor Pico sees this as closing one last loophole in this process by locking in the voters' fights to approve the land use plan for the Phase II area. Mr. Brozosky did not share the same concern. He believed the community elected Council to make these types Of decisions. It already states in the Bernal Property Specific Plan that the voters will approve the land use plan for the Phase II area. He believed the public is confused and Rot aware of the differences between Phase I and Phase II of the Bernal property. He t~'usted the next Council to do the fight thing. Ms. Ayala understood Mayor Pico's concern. She believed the language for the proposed ballot measure would confase people, particularly the differences between Phase I and Phase II of the Bernal property. She proposed that simpler language be used to describe the ballot title. She asked if this could be accomplished legally? Mr. Roush said he tried to beas concise and accurate as possible. He was not sure how to reconcile it other than paraphrasing what is described in the Bernal Property Specific Plan. Mr. Brozosky believed most people thought Phase II of the Bernal property is the entire community park and Phase I Was for housing. Ms. Hosterman reminded Council that it had this discussion at its last meeting and Mr. Thorne helped Council in underStanding what this terminology related to. She believed it was important to protect the public's fight to vote. She supported placing a council-sponsored initiative on the November 2, 2004 ballot concerning voter approval of the Land Use Plan for Phase II of thg Bernal Property Specific Plan. She favored alternative two, as outlined in the staff report, for the ballot language. Mr. Brozosky noted that alternative two for the proposed ballot language states that voters shall be required to approve the master land use plan for the land on the Bernal Property that is within Phase ~I of the Specific Plan. He believed that most people would believe the master land use plan is the entire plan for the design competition. Mayor Pico opened the meetlng for public comments. Pleasanton City Council Minutes 19 08/03/04