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DRAFT that come out of that and hopefully create a Plan that is a win-win for the community and that can support all the infrastructure that is coming out. Mr. Costanzo stated that the phrase "financially feasible" keeps coming up, and this is a serious issue because there is a new cost at every turn. He indicated that they want to be able to provide what the community needs, but everything takes money. He stated that Kiewit sent a letter to the Commission yesterday raising a couple points to take into consideration: (1) The way the land use is currently in Option 6 does not necessarily maximize the value. He indicated that they have worked hard to maximize it, and if they are going to go into an EIR, they felt that to have the maximum land use value in there to make sure those constraints were studied was valuable. (2) This decision does not necessarily need to be made now, but a big part of the ultimate Plan and as the project moves to the EIR is going through the Specific Plan Design Guidelines and the actual Specific Plan, and the Transfer Station is a subject of a lot of deliberation in the Task Force meeting. He stated that what they have asked for and what was recommended through several members of the Task Force was to give the underlying zoning to the Transfer Station but not have it count towards the total units because, right now, when they are counting all the units as they do the financial feasible studies, and taking away 83 of those units for the Transfer Station would mean less money to pay for all the needed infrastructure. He noted that, as the developers of the project, if they had the extra units, they are willing to say that they will not contribute to the infrastructure as an incentive for them to get more money to sell the property, and they will then offset the cost of the move or cover it. He further noted that they do not know yet what the total cost for doing that is. He asked the Commission to consider those two points as additional recommendations to what staff has. Mr. Constanzo stated that there was some discussion about throwing in another Plan, taking out one of the Plan 5's. He asked that Plan 5A be kept over Plan 5B if that is being considered, because Plan 5A has more land use value. Lastly, Mr. Costanzo stated that everyone gets focused on the numbers and he thinks Mr. Dolan did a very good job of making everyone understand that these are not the final numbers. He indicated that the higher limit was quoted by the Council so that when all the ER information comes in and all the costs are piled in, whatever is needed will be there; and if it is not needed, he is sure this community will not go to that level. He pointed out that the Preferred Plan, as Mr. Rasmussen described it, has some great points. He indicated that they are looking forward to working with the community, the neighbors in Ironwood, and everybody else to create a Plan that ultimately everyone will like. Patricia Mitchell complimented the Commission as well as the previous Commissioners and staff, for doing a good job. She stated that she knows this is not an easy job, and the Commission is faced with some very difficult decisions here. Ms. Mitchell stated that she is wearing a dual hat here because she is a resident of Ironwood as well as a Pleasanton Unified School District employee. She expressed DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 9/25/2013 Page 19 of 28