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From: Joanne Hall ; �e' Gity Council Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 4:40 PM Y!i7 Y` i ; s°d > ,'tion of Packet To: Matt Sullivan; Mayor and City Council; Nelson Fialho Cc: Brian Dolan; Janice Stern; Maria Hoey; Pleasanton),W Clerk RE: RHNA Update and EPSP Subject: p Dear Mr. Sullivan: Thank you for taking the time to write and share your concerns about the East Side Specific Plan. This email acknowledges receipt of your email to the City Council and the City Manager. Thank you again for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. Joanne Hall Public Information Officer From: Matt Sullivan ' Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014. 4:37 PM To: Mayor and City Council; Nelson Fialho Subject: RHNA Update and EPSP Dear Mayor and Council, I am writing about your item tonight on the update to RHNA and options for the EPSP. As those of you that were on the Council at the time know, the result of the Urban Habitat lawsuit and mandates from HCD forced the city to rezone 70 acres in the city for high density development. We would certainly not have done this without these mandates. Subsequent to this the Council adopted a revised Growth Management Ordinance to try and maintain the spirit of our voter-approved Housing Cap and limit development approvals to "float" with our RHNA allocation. Strangely enough, after doing all of this we now have a surplus of units allocated to RHNA. The thought that we would add to this surplus by continuing to plan the East Side and approve a Specific Plan for another 1800 plus units on top of this is completely inconsistent to our growth polices and what I still believe is the will of the people. You should put the EPSP on hold indefinitely. If you want to do something on the east side, establish it as an open space buffer between Pleasanton and Livermore and build some trails and bike paths. Keep this land on ice until after 2022 to see what comes out of the next RHNA cycle. 1