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DRAFT imagine that one of the stops for prospective companies that might wane: to locate here should not only be the golf course or the vineyards but also housing for employees. She further stated that about 40 percent of people who work in Pleasanton earn below the County's median income. She added that there are a lot of folks who could be living here but currently cannot afford to, and basically, the less they earn, the farther they have to commute. She added that from the Climate Action Plan standpoint, it would be good to bring those people closer here, and projects like this one are a real showcase. Ms. Dennis stated that for other projects that bring similar affordability, CCC supports the City's contributions to bring those on -line and make them really beautiful projects through the use of the lower- income housing fund to backfill some of the requirements, should there be design issues that the Commission thinks are really important and which CCC, as affordable housing advocates, also thinks are important. She added that CCC does not think these particular developments should be any less than any other multi - family developments in the City. She indicated that they are looking at the Lower - Income Housing Fund through the Housing Commission, and they are doing a nexus study for which they would really like to have the Commission's input as to the types of things it thinks are important to backfill and to assist non - profit developers and developers like St. Anton Partners. Pat Belding, Citizens for a Caring Community (CCC), stated that she would like to speak positively for this proposal. She noted that CCC frequently speaks in opposition to projects in terms of their affordability, and it is a pleasure to be here tonight to give a "yes" vote to this particular project. She commended the developer for taking on an ambitious goal of 20- percent affordable with the focus on the very-low income, which is not easy to do. She added that CCC recognizes that there may have to be credit sales and encouraged the Commission and the Council to consider using the Low - Income Housing Fund, if necessary, to make these projects go. She indicated that CCC will be happy to answer any questions about how this might work when the tirre comes. Marty Inderbitzen stated that he is present tonight in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of the ValleyCare Health System (VCHS). He started by saying that VCHS is in support of this project and that he thinks they have done a really good job on the project that will do good things for the community. He noted that the only concern VCHS ever had has to do with what it means to the continued access and ability for its patients to get in and out of the site for both their doctor visits and visits to the cancer resource center and to the women's services center that are currently there and potentially other future programs that VCHS might want to develop on this site. He indicated that this was not a last- minute matter, noting that when he found out about this, he spent some time with Mr. Dolan and Mike Tassano, City Traffic Engineer, to figure out what the alternatives might be to the existing access once this site gets built, one of which was to try and encourage the ability to have full access off of Stoneridge Drive, which does not really exist now in the main entrance to VCHS. He expressed appreciation for Mr. Tassano's spending some time to try and figure out if there was the ability to extend some deceleration lanes and make that work, but it was not possible. He continued that he then approached St. Anton about constructing another driveway off of West Las DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 5/8/13 Page 7 of 9