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BACKGROUND The East Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force has met eleven times since August 2012 to develop a land use and circulation plan for the East Pleasanton area. The City Council last reviewed progress on the Specific Plan in June, 2013 at which time, the Council provided input regarding four working draft land use alternatives. At that time, the City Council authorized the preparation of various impact analysis reports on the options, as follows: • Traffic Analysis dated July 25, 2013 prepared by Fehr & Peers (Attachment 4) • Infrastructure Summary and Cost Estimate prepared by Kier & Wright (Attachment 5) • Water Supply Assessment, July 2013, prepared by WJM C&C for Kier & Wright (Attachment 6) • EPSP Infrastructure Feasibility Analysis, July 25, 2013, prepared by EPS, Economic and Planning Systems (Attachment 7) • EPSP Fiscal Impact Analysis, July 25, 2013, EPS, Economic and Planning Systems (Attachment 8) Based on the information in these reports and the feedback from the Planning Commission and City Council, the East Pleasanton Task Force refined the plan options, selected its Preferred Plan and recommended five CEQA alternatives to be addressed in the Specific Plan EIR. The Planning Commission subsequently added a further alternative (see Planning Commission Action, below). The City Council is now being asked to review these plans, make changes as appropriate to the plans, and select a "Preferred Plan" and alternatives for analysis in the EIR and the Draft Specific Plan. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION The Planning Commission considered the Preferred Plan and Alternatives at its meeting on September 25, 2013 (excerpt of Minutes is included as Attachment 2). Several members of the public spoke, including residents of the Ironwood neighborhood. Concerns included: impacts on schools; a need for a balanced distribution of new housing; the appropriate ratio of single family and multifamily homes; increased traffic; potential vandalism; consideration of homes for people with developmental delays; request to include the alternative with 1,430 units; support for Alternative 1 with 1,000 units; support to Alternative 6; and concerns about proximity to gravel operations. Commissioners expressed concerns regarding increased traffic in the area and particularly the weekend traffic impact of new homes in East Pleasanton, and discussed ways to mitigate impacts such as planning senior housing. Commissioners also questioned if school impacts would be analyzed in the EIR. The Commission recommended that the Preferred Plan and alternatives, with the addition of a 1,430 housing unit option, be analyzed in the Environmental Impact Report. The Commission also agreed it would give strong consideration to a Preferred Plan if subsequent analysis Page 2 of 8