City Council Agenda Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:00 p.m. City Council Chamber 200 Old Bernal Avenue

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1 CALL TO ORDER

• Pledge of Allegiance
• Introductory remarks by Councilmember McGovern

2 AGENDA AMENDMENTS

3 CONSENT CALENDAR – Items listed on the consent calendar are considered routine in nature and may be enacted by one motion. If discussion is required, that particular item will be removed from the consent calendar and will be considered separately.

Administrative Services

1. Approve regular meeting minutes of March 4, 2008

2. Pursuant to Memorandum of Understanding between City and IAFF Local 1974 adopt a Resolution of Intention to approve an amendment to the contract with California Public Employees Retirement System to provide Section 21548 Pre-Retirement Option 2W Death Benefit for Local Fire members and introduction of related ordinance (Attachment)

Fire

3. Adopt a resolution declaring that weeds, dirt, rubbish, and refuse upon or in front of certain described properties within the City constitute public nuisances and that they be abated and set April 15, 2008 as the public hearing date

Parks and Community Services

4. Approve appointments to the Trails Ad Hoc Committee

Planning

5. Second reading of Ordinance No. 1972 approving PUD-81-28-05M, allowing a six-foot masonry wall along a portion of the westerly property line between Pleasanton Station and Hap’s Restaurant located at 30 W. Neal Street

6. Accept or appeal actions of the Zoning Administrator and Planning Commission

Public Works

7. Adopt resolution approving the Altamont Settlement Agreement Education Advisory Board Expenditure Plan for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 (Attachment)

8. Consideration of retention of bond from Ponderosa Homes for intersection improvements at Bernal Avenue and First Street/Sunol Boulevard

9. Approve a consultant agreement with Fehr & Peers Transportation Consultants in the amount of $100,000 to provide planning and engineering services for preparation of the Pleasanton Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan

10. Approve a consultant agreement with Biggs Cardosa Associates in the amount of $149,700 to provide engineering and construction support services for the Bernal Avenue Bridge at Arroyo Del Valle, CIP NO. 995067

(Attachment)

11. Approve a Reimbursement Agreements between the City and Ponderosa Homes for a storm drain line that serves the Ironwood Development

(Attachment)

MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

12. 4 Acceptance of the Kane Family Donation and presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation for their generous contribution to support trail expansion on the Bernal Property

13. 5 Public Comment from the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda – Comments are limited to 5 minutes, and you will be asked to state your name and city of residence

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS

14. 6 Information report regarding Zone 7's presentation on environmental issues in the Delta and its impact to the Tri-Valley's water supply

15. 7 Public Hearing - Continued to April 1, 2008: PUD-32, Daniel and Belinda Sarich – Consider an application for Planned Unit Development (PUD) to subdivide an approximately 20-acre site into two single-family residential lots:(1) approximately one-acre parcel which would include the existing residence and a new detached two-car garage; and (2) approximately 19-acre parcel which would include:(a) approximately 9,990-square-foot, two-story home with a 3,150-square-foot habitable basement with second unit; (b) 1,785-square-foot five-car attached garage; (c) 660-square-foot cabana; (d) 165-square-foot pool bathroom; and (e) 165-square-foot greenhouse. The property is located at 5 Tuscany Place (formerly 1630 Vineyard Avenue), in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan Area, and is zoned PUD-LDR/HR/OS (Planned Unit Development – Low Density Residential/Hillside Residential/Open Space)  (Attachment 1)  (Attachment 3)  (Attachment 4)  (Attachment 5)  (Attachment 6)  (Attachment 7)  (Attachment 8) 

(Attachment 9 Please be patient for download as this is a large file.)

16. 8 Review of the City’s State and Federal Legislative Priorities

17. 9 Consider a report on the status of the General Plan Update

10 MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL

11 COUNCIL REPORTS: Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and meetings attended by the Mayor and City Council

CLOSED SESSION: Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(a):

Jennifer Lin and Frederic Lin, Petitioners and Plaintiffs v. City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, et al, Respondents and Defendants and Kay Ayala, et al, Real Parties in Interest and Defendants, County of Alameda Case No. RG07361370

12 ADJOURNMENT

Notice

There is a 90-day limit for the filing of a challenge in the Superior Court to certain City administrative decisions and orders, which require a hearing by law, the receipt of evidence, and the exercise of discretion.  The 90-day limit begins on the date the decision is final (Code of Civil Procedure § 1094.6).  Further, if you challenge an action taken by the City Council in court, you may be limited, by California law, including but not limited to Government Code §65009, to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in the public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council prior to or at the public hearing.  The City Council may be requested to reconsider a decision if the request is made prior to the next City Council meeting, regardless of whether it is a regular or special meeting.  For information on the next regular or special City Council meeting, please call 925.931.5027 or visit the website at www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us.

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