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The primary benefit of this Option 1 is its immediate implementation. 2. PP and QQ policies into the General Plan + Administrative Guidelines. As Measures PP and QQ have become law, their policies have been placed into the General Plan (and will be placed into the General Plan update). .This Option 2 envisions the City Council directing staff to develop administrative guidelines to assess projects to enforce Measures PP and QQ. For example, a guideline may involve City staffs use of the City's existing geographic information system (GIS) to map hill area contours to determine the location of slopes of 25% or greater. Such guidelines could not modify the specific regulations of Measures PP and OO but might assist property owners in understanding in advance the regulations to which they are subject, and how those regulations will be applied. The primary benefit of this Option 2 is greater understanding of the Measures' requirements by property owners in advance of submitting a development application, but preserving for City staff the ability to utilize new information and tools. 3. PP and OO policies into the General Plan + Detailed Formal Ordinance. As noted above, Measures PP and OO are law, and their policies must be incorporated into the General Plan/General Plan update. This Option 3 requires the City Council to direct staff to begin a process to draft more formal rules to enforce Measures PP and QQ by an implementation ordinance. Any ordinance would need to be considered by the Planning Commission, City Council, and be subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) before adoption. While an ordinance might provide property owners with greater certainty, a formal ordinance loses some ability to respond to new information, as any modification of the ordinance would require the formal Planning Commission and City Council approval process. Again, such an ordinance could not modify the specific regulations of Measures PP and QQ. The primary benefit of this Option 3 is more certainly for property owners and the public, but in exchange, the ability to quickly use new tools and information may be lost, and the development of such an ordinance and related CEQA review would likely take many months. 4. PP and QQ policies into the General Plan + Public Stakeholders Process to Develop Hill Side and Ridge Protection Ordinance and Design Guidelines. Again, Measures PP and QQ must be incorporated into the General Plan/General Plan update. However, this Option 4 would expand that action to include a public process to develop a hillside protection ordinance and design guidelines as generally described in Measure QQ. Council could direct staff to return with a proposed membership for a task force and a scope of work (which would not be intended to modify the specific regulations of Measures PP and QQ). For example, the scope of work could include Page 6 of 7