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Citizens for a Caring Community P.O. Box 1781, Pleasanton CA 94566 S July 31,2013 East Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force Brian Dolan,Director of Community Development Janice Stem,Planning Manager City of Pleasanton Pleasanton CA 94566 Re:Item III B. Dear Task Force members, stakeholders, and interested residents, Unfortunately I will be out of town and unable to attend your meeting tomorrow. However, I have reviewed the new East Pleasanton Specific Plan Options, and offer the following comments, analysis, and concerns for your consideration. Clearly,the Task Force must evaluate the feasibility of each Option in a number of dimensions. You will be discussing a number of these areas such as infrastructure financing, water availability, and fiscal impacts.However,there is no staff analysis of how the various Options impact Pleasanton's current workforce housing deficits or future workforce housing needs. This seems quite remarkable, especially considering that the City would probably not have convened the EPSPTF to take up development in East Pleasanton at this time except for the immediate need to address Pleasanton's fair share of regional housing needs(RHNA)and the carbon emissions resulting from our workforce housing deficit. Analyzing each of the Options from this perspective shows that NONE of the Options self mitigate the housing need generated by new residential and commercial development. ALL of the Options would significantly increase Pleasanton's future affordable housing requirements. Applying the metrics for calculating affordable housing need as a result of new market rate residential development that are proposed in the most recent draft of a nexus study submitted to the Housing Commission, combined with adjusted commercial development data(for new Option square footage)CCC previously submitted to you, shows that each Option choice generates a significant and unmitigated need for Below Market Rate(BMR)housing for employees earning below 80%of the Area Median Income(AMI). (Worksheets available upon request.)