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DRAFT a lot of dialogue, came back and said it wanted something closer to the balance that exists in town, which is closer to 65/35 and which is what the Preferred Plan is. Mr. Dolan stated that the Task Force also had a fair amount of dialogue as to where the land uses go and whether the density should be all collected in one spot to create a dynamic high activity area or should it be dispersed so that someone driving through this whole planning area will not be as impacted by a concentration of a higher density project, as opposed to seeing one and then something more low density and then something else farther down. He indicated that the Task Force ended with the dispersed area, and so that is what the Preferred Plan shows that some of the other Alternative do not show. Mr. Dolan stated that the Task Force's decision had some implications, and staff would like to talk to the Commission about those before it makes its recommendation. He indicated that Ms. Stern will discuss these implications, a lot of which have to do with the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) numbers that staff has talked to the Commission about several times. Commissioner O'Connor stated that he wanted to ask Mr. Rasmussen a question before moving on. He noted that Mr. Rasmussen had talked a little bit about having some campus office and a park and a school site just below Lake I and that those were placed in there because of its proximity to the airport. He inquired about the appropriateness of having a school in the APA where residential is not allowed. Mr. Rasmussen replied that the restriction does not have to do with safety but with sound and noise. He indicated that the concern that was presented way back in the 1990's dealt particularly with aircraft taking off and landing at night and disturbing the residents in Pleasanton. He further indicated that there are a number of different APA zones that deal with safety, and these are farther up, closer to the airport. He noted that all the Plans propose something very special in this area, and they all have the park as well as a little town square, and the retail over where there would be access off of Busch and El Charro Roads. He added that this area is kind of a special place unique to this site, and it has some opportunities to do something very nice, such as a lake front sort of retail area and a park or a school with a lake front setting. Mr. Dolan stated that staff also prepared a table outlining all the various comparative land use inventories which the Commission can refer to during its discussion. Ms. Stern then presented the table below that the Commission had seen previously, showing the City's RHNA numbers that was part of the Housing Element Update process. She indicated that the City will be embarking on the fifth update of its Housing Element very shortly and this will mean going back and reviewing what the City's RHNA numbers are and the ways the City will meet those numbers through various sites within the City and potentially East Pleasanton as well. DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 9/25/2013 Page 7 of 28