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emphasized; that the City's Housing Opportunities Center had been a successful way of educating the public about affordable housing opportunities; and public outreach for the zoning updates regarding shelters and supportive and transitional housing. The Housing Commission also incorporated comments from Becky Dennis and Citizens for a Caring Community, referred others to the Growth Management Subcommittee, and directed staff to make a modification to Policy 26 to clarify that their intent is to keep all income-restricted units in perpetuity. Ms. Stern stated a fourth community meeting was held on June 20, 2011 with the purpose of looking at the 4 sites not reviewed when the 3 meetings were held in March. Those sites were Site 18, the downtown site; Site 20, Sunol and Sonoma; Site 19, Sunol and Sycamore; and Site 21, the Wagner property at 4202 Stanley Boulevard. There was also discussion regarding increased density on Site 1, the BART site. There were 25 attendees at the meeting where discussion was held. Neighbors specifically at the 4202 Stanley Boulevard voiced concerns about parking on Stanley Boulevard, traffic congestion and neighborhood fit within that area. A written comment was submitted regarding Site 18 regarding traffic and parking issues. On June 22, 2011, the Planning Commission review took place, and the Commission made 3 amendments to the list of sites. The Commission recommended increasing the Auf de Maur/Richenback Site 8 from 5.3 to 11.5 acres and at 30 units per acre. The Commission reduced 3 acres (out of 10 acres) to 23 units per acre for the Gateway Site 7 and left the rest at 30 units per acre. On the CM Capital Properties Site 13, of the 12.6 acres, the Commission increased the density on 3 acres to 30 units per acre. The Commission recommended no changes to the goals, policies and programs. Comments from Citizens for a Caring Community were referred to staff for further evaluation and recommendation. Ms. Stern said since the last meeting in May with the City Council, staff has continued to hear from residents, particularly on the Pleasanton Gateway Site 7, regarding potential changes to their neighborhood, concerns about potential adverse impacts to schools, traffic on the weekends which is different than the office development proposed, and impacts on property values. The Council heard from neighbors of the east Pleasanton sites about the potential for a large proportion of the units to be located in this area and potential impacts on traffic, parks and schools. Ms. Stern presented a map relating to higher density residential development, senior housing complex locations, location of sites rezoned in the Hacienda Business Park, and the 17 potential housing site locations, depicting where higher density housing is in the City and in the east Pleasanton area. Councilmember Cook-Kallio requested that the map be placed on the City's website, as it was not part of the staff report. Ms. Stern said the owner of Site 8, E.S. Ring Corporation, held an Open House on July 14th and staff reviewed the question of increasing the size of the site from 5.3 to 11.5 acres. There were 38 attendees. There were favorable comments about the design concept as well as other comments as to how this site related to the context of the whole east Pleasanton area. There was concern about the number of units in east Pleasanton, ingress and egress from Nevada Court, parking availabilities, security issues from foot traffic, and the suggestion that senior housing here would result in less traffic. Comments and suggestions from the Citizens for a Caring Community, which were included as part of the City Council packet, included suggested changes regarding the prioritization of certain potential projects and the inclusion of commercial development in growth management. Staff thinks these comments should be forwarded to the growth management subcommittee for their review and consideration. Some changes suggested review of the Inclusionary Zoning City Council Minutes Page 5 of 14 July 19, 2011