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Residents urge San Ramon council to pull ordinance amending Measure G language from consent calendar
Summary
Multiple residents asked the City Council to remove ordinance item 5.3 (Ordinance 5.34) from the consent calendar and schedule fuller public hearings, saying the changes would remove voter guarantees in Measure G. Council did not take a final vote on item 5.3 during the meeting; speakers asked for more notice and hearings.
Several San Ramon residents used the public-comment period at the Oct. 14 City Council meeting to ask that agenda item 5.3 (Ordinance 5.34) be removed from the consent calendar and restored to a full public hearing item.
Brian Swanson, a certified planner and identified as a San Ramon resident, said: "I rise tonight to have agenda 5.3, ordinance 5 34 removed from tonight's agenda and reclassified back to a full agenda item to further to be further discussed in public hearings at future city council meetings." He told the council the item was "far too significant to be buried among routine items."
Why it matters: Speakers said the ordinance contains text changes that would diminish public notice and the procedural protections they believe Measure G — the voter-approved hillside and open-space protection referenced repeatedly by speakers — provides. Several residents called the staff report and public…
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