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Site 15: Valley Trails Church Site This site generated a lot of discussion at the three community meetings. For 70% of those attending at least 2 of the meetings related to the Valley Trails area and neighborhood. Most frequently mentioned factors against rezoning of this site included traffic impacts, impacts on safety, negative impact on property values, increased crime, disagreement in the way the City used the rating criteria, distance to schools and grocery stores, impacts on schools, overcrowded schools, inappropriate to put development to put in an established residential neighborhood, soils issues, overloaded sewer, noise and air quality impacts, and so on. The Housing Task Force heard comments at their last March meeting and some of the scoring and distances were reviewed on the sites, particularly relating to Valley Trails. Because of the fact that this is a site that has a loop road, looking at radiuses is really a misinterpretation of some of the distances to things like schools, parks, and grocery stores. This site was already scored low among all 17 sites. When rescored, it was 4 points lower than that, and she thinks this influenced the task force to relook at it, take another straw vote. It was then taken out of consideration by the task force. Site 16: Vintage Hills Shopping Center This 5.1 acre site is located on Bernal Avenue near Vineyard Avenue and has been recently rehabilitated with a few more tenants. Four comments were received up until this summary was produced, and since that time, a number of people from the neighborhood commented and sent emails that they felt this site started getting commercial tenants and revitalizing, and this was not the time to look at multi-family development there. It is surrounding residents who have been hard hit with reduced home values and they already had high density housing nearby. There is also no BART or other transit and poor freeway access, overcrowded schools, and other impacts, and they were not in favor of it. The Planning Commission discussed the site and recognized there are some new retail uses that are useful for the neighborhood. One suggestion they made is that the site be made smaller or that it be made a mixed use site so some uses could be retained. Or, if the area was scraped, it could be rebuilt as a mixed use project and some of the commercial uses there could be retained. Site 17: Axis Community Health This is a small downtown site where Axis Community Health is currently located. They are growing out of the site and looking for another site. They asked the City to put them on the list for consideration. Only one comment was received which related to overcrowded schools. Because the site is in the DSP area, 30 units/acre would need 3 or 4 stories. However, what might be more suitable is developing some moderate income housing with 23 units/acre, which might be 2 to 3 stories in this particular area. Site 18: Downtown (SF site The Planning Commission asked that a couple of sites that had been considered earlier in the process. There are two small sites on Sunol Boulevard, one at Sonoma and one at Sycamore that could be added back on the list in order to provide more flexibility in choosing the sites. Vice Mayor Cook-Kallio said she felt important was to make sure all sites go through the process. She attended all three community meetings and asked the public that they make themselves available to future community meetings. She noted there was a meeting tomorrow night and all comments are welcomed. She feels progress is being made but thinks people need to be aware that rezonings will take place and housing is shared throughout the community. City Council Minutes Page 7 of 19 May 3, 2011