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Subject: FW: Lund Ranch II From: ceen3 Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 12:15 PM To: Mayor and City Council Subject: Lund Ranch II Dear Mayor and City Council, _�' ';PCi:;Pr',iMTAL MATERIAL rrovidscl to the City Council After Distribution of Packet Date . l -1 -Zorn I am appalled and disappointed that I need to write you on this subject. I, as well as many others that I have heard talking, thought that our precious hillsides would be protected by PP and there was no need to show up at meetings and write letters in support of something already voted on, and that is part of the General Plan. But apparently the vocal neighbors around Lund Ranch II have made this letter necessary. It's hard for me to believe that in an effort to please the special interests of a very small percentage of Pleasanton residents, you are willing to violate Measure PP, which was voted into the General Plan by a large majority of Pleasanton's citizens. As you are well aware, the goal of Measure PP was /is to protect and preserve our hillsides and hilltops from being distroyed. There were no provisions or exceptions due to special interests regarding traffic concerns. Although all of us can relate to wanting to avoid having additional traffic in our neighborhoods, traffic concerns are irrelavent in this matter. (And the increase in neighborhood traffic from Lund Ranch II will be minor, compared to the increase in traffic outside the neighborhood from all the other new housing in Pleasanton.) Violating Measure PP by allowing a road, (which will disrupt and distroy a hillside area covered by PP), opens the door for more exceptions in the future. No matter how good your intentions are, if you make one exception, it sets a precedent and sends a message that our City Council can and will overturn whatever it wants. In the future, those with deep pockets, loud voices, or personal connections will try to influence future councils to violate terms in the General Plan to accommodate their wishes. If the people of Pleasanton can't trust our elected officials not to violate the terms in our General Plan, our city is in big trouble! People did not vote you into office, to succomb to special interest groups and violate terms of the General Plan. A lot of research by experts went into the DEIR for Lund Ranch II and an environmentally preferred road plan was determined, which does not violate Measure PP. (Councilmembers and city staff DO NOT have the expertise to contradict the comprehensive evaluation 1