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Attachment 3
<br />FULL TEXT OF MEASURE QQ
<br />THE PLEASANTON RIDGELINES PROTECTION
<br />AND GROWTH CONTROL INITIATIVE
<br />The people of the City of Pleasanton do ordain as follows:
<br />Section 1. Declaration of Pu~ose.
<br />The purpose of this Initiative is to:
<br />A. Preserve and protect scenic hillsides and preserve
<br />views of the ridges that surround Pleasanton.
<br />B. Achieve that preservatioNprotection through a col-
<br />laborative and public process.
<br />C. Reaffirm and readopt General Plan policies and
<br />programs that currently provide, with no exemp-
<br />tions, preservation and protection of hillsides and
<br />views of ridges.
<br />D. Clarify how all types of housing units are counted
<br />towards the voter-approved maximum buildout of
<br />29,000 housing units.
<br />Secton 2. Fjg~jpgg,
<br />A. The hillsides and ridges that surround Pleasanton
<br />provide spectacular views and the community
<br />wants to ensure that these scenic hillsides and
<br />ridges are preserved for the protection of public
<br />health and safety, to provide for trails in such open
<br />space, for the continuarion of agriculture and graz-
<br />ing, to protect natural resources and sensitive habi-
<br />utts, and to preserve wildlands.
<br />B. The General Plan has a policy that Pleasanton resi-
<br />dents will participate in land use planning and
<br />decision making, and in recognition of such collab-
<br />orative and public process, an ordinance/design
<br />guidelines should be developed to:
<br />a. Identify specific ridges, based on engineering
<br />t considerations related to view lines, geotechni-
<br />cal conditions, elevations (in the Southeast Hills
<br />in particular) and other relevant data, where
<br />development should not occur.
<br />b. Such ordinance/design guidelines must be draft-
<br />ed as expeditiously as possible and by no later
<br />than the end of November 2009.
<br />c. In drafting such ordinance/design guidelines,
<br />the collaborative and public process should
<br />include Pleasanton residents, property owners
<br />potentially affected by such ordinance/design
<br />guidelines, representatives of environmental
<br />organizations, open space and trail advocates
<br />and other interested persons.
<br />d. Such ordinance/design guidelines would be sub-
<br />ject to public environmental review under the
<br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
<br />C. To accomplish such preservation, the Conservation
<br />and Open Space Element of the General Plan pro-
<br />vides in Goal I, the following, Program S.I:
<br />Develop a ridgeline protection ordinance and
<br />scenic hillside guidelines to improve safety and
<br />reduce the potential negative visual impacts of
<br />development in hilly arena.
<br />D. In addition, the Land Use Et. °at of the General
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<br />Plan provides in Goal 1, the following: Policy 12:
<br />Preserve scenic hillside and ridge views of the
<br />Pleasanton, Main, and Southeast Hills ridges; and
<br />Program 12.2: Study the feasibility of preserving
<br />large open space areas in the Southeast Hills by a
<br />combination of private open space and a public
<br />park system. And the Conservation and Open Space
<br />Element states in Goal 1, the following: Policy 4:
<br />Protect all large continuous areas of Open Space, as
<br />designated on the General Plan Map, from introsion
<br />by urban development.
<br />E. Since the voters' adoption of the housing unit cap in
<br />1996, the City Council has consistently determined
<br />that all single family homes, multi-family projects
<br />(including apartments and mobilehomes) have
<br />counted toward the housing cap. Similarly, the City
<br />Council has consistently not counted toward the
<br />housing cap either second units (as provided by
<br />State taw) or rooms within extended stay hotels, as
<br />these uses are commercial in nature. These actions
<br />of the City Council have been consistent with the
<br />Land Use Element of the General Plan, Goal 2,
<br />Policies 14 and 15.
<br />F. This Initiative reaffirms, readopts and clarifies
<br />existing City policies and programs and therefore
<br />no separate environmental review is required
<br />Section 3. General Plan Poli CPC R Qardina P c rvi
<br />Pleasanton Ridges nd rotuh M nag went
<br />Reaffirmation and Readopdon of Policies Concerning
<br />Preserving Scenic Hillsides and Ridge Views: The
<br />Pleasanton Ridgelines Protection and Growth Control
<br />Initiative hereby reaffirms and readopts Land Use Ele-
<br />ment Policy 12 and Program 12.2, Conservation and
<br />Open Space Element Policy 4, as set forth in Section
<br />2.D of this Initiative.
<br />Reaffirmation and adoption of Growth Management
<br />Policy Concerning Housing Units: The Pleasanton
<br />Rudgelines Protection and Growth Control Initiative
<br />hereby reafl5mrs the General Plan Land Use Element
<br />Policy 15 and clarifies how all types of housing units
<br />are counted against the housing cap, such that Policy
<br />l5 reads as follows: "Mainwin a maximum housing
<br />buildout of29,000 units within the Planning area. Each
<br />single family residential unit and each multi family
<br />residential unit (for example, a condominium, town-
<br />house, each half of a duplex, a mobilehome, or an
<br />apartment unit), whether market rate or affordable,
<br />shall count towards the maximum housing buildout.
<br />Units within assisted living facilities are generally not
<br />counted toward the maximum housing buildout due to
<br />their commercial nature, but a proportion of such
<br />developments may be counted toward the maximum
<br />housing buildout based on impacts on community ser-
<br />vices and infrastructure. Second units and extended
<br />stay hotel rooms shall not count against the maximum
<br />housing buildout."
<br />Section 4. hpplementation.
<br />The collaborative public process identified in Section
<br />?B of this Initiative shall be completed by November
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