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From: Joanne Hall -,: rr {'( - a :' amity Council Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 2:40 PM TAi fl tton Parke To: nancy alien; Mayor and City Council Cc: Brian Dolan; Janice Stern; Maria Hoey; Pleasanton i Clerk 3--/ Subject: RE: EPSP work should be postponed Y � Dear Ms. Allen: 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: nancy alien L...__ Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 9:42 PM To: Mayor and City Council Subject: EPSP work should be postponed Hello Mayor Thorne and City Council Members: I wanted to share my input regarding the EPSP topic on the agenda tomorrow night I am writing as a 30 year resident of Pleasanton and as an original member of the EPSP Task Force. This is not a topic we have discussed at the Planning Commission and I am not writing in as a Planning Commissioner. Recommendation: Stop work on the EPSP and focus resources where we can continue to best enhance Pleasanton's financial health and quality of life. Rationale: 1) The original vision in the 2005 GP for East Pleasanton was"to create a valuable urban separator between Pleasanton and Livermore." (GP, page 2-11). The build out appeared to be envisioned as generally low intensity with much open space and with an R and D/industrial park. • Currently, there does not appear to be a near term need for a new business park on the east side. We have plenty of capacity remaining in Hacienda to meet near term needs. 2) The settlement agreement/2012 housing element drove a new vision for East Pleasanton -to help city meet expected 2014 RHNA requirements. 3) The reality is we have more than enough capacity to meet RHNA needs through at least 2022. It is unclear if we will ever need to rezone more land to meet RHNA. 4) We should protect our staff and community resources to support the most important work that will benefit our city in the foreseeable future • Continuing work on East Pleasanton now does not seem like the best use of our valuable city or community resources • Any work we do may be moot in 7-8 years as assumptions may shift significantly. • Our growth management plan may never allow a build out even close to what was required to pay for infrastructure costs so why waste time studying this now?