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commute hours, and which is already one of the most heavily traveled streets in the city. While we are happy <br /> to see Boulder Street extended, this will not address the traffic on Valley Ave as cars coming off Busch & <br /> Boulder will further contribute and exacerbate the traffic jams on Valley Avenue. <br /> Please be reminded that when Ironwood Development was in its planning stages, it was determined that the <br /> addition of—180 new housing units would be an unacceptable and major impact to the residents by Mohr <br /> Avenue. This resulted in a barrier being located between the Ironwood Classis and Estates housing units. If 180 <br /> new housing units were identified as causing a major traffic impact to the Mohr Ave community, it's difficult to <br /> imagine the impact of 1750+ units. Other than a major impact on Valley Avenue, other areas of Pleasanton <br /> will also be severely impacted such as Santa Rita & First Street. <br /> One specific option for reducing traffic would be to allocate Senior Housing. <br /> (3) While we appreciate the efforts of the Task Force, Planning Commission and City Council to do its best to <br /> preserve at least a 65/35% ratio single family to multi-family housing, we are still extremely concerned with <br /> the total units of 1759 reflected in the Preferred Plan, as well as the balance of RHNA allocations across <br /> the city. <br /> Specifically: <br /> -- Build in Phases: Although we understand the feasibility to include 2 RHNA cycles in <br /> this plan, we request calling out that 2022-2030 RHNA allocations are `not' pulled <br /> back into 2014-2022. For example, the latest numbers for 2014-2022 (after accounting <br /> for carryover) arc: <br /> Very-Low/Low/Moderate Above Moderate <br /> 325 344 <br /> This is total of 669 units. If allocate this requirement `fairly' across Pleasanton, <br /> allocating—25%, this leaves 167 `total units' which will need to be built in East <br /> Pleasanton between 2014-2022. This should not require large infrastructure costs. <br /> We request the city to break out the two RHNA cycles to guarantee 2022-2030 RHNA <br /> allocations are not pulled back into 2014-2022. Let's slow down some and wait <br /> for the next RHNA cycle to begin building and approving for that cycle. <br /> -- Balance of IZO— Maintain 15% IZO(including subsidized/section 8 housing). We <br /> are concerned that some recent High Density housing projects have been provided the <br /> opportunity to pay fee-in-lieu, and eventually the housing built in East Pleasanton will <br /> be required to take on higher IZO requirements (ie. it is not fair for other parts of the <br /> city to have 10-20% IZO, and East Pleasanton to have 30-100% IZO). <br /> -- What would be required for the City to bring the EPSP Proposal forward as city-wide <br /> vote on this high amount of planned housing, for example, putting it on a Ballot? <br /> -- Our understanding is one of the main themes for RHNA satisfaction was that the <br /> housing units should be transit-oriented with easy access to mass-transit systems. <br /> East Pleasanton does not meet this criteria, thus questioning over 1700 housing units <br /> and the intensity of development envisioned by the preferred plan. <br /> -- We ask the city to consider the Auf De Mar site when planning for the EPSP. <br /> (4) We ask City Council members to continue the City's program of controlled and balanced growth so that <br /> East Pleasanton will not be flooded with an inordinate amount of new houses over a short period time. In order <br /> to meet the expected infrastructure costs, developers will be seeking a glut of housing approvals right up front. <br /> Again, what other options can reduce the infrastructure costs that are driving the developers/land owners to <br /> increase the number of housing units? <br /> 2 <br />