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Comment Letter 5 EIS _RING MANAGEMENT CORPORATION November 11, 2011 City of Pleasanton do Janice Stem Planning Manager 200 Old Bernal Avenue Pleasanton, CA 94566 Re: Comments on Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for Housing Element and Climate Action Plan,General Plan Amendment and Rezonings(DSEIR)dated September 2011 Dear Janice: We would like to applaud the effort by City Staff to implement an inclusive and open process developing the Housing Element and the DSEIR. Upon review of the DSEIR we would like to comment on the following items: The description of the Project in Chapter 3,"Project Description,"at Table 3-3 (Potential Sites for Rezoning), p. 3-14,correctly characterizes Site 8 (Auf de Maur/Rickenbach)as"345-460 units." This range of units is consistent with the description of the Project"base" of 345 units(11.5 ac at 30 dua)for Site 8 contained in the Council-approved Draft Housing Element dated August,201 land provided to HCD (Housing Element Background,p.68)and the Alternative 4,Increased Density, scenario described in the DSEIR,which considers a 33%increase in density for Site 8. Therefore,a technical correction should be 5-1 made to DSEIR Table 5-1 (Project Build Alternatives Summary)in Chapter 5, "Alternatives to the Project," p.5-4,to refer to 345 multi-family homes(instead of 159) for Site 8 under the"Proposed Project" column and to refer to 460 multi-family homes(instead of 212) for Site 8 under the"Alternative 4 Increased Density"column. This correction would also be consistent with the DSEIR's current use in Table 5-1 of 345 units for Site 8 in Alternative 1,Large Properties,Alternative 2,Transit Oriented, and Alternative 3, Excludes East Pleasanton(see also DSEIR,pp.5-7 and 5-9). _ The Transportation Analysis contained in Appendix D to the DSEIR also warrants some clarification with respect to the uses and trip generation levels assumed with respect to Site 8. We understand from recent conversations with staff that the Transportation Analysis may have considered the Project with an 5-2 overall "denser"potential development on Site 8 of 159 multi-family units and 163,000 sf of retail. We further understand that this scenario results in significantly higher trip generation than the level of development for Site 8 assumed in the correct DSEIR Project Description and higher trip generation V Los Angeles Corporate Office 1 400 Corporate Pointe Suite 4400 I Culver City,California 90230 1 310.337.5400 I Fax 310.641.7859 San Jose Corporate Office 1 250 Palm Valley Blvd. I 2nd Floor I San Jose,California 95123 j 408.971.2800 Fax 408.971.2390 www.ESRing.com