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Sean Buran, representing Greenbriar Homes, said that Greenbriar has current residential projects in Pleasanton and hopefully it will have several future projects. Greenbfiar Homes is opposed to a moratorium. Legally, Greenbfiar Homes feels that adopting a moratorium requires a standard that is not met, given the current conditions and the current projects that are coming before the Council. A moratorium is rarely used by cities and considered a drastic action. When analyzing a moratorium, and even when the moratorium is crafted so that it is applied narrowly, it has unintended consequences. He believed it is impossible to craft a moratorium in such a way that it does not affect proposals that have not come before Council. By doing so, Council limits its discretionary review ability to hear the merits of a project and to make those decisions. There are successful businesses currently in Pleasanton, and if a business is doing well and looking to expand and cannot do so because of a moratorium, they may be in a situation where they need to look elsewhere. He pointed out that there are community facilities that are being discussed for the Bernal area and these facilities would clearly generate more than 200 trips, which would fall within the parameters of the moratorium. The current residential units that Greenbriar Homes is proposing were analyzed in the Environmental Impact Report. He believed that much of the discussion that occurred at the Planning Commission level was directed at Land Ranch II, as the majority of the proponents were opposed to it.. He noted that the Environmental Impact Report for Lund Ranch II provides metrics to quantify the impacts of this proposal. The EIR simply provides information upon which Council, the Planning Commission, Greenbriar Homes, and the adjacent neighbors can intelligently and logically discuss about the project. He believed a moratorium was unnecessary and asked Council not to tie its own hands in this matter. Ms. Ayala asked Mr. Buran how soon the Lund Ranch II Environmental Impact Report would be completed? Mr. Buran said that Dowling and Associates is the traffic consultant that the City has hired, and the traffic report is the final piece of the EIR. The EIR has looked at all of the impacts, and traffic is one of the most important concerns that have been raised by the neighbors. Dowling and Associates is in the process of looking at different iterations and at different traffic routes. Ms. Ayala asked if there was a time frame for bringing forward the proposed development for Lund Ranch II? Mr. Buran said that Greenbriar Homes plans to bring its proposal for Lund Ranch II forward as quickly as it can. Greenbriar has been processing this project for many years and anticipates that there will be a long time to process Land Ranch II. Bob Roman, 862 Surmnit Creek Lane, spoke in favor of a temporary moratorium. He was not anti-growth, but was for intelligent growth and well planned growth. He believed this decision was similar to a health care decision. He noted that the community is at a critical stage in Pleasanton's life, and these critical decisions are being based on Pleasanton City Council 24 05/18/04 Minutes