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November 15, 2015 5744 Hanifen Way Pleasanton, California 94566 Pleasanton City Council City of Pleasanton Pleasanton, California 94566 Sent via email SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Provided to tho City Council After Distribution of Packet . /1 -' l� Date Re: City Canna? Meeting on Lund Ranch 11, PUD -25 Dear Councilmembers: I write to address the Lund Ranch matter, expected to be taken up in the near future by the Pleasanton City Council. This letter focuses on Measure and advocates that the City adopt Option 1, as that is the option that complies with Measure PP. As you know, Measure PP provides: Housing units and structures shall not be placed on slopes of 25 percent or greater, or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. No grading to construct residential or commercial structures shall occur on hillside slopes 25% or greater, or within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline. At The Very Least. Walls and Bridges Are Structures The bulk of this letter, below, addresses the background of Measure PP with a focus on whether roads are structures. But before turning to that: there has been an important and dispositive development since the Planning Commission's vote: City Staff has acknowledged they calculated the ridgelines incorrectly.' Under the correct calculation, Staff acknowledges that the walls and bridge required for the creek crossing connecting to Sunset Creek are within 100 feet of the ridgeline. What that means is that this Council would need to decide that 184 feet of 8 -foot high retaining wall, plus a bridge, are not "structure.sz This is, of course, very difficult to accept. Staff offers the following four options, to which I have added some translation below: ' October 30, 2015 Memorandum of Brian Dolan to City Council, at p. 2 ( "Concern 2 "). 2 August 4, 2015 Letter to Brian Dolan from Mark Palgout (Ruggeri Jensen Azar), included as Exhibit B to August 26, 2016 Planning Commission materials, at p. 9.