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Sangita said Site 7 carries 40% of the existing affordable housing in Pleasanton and there was an attempt to downplay this number by saying the number included senior affordable housing which. She questioned the reason for the compromise when only 70 acres needs to be submitted to the state. Lily asked that that Site 7 be removed from the list. Councilmember Sullivan asked staff to address the 100 acres on the list and the reasoning for it versus 70 acres. Mr. Dolan said ultimately, the Council only needs to rezone the 70 acres. Staff has been advised by several parties that it is wise to submit something with a buffer in case the State HCD objects to one or two of the sites. The task force has not yet felt comfortable reducing it below 100 acres, but it is something that could be done. Councilmember Sullivan noted that through environmental review, the City might find that not all of the 100 acres work and he confirmed this was another reason for the buffer; however, ultimately, it could be less than 100 acres approved for rezoning. Vic spoke about Bernal properties and stated opposition to Site 7. Manisha expressed opposition to development of Site 7, believing it would bring a tremendous amount of stress and traffic impacts to the neighborhood and school aged children.. Cindy expressed opposition to development of Site 7, and said they also do not want to spoil the nature study area. Nancy Allen, Danbury Park Homeowners Association, said residents do not want Site 7 on the list. Right now, potentially 800 units of the 2,000 units are in the three sites on the east side. The site is 3 miles from a freeway, 3 miles from BART, it is land locked, more than 1 mile from schools, 1 mile from Safeway shopping, and far from minimal services. In looking at numbers, if one area representing the south end of Pleasanton was removed, there is no balance. She requested reducing the 800 sites to at least 400 to create balance, ask that the entire site be removed through 2014 and revisit it after an East Side Specific Plan is completed. She also recommended Gateway stay at 13 acres and be considered for a greater number of acres, but to find more acreage across the City not currently on the list in order to help reduce density in higher impacted areas like the east side and Gateway. Lavonne Youel, spoke regarding Sites 11, 14 and 8 carrying 40% of the burden. Since they are not located close to a freeway, schools, or shopping, they would have an adverse effect on the infrastructure of Pleasanton. She asked the City to redistribute some of the sites so they are more evenly distributed, asked not to allow any building on the sites until the East Side Specific Plan is completed, asked to build units on the outskirts of the City and near freeways and BART, and zone additional areas in the south and west of Pleasanton to create a fair distribution. Dan Sapone echoed the many comments of speakers and said it is apparent that Site 7 would add traffic to an area they worked hard on not impacting, which is Valley Avenue and Santa Rita Road. He suggested dominant factors are still proximity to public transit, shopping, freeways and other services that residents of the units would benefit from. He supported the proposal of reducing the 800 units down to 400 units, and asked that if built, development occur after Bush is extended to El Charro. City Council Minutes Page 9 of 19 May 3, 2011