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MINUTES CITY OF PLEASANTON SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 26, 2008 CALL TO ORDER Vice Mayor Thorne called the special meeting to order at 6:30 pm on behalf of Mayor Hosterman who arrived late. Vice Mayor Thorne led the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call Present: Mayor Hosterman (arrived at 7:00 p.m.), Vice Mayor Thorne, and Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern and Sullivan Absent: None Vice Mayor Thorne discussed the special meeting stating the only item to be presented would be the analysis of the impacts and effects of the Save Pleasanton Hills and Housing Cap Initiative and other hillside regulation issues. Receive Report Analyzing the Impacts and Effects of the Initiative and Consider Implementation Option City Manager Fialho said the requisite number of signatures had been gathered to qualify the Save Pleasanton's Hills and Housing Cap Initiative for the ballot. The Council was presented on May 20th with three statutory options to consider; 1) adopt the Initiative as submitted; 2) place the Initiative on the ballot for November 2008; or 3) request an analysis of the impacts and the effects of the initiative otherwise known as a 9212 Report within 30 days. At the May 20"' meeting, the City Council took action on option number 3. In addition to what is allowed by law to be analyzed, the Council also requested that staff respond to questions posed by the Council and the community at the May 20 meeting. In addition, council discussed whether to have aCouncil-sponsored initiative on the November election. As a result of further Council discussion on June 17, Council will need to decide whether to place its own initiative on the ballot or to simply do nothing and allow the citizen's Initiative to move forward on its own merits. If the Council directs staff to prepare a Council sponsored measure, the proposed ballot question would be brought forward to the Council on July 15, which is the same date the proposed ballot question and schedule for submittal of arguments pro and con for the citizens Initiative will be made. Assistant City Attorney Larissa Seto discussed the 9212 Report. She stated that at the May 20 meeting, the City Council asked staff to return with a 9212 Elections Code Report to analyze the impacts and effects of the Save Pleasanton Hills and Housing Cap Initiative. The report analyzes several elements, including how the Initiative could impact land use in the community, as well as the impact on and the consistency with the City's General Plan and any related specific plans. Staff also looked at what the potential impact would be to businesses and employment in the community, and analyzed impacts to vacant land, transportation, open space, and agricultural issues. All questions were answered which had been raised at the May 20t" meeting regarding other hillside regulations and the report ends with a fiscal analysis of the citizen's Initiative.