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would occur if there is a garage or parking space with each particular one, and there are a lot of people who move in there who will not because we are trying to lower the transportation. He indicated that this is a recommendation and not a requirement and that they are also looking at shared parking lots. Commissioner Pentin referred to mitigation fees for the CAP and inquired what this is. Mr. Smith explained that in some instances, a business may come to Pleasanton that cannot meet the energy reduction for what the City is looking for, such as a server farm or something that the City may want but the energy uses are very high; and the question is whether the City would turn that business away, or would they be allowed to do mitigation such as putting in a car charging stations, or pay into a solar program to be installed off-site. He indicated that the City wants to offer them the flexibility to do that by providing an alternative to reduce the community GHG and still do business in the City. Commissioner Pearce stated that she spent some time reading the document and found it interesting. She inquireleap frog developmenton page 3-12. Ms. Stern replied that it means something other than infill, and if the City had no urban growth boundary, it might be subject to that where development would occur outside the area already developed in the City. She added that it is difficult for the City to do such development because it has an urban growth boundary. Mr. Dolan provided an example, stating that if the City picked the ten acres in the Legacy site which is farthest away from the existing City limits, there would be a space in-between, and the City would be leap-frogging. prevalent in areas where there are wide open spaces to grow. Commissioner Pearce inquired what tracking buses and predicting arrival times is, mentioned on page 3-15. Ms. Stern replied that this is a reader board information of bus schedules at bus shelters. Commissioner Pearce referred to number 8 on page 3-20Encourage schools, businesses, and office parks to provide safe and convenient bike racks that she brought this up when she chaired the Pleasanton Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan Committee, noting that there are schools whose bike racks are located way in the back of the campus, and neither the parents nor the children knew about them. to bike racks, even if the City has no control over School District decisions. She also noted that there is a typographical error on page 2-9: a word is missing on the first paragraph. Commissioner Blank stated he did a word search on electric vehicles and found a lot of references to it but did not see any to electric vehicle charging stations PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 17, 2011 Page 35 of 36