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Martin Inderbitzen representing the Lin Family, discussed the property's zoning and previous proposal for development of a golf course and homes, their re-review of the property and identity of several alternatives, extensive community outreach efforts, focus groups, survey, refinement of a development plan, numerous stakeholder meetings, workshops, presentations to homeowner associations, city-facilitated discussions, numerous site tours, meetings with commissions and committees and five noticed public hearings. They wanted to get broad-based public input, felt the project was relatively small at 51 units on a very large piece of property with a very large benefit delivered to the City. They established a number of project visions, objectives and goals which included preserving publicly accessible open space, design for an environmentally integrated economically viable neighborhood of custom lots that fit into the project, preservation of neighborhood character, minimizing impacts, construction of trails and staging area and providing a set of open space and common area design guidelines and residential guidelines to ensure the homes met expectations consistent with the City and their vision and green building guidelines. He presented an aerial view of the project, presented the 500 to 600 acres of rolling topography, how the project would look at build-out, said they took 47 of the 98 lots out of the project which drops the traffic impact nearly in half and said the lots selected were based on two criteria which take 18 lots out of the view shed which was a significant mitigation. He discussed the maximum FAR requirements, the reduction for certain lots and did not feel all homes would choose to maximize their square footage. Bing Hadley, President of the Kottinger Ranch Homeowners Association and member of the Committee for Growth Containment, spoke in support of the development provided that all conditions of the application, the EIR and development agreement could be successfully met. He felt the development plan represents true compromise that meets the needs of the Lin's, the neighbors and the City, and asked the Council to approve the project, providing the applicant could meet all conditions. Mike Regan agreed with the previous speaker, thanked the Council for their work put into the project and the vision set for the neighbors to set a southern boundary which could be put in perpetuity and which assisted toward the end compromise. He felt the developer and Mr. Inderbitzen had done a great job in working with them and the City toward serving everyone's needs and felt the next step was to assure that the spirit does not fade in the future. He proposed the Council take the following three items into consideration to make the project move forward: 1) dedicating the open space, 2) for the urban growth boundary to be established and maintained as is, and 3) for the third-party easement to be enforced and held in place and that future economics and City Councils would not be able to overturn this. Jon Harvey agreed with previous speakers, felt the final result was a compromise and voiced support for 51 homes and 496 acres of public open space. He felt the open space would lock in boundaries such that Pleasanton could not expand to the south at some future time, it will provide access to a local trail network and potential access for connecting east and west trails between Kelly Way and Vineyard corridor and it provides closure on the very controversial Lin property. He hoped this Council would be the body who takes action on the development, feared that if not conditionally approved it may eventually be turned over to a future City Council and asked that action be taken. Martha Evans felt this was not about squashing the opportunity for open space trails in the southeast hills of Pleasanton, not about denying a property owner the opportunity to City Council Minutes 12 September 4, 2007