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BACKGROUND The preparation of an East Pleasanton Specific Plan is called for in the City's General Plan. In May 2012 the City Council approved the formation of an E=ast Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force, which has met nine times since August 2012. Following an orientation meeting, the Task Force focused on learning about the East Pleasanton area with a field trip, discussions of opportunities and constraints, and reports on traffic conditions, an economic and market assessment of the area, and an environmental baseline report. A Working Draft Vision Statement was reviewed by the City Council and has guided the preparation of several working draft land use and circulation alternatives. Attachment 1 provides a graphic and written description for each alternative. Alternatives 1 through 4 were the subject of discussion with several City commissions and committees and the Pleasanton Unified School District Board. City committees and commissions included the Housing Commission, the Parks and Recreation Commission, the Economic Vitality Committee, the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trail Committee, and the Planning Commission. Comments from these bodies are summarized in Attachment 2. JUNE 2013 TASK FORCE MEETING At its June meeting, the East Pleasanton Task Force discussed the feedback from commissions and committees and received information from Pat Costanzo, representing Kiewit, regarding what the housing numbers in the plan alternatives would look like with various assumptions about how much of the future Regional Housing Need for multifamily housing is accommodated in East Pleasanton, as well as the mix of single family and multifamily homes (this information is included in Attachment 4: Comments from Task Force Members and the Public). At the conclusion of Task Force discussions it was agreed that two additional draft alternatives should be considered: Alternative 5 which accommodates 1,756 units (with 35 percent of the high density housing need for next two Regional Housing Need Assessment (RHNA) cycles) and Alternative 6 which accommodates 2,279 units (with 40 percent of the high density housing need for the next two RHNA cycles). In addition, in response to feedback, the Task Force agreed that the following changes would be made to the alternatives: • Change the legend on all four alternatives pertaining to the "Potential School Site" to read: "Potential Public School/Park Site." This will denote that public schools would be developed in conjunction with a public park. • Relocate the potential school site in Alternative 4 to a site west of El Charro Road. • Identify approximate locations of the future private residential recreation areas on all alternative plans. • Add all trails, staging areas, and vistas suggested by the Trails Committee to all the alternative plans. • Identify the approximate location of the retail overlay zone on the northern parcel. Page 2 of 9