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Karen Diaz From: Ann Jokinen on behalf of Mayor and City Council OUPPLI MCNtAL ReAt fliAL. ent: Monday, January 14, 2013 2:30 PM fo: Pleasanton City Clerk. Provided to the City Council Subject: FW: Input for City Council Meeting tomorrow; - item After Distribution of Packet a i ts_ / 11212#/3 From: nancy alien [ Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:29 PM To: Mayor and City Council; Janice Stern; Brian Dolan; Nelson Fialho Cc: Subject: Input for City Council Meeting tomorrow; - item #22 City Council and Staff, I will not be at the Council meeting tomorrow(although will listen from out of town) and wanted to share thoughts on item #22, East Pleasanton Specific Plan Vision. I am writing as a Task Force Member representing Danbury Park. The elephant in the room seems to be how much development will be required to support the El Charro extension and other infrastructure on the East Side The public process and the current vision do not yet address this. The process began assuming El Charro would be extended to the East Side and there would be a fair amount of development to support the infrastructure (without knowing what the implications were). I am concerned about 2 areas: 1) The vision statements do not guide us on how much development(#of residential units anyway) is envisioned for this area—does it look like the South Livermore wine country? Like the Bernal Park area? Like Dublin? Like Foster City? Other? a. The residents I talked to were most concerned about density (and total number) of residential development. Those who attended public meeting were concerned the public:was never asked how much development they wanted (or not) at the meeting. Nearly everyone wanted very light development and a rural feeling for much of the area. So many said they did not think their input was fully captured. 2) The vision statements as written assume that El Charro will be developed. However, until we know how much development is needed to finance El Charro , it seems premature to state that El Charro will be built. a. I suggest the vision statement regarding El Charro be modified to state, " If El Charro is built to Stanley, then the design should allow for.......... Additionally, I think it would be helpful to hear your early input on 3 items as the team continues to build out the plan and options: A) What is the timeframe you envision for this specific plan (5 years, 10 years, 20 years)? B) How do you insure we continue to have balance across Pleasanton as we think of RHNA numbers? A couple people suggested we should use East Side for future RHNA number since there is so much undeveloped space (which I and others I talk to believe is very short sighted). This seems counter to placing higher density housing near BART and also insuring balance across the city. I hope you still believe in insuring we place higher density housing near easy public transit and services and also have balance across the city. C) What are the range of planning options you hope to see staff develop? • I hope you support a full set of options where the pubic can see full transparency: At a minimum, I would hope to see a minimal to no buildout/no El Charro connection to East side; a maximum buildout with El Charro; and several scenarios in between. Thank you for the opportunity to provide this input. Nancy Allen 1