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15 THE CITY OF -~- ~"' CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT [~L£~S~4NTONo December 16, 2008 City Manager's Office City Attorney's Office Community Development TITLE: INFORMATIONAL REPORT REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF THE PASSAGE OF MEASURES PP AND QQ AND NEXT STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY Measures PP and QQ have both been approved by the voters. Each measure adopts General Plan policies restricting hillside development, and also defines a housing unit for purposes of the City's housing cap. This report analyzes whether any provisions of Measures PP and QQ are in conflict, as Measure PP would control because it received the higher number of votes. This report also discusses four options for implementation. For each of these options, the City Council first would place the Measures PP and QO policies into the current General Plan (to the extent OO's policies are already not in the current General Plan), as well as the proposed General Plan update; and 1. Apply these policies (to the extent applicable) to projects during the normal public review process before the Planning Commission and City Council without further need of guidelines, an ordinance, or appointing a committee of stakeholders to propose an ordinance and design guidelines. 2. Direct staff to develop administrative guidelines to implement the policies, with the intent of providing applicants greater certainty regarding requirements arising from the measures. 3. Direct staff to develop an ordinance setting forth the requirements of Measures PP and OO in a more detailed and formal manner. 4. Direct staff to return with a proposed process for a committee of stakeholders to develop a hill side and ridge protection ordinance and design guidelines which complies with the specific restrictions adopted by Measure PP and the broader policies of Measure OO.