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added that how the Commission comes up with that chemistry obviously needs to pass muster with the HCD, but he is open to discussion. James Paxson, Executive Director of Hacienda Business Park, thanked the Housing Element Task Force on behalf of the Park for its work in regard to the Sites on the list and expressed his support for the sites selected and the work done. In terms of vetting the list, he encouraged well and to keep them on as the task moves forward. With respect to the Sites, Mr. Paxson noted two points: (1) a plan was shown to the Commission two weeks ago showing the work done with the Hacienda Task Force on the BART site. He stated that he thinks the type of things coming forward from the Housing Element sites will allow the City to continue on some of that work that was done on the Hacienda Task Force, and the Commission should be encouraged that there is an opportunity to move those goals forward with these additional sites. (2) one of the things all of the sites will have, by virtue of their being located in the Park, is a lot of amenities to support new residents, including transit support, security, child care support, and other programs built in for anybody who moves into these sites. Comments from the General Public Tom Pico stated that he and his wife want to go on record that they are not opposed to the rezoning of the Axis property (Site 17) and that they support the idea of higher density housing in Downtown Pleasanton. He expressed concern regarding parking, noting that it would be nice if they could be able to park on their streets some days, as it is difficult to park on Railroad Avenue during the day right now, and it is becoming increasingly more difficult to park at the end of afternoon and during the evenings with the Firehouse Theater and other activities happening in the Downtown. He acknowledged that his choice to live Downtown the great things about the Downtown. He indicated that he did not know what parking limitations there are, but the City has a parking in-lieu fee program for the Downtown, and he suggested that all new housing, especially high density housing, be required to provide on-site parking for those units rather than paying into the in-lieu parking fee program, which would make it significantly more difficult for residents to park in the area. Nancy Allen stated that she is concerned about increasing the units on the Auf der Maur/Rickenbach property (Site 8) from 159 to 338. With respect to community input, she indicated that Chair Narum reached out to her several weeks ago and she also discussed the property with her neighbors at Danbury Park and the Ponderosa area. She noted that there is already a significant concern about the East Side, and many people have attended the meetings and spoken out stating that 800 of the 2,000 allocations, or 40 percent of these current units, being located in this area is over the top. She added that to now consider late in the process to add another 159 units would make it almost 1,000 of 2,000 units being in one area, with all three sites within about one-half mile of one another. She stated that the burden goes well beyond traffic; it goes to schools, to infrastructure, and to parks; all because this area for the most part PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 22, 2011 Page 18 of 33