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Dear City Council Members: We are residents of the Ironwood Community of Pleasanton and are writing to express our concerns regarding the selected "Preferred Plan" with its high number of units per the East Pleasanton Specific Plan (EPSP) Task Force. Many of our concerns result from high infrastructure costs that the developers will incur and their need to increase the number of housing units to then make the plan financially feasible. Like you, we moved to Pleasanton because of its well-planned community and good schools. The current City composition is about 75% single family housing and owner occupied. We would like to see all future development in Pleasanton continue in this manner. We are concerned that East Pleasanton is being asked to take a high disproportional number of total units due to its open space and perceived ability to get approvals without neighbors nearby. We are the neighbors nearby; we are displeased about these assumptions; and we are voicing our concerns. We the neighbors will be significantly impacted by any development in the EPSP area. Our roads and schools will be significantly impacted. What are the current strategies the city is employing for lessening these inevitable impacts? We request the City Council to address the potential impacts and mitigations PRIOR to committing to the"Preferred Plans". In addition why moving forward with any plans at this time, if most of the RHNA requirements would not start until 2022? A summary of some concerns are: • Least amount of units which are still feasible • Traffic Impact on Valley Avenue, Santa Rita, First Street, and multiple other streets. • El Charro Road Extension • Reduce the total # of units for preferred plan with good balance of SF and MF • Balance of RHNA numbers across the City when built out • Build in (RHNA) Phases • IZO(Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance) Concerns/Balance • Gradual Build out: Keep/Reduce Annual Growth Management Ordinance of 250 units/year throughout the City • Impact on Schools • Strategy for cutting infrastructure costs. • Aesthetics Following are additional details on the concerns from residents of our community for your consideration: (I) High total number of units required to support the infrastructure costs incurred by the land owners/developers. We are requesting further investigation to determine how to decrease these costs so that total number of units can be decreased. Expansion of El Charro will benefit both Pleasanton and Livermore communities and should also be funded by sources other than East Pleasanton Developers. Also, are there options for reducing the future infrastructure costs via design (reduce number of lanes, ...) and/or contribution towards infrastructure costs from the City general fund monies to help defray expenses?