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house fit in well with the white houses around it. His lot is allowed to be subdivided into two more lots, but with the new guidelines he was not certain he could get one house. Barbara Glaspy, 3362 Prairie Drive, felt this was an emotional issue for the homeowners in the area. She is looking for property to buy in the overlay district and listening to this discussion was very discouraging. Many people have saved money for years to build a dream house and these regulations will take away the dream. She asked what "spirit" or "encourage" means. She felt what was really meant was "allow" and "disallow". It is not fair for a staff person to tell her the color of her house is not acceptable. She said she would not be building in the trees. The trees are a background, but people build on the buildable areas that are brown. She referred to the Nelson house, which is a nice sand color and she felt it was gorgeous. She asked how the number of 4500 square feet for a future home was selected. Are there restfictions on single story houses? She felt an 8000 square foot. single story house would be much more of an eyesore than a 5500 square foot, two story house. There are many huge houses already on Foothill Road. She believed that present economics dictate that if a person buys a lot in Pleasanton a house of a comparable size must be built to recoup the investment in the lot. It is not okay to build a 4500 square foot house in Pleasanton. It will not gain any resale value for a property of two to five acres. Valerie Hurst, 3593 Arbor Court, believed this is a good example of overkill with rules. She believed the properties should be dealt with on a case by case basis. Regulations on color, building materials, and heights should be eliminated. If the rules regarding native plants and water runoffissues are covered in other regulations, perhaps none of these guidelines are needed at all. She does want to preserve the hillside with regard to native plants, heritage trees, and water runoff issues. Ms. Michelotti indicated she approved of the regulations on board fencing in hillside development. She would like reasonable regulations that do not restrict property rights so harshly. The item was continued. Item 6d AnDroyal of contract with DowHng, Inc. to develon traffic modelinE nrocess. (SR 00:093) Bill van Gelder presented the staff report. Dr. Richard Dowling, Dowling Associates, 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 995, Oakland, indicated the proposed model will allow Council to see pictures of traffic projection in the future rather than pages of tables with numbers and letters. He clarified that his finn will not work for any developer in the City of Pleasanton, but would continue its projects with other public agencies, mostly at the state and federal level. Pleasanton City Council 26 04/04/00 Minutes