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Citizens for a Caring Community P.O. Box 1781 , Pleasanton CA 94566 June 6, 2013 East Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force Brian Dolan,Director of Community Development Janice Stem,Planning Manager City of Pleasanton Pleasanton,CA 94566 Dear Task Force members, Here is the source and worksheet background for my earlier comments,which you received yesterday. Employee density information was derived from the Pleasanton General Plan Land Use Element,Table 2-4 on page 2-17: TABLE 2-4: EMPLOYEE DENSITY STANDARDS Workplace Type Average Square Foot Per Employee Office 300 Research& Development 340 Light Manufacturing 435 Warehouse/Service Industrial 560 Service Commercial 625 Retail 510 Restaurant 170 Hotel/Motel 1,370 Source:ITE(Institute of Transportation Engineers)Trip Generation Manual,7m Edition rates,adjusted for Pleasanton. Information on earnings and wage distributions for various occupation categories,as well as the metrics for employees generated by the various types of market-rate housing development came from information published in 2011 by the Economic Roundtable entitled Affordable Housing Benefu Fee Study:The Nexus between New Market-Rate Development and the Subsequent Increase in Demand for Affordable Housing in the City of Los Angeles. While the information isn't adjusted for Pleasanton or the Tri- Valley, it is recent, and gathered from a wide range of southern California communities that are part of the State's economy. Pleasanton will soon have its own nexus study in Band which will provide more precise metrics for our area. Nonetheless, one can safely assume it will show that both market- rate residential development and commercial development will increase Pleasanton's need to provide affordable workforce housing. The specific tables I used from the Economic Roundtable study are the following: