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RECOMMENDATION Pleasanton voters have reaffirmed the community's interest in preserving scenic hillsides, and limiting growth through the housing cap. As Measure PP includes specific hill area development restrictions, the advisory process envisioned by Measure QQ to develop a hill side and ridge protection ordinance and design guidelines has effectively been fulfilled. Therefore, in light that the Measure PP hill area development restrictions have been incorporated into the current General Plan and will be incorporated into the updated General Plan, along with the Measure QQ policies that will be carried forward as well, staff recommends that the City Council adopt Option 1, and direct that projects be reviewed through the normal public review process for compliance with Measures PP and QQ. Additionally, the housing unit definitions in Measures PP and QQ are to be incorporated into the current and new General Plan, and interpreted in light of the U.S. Census Bureau and State of California definitions, as well as the public guidance from the Measure PP petitioners as reflected in the public record. BACKGROUND Both Measure PP (Save Pleasanton's Hills & Housing Cap Initiative Measure), placed on the ballot by initiative petition, and Measure QQ (Pleasanton Ridgelines Protection and Growth Control Initiative Measure), placed on the ballot by Council action, have been approved by the voters. Each measure adds and/or reaffirms policies in the General Plan regarding hillside development restrictions, and also defines a housing unit for purposes of the City's 29,000 unit housing cap. The General Plan is a set of long-range goals, policies and programs that guide and control land use decisions. Several of the policies in the General Plan have been previously adopted by initiative measure, such as the protection of the Pleasanton ridgelands area (Measure F in 1993), urban growth boundary (Measure FF in 1996) and the establishment of the housing cap (Measure GG in 1996). The City currently reviews development projects by applying the 1996 General Plan goals, policies and programs. With voter adoption of both Measures PP and QQ, the General Plan policies within those measures have gone into effect as a matter of law, absent any conflict between the two measures. Regarding conflicts, since Measure PP received more Yes votes than Measure QQ, if there are any conflicts between these measures, the provisions of Measure PP will control.' Staff recognizes that Measure QQ had language addressing conflicts in its Section 5. B. The first sentence in that subsection stated that Measures QO and PP are "deemed to be in conflict". The next sentence then provided that Measure QQ would nullify Measure PP if both measures pass and Measure QQ received more Yes votes. When the sentences are read together, the purpose of Section 5.6 was to prevent any portion ' Elections Code §9221. Page 2 of 7