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The second reading of the rezonings is before the Council tonight and adoption of the remainder of the Housing Element document, including policy amendments, will come back before the Council for adoption in February. Vice-Mayor Cook-Kallio opened the item for public comment. Julie Testa said she has always understood that growth must pay its own way and not be a burden on existing residents. The dire reality of current overcrowding has not been mitigated in a way that does not negatively affect existing neighborhoods or the community. The Pleasanton School District, which mismanaged the capital funds that were once available, will likely come back to the community for a combined bond and parcel tax and those who have already paid their share in the community will absorb the burden of this growth. She felt that more serious discussion was in order prior to these rezonings and asked that the Council mandate truly cooperative efforts moving forward. At Councilmember Sullivan's request, Mr. Dolan recapped the proposed mitigations to school impacts. Vice-Mayor Cook-Kallio closed the public comment. Councilmember McGovern said that with these rezonings, which are required by law, the time has come to reestablish a schools subcommittee to examine the current situation as well as the resulting need of this and other rezonings. Councilmember Sullivan recommended that staff prepare an agenda for the next joint meeting with the school district to brainstorm these kinds of ideas and develop concrete plans to move forward with these types of discussions. He stressed the need to go beyond the current scope of discussions and really get to the heart of the mitigation plan. Mr. Fialho said staff did just that at today's school district liaison meeting. Staff tailored the agenda to address the Housing Element, demographer's report, the district's Facilities Master Plan and cash flow as what the district could project from that growth. He explained that the district's approach has always been that it cannot plan until the rezonings are more concrete, which he certainly understands from an administrative perspective. Councilmember Thorne supported the concept of a liaison subcommittee that incorporates the development community as a stakeholder. Vice-Mayor Cook-Kallio said she has discussed the general issue with members of both the school board and development community. The latter has indicated willingness to mitigation and gift fees simply because they understand the importance and economic benefit of good schools. MOTION: It was m/s by Thorne/McGovern to waive second reading and adopt the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2026 approving the City initiated rezoning of the Bart Property (5835 and 5859 Owens Drive), as filed under Case P11-0904 Ordinance No. 2027 approving the City initiated rezoning of the Sheraton Property (5990 Stoneridge Mall Road), as filed under Case P11-0906 adopted Ordinance No. 2028 approving the City initiated rezoning of ten acres of the Stoneridge Shopping Center Property (1008 - 2481 Stoneridge Mall Road), as filed under Case P11-0908 Ordinance No. 2029 approving the City initiated rezoning of the of the Kaiser Property (5620 Stoneridge Mall Road), as filed under Case P11-0910 City Council Minutes Page 4 of 5 January 10, 2012