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study azea, smaller projects would be able to go forwazd. Mr. Swift reiterated that staff is not recommending this method. PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED Mark Lauer, 2040 Olivia Court, stated that he moved to Pleasanton in 1965 with his pazents. He advised that his pazents purchased the property at the corner of Martin Avenue and Trenery Drive. He provided history regazding the development of this area, noting that shortly after his pazents purchased their property, Kaiser purchased its property for strip mining. He stated that his pazents helped create the buffer along Martin Avenue. Mr. Lauer advised that his parents want to offer the opportunity for their children to build their family homes on a portion of their lot. He stated he has not purchased a home because he planned to build a home on the family's property. He noted that a PUD for this site was approved last year and he currently has plans into the City to build a home on a 3/4-acre portion of his parent's five-acres. He is womed that the study could prevent this individual house from being built. He stated that it is fundamentally unfair to people who have lived in the Martin/Trenery azea for decades if they cannot build a house or a few houses on their lots, especially at a density that is far less than the density surrounding them. He stated that it would be even more unfair if the people opposing those few houses were from the recently developed tracts. He stated that if a study needs to be initiated it should focus on the lazge undeveloped areas on which hundreds of homes are proposed, and should exclude the Martin/Trenery area. He commented that the staff report notes that the 1996 General Plan examined this area, and that this Plan is neither old or outdated. He noted that he does not want the study to include freezing development on lots currently in design review. In response to Commissioner Barker's question, Mr. Lauer stated that if a study needs to be done, he ~' would prefer Option 3. Stan Erickson, 3684 Chillingham Court, stated that he was one of the proponents of the referendum. He noted that the proponents asked the City Council to rescind the ordinance for the Busch property and provide the opportunity for a study of the east side of Pleasanton so that the area could be better planned. He reported that he and Cazol Vazela and 15 to 20 other people were very active in the referendum campaign, and there were about 100+ signature gathers. He noted that when he is speaking about the proponents, he is speaking about that "middle group." Mr. Erickson presented copies of the "white paper" prepared by the proponents of the referendum, as well as a summary of that paper. He stated that they want to be sure that all of the large, undeveloped areas are included in the study area. He noted that the proponents' "brainstorming group" would not want to interfere with the type of very small scale plans that the last speaker mentioned. He suggested that the study area be a rationale area of the City, rather than a gerrymander line. He feels the smaller lot owners should be given the freedom to move forward and that a formal moratorium should not be implemented. He noted that during the General Plan process, he found it very time consuming to look at small individual pazcels. Mr. Erickson stated that the scope of the study should be at the General Plan level. The membership should be composed of residents from all parts of the City, but perhaps weighted more heavily with residents from the study azea. Residents should not have conflict-of-interest situations, such as career or investment interests that would cause them to steer the study to other than what would be best for the City as a whole. He stated that the group of proponents should be allowed to select, after an application process conducted by the City, a list of steering committee members, for submittal to the Mayor for approval. He stated that they would like to see the study conducted with the help of an outside consultant, recognizing how busy staff is. Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 March 24, 1998