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P14-0001, City of Pleasanton Application to amend Title 17 and Title 18 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code to implement the Climate Action Plan by requiring dedicated parking spaces for alternative vehicles and providing a transit incentive. Ms. Stern presented the staff report and briefly explained the scope and key elements of the proposed Code amendment. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if multi-family residential and in larger developments will have to supply parking and charging stations but not necessarily pay for them. Ms. Stern said yes. She stated that they could be charging for them, such as through a credit card. Commissioner Ritter inquired if this is new requirement or if the City is modifying an existing requirement. Ms. Stern replied that new requirements being added to implement those Climate Action Plan action items. She explained that, as the Commission has seen a few of these in the last several months, the City is developing various implementation measures for both the Housing Element and the Climate Action Plan. She noted that these are probably the last two measures the City needs to do for the Climate Action Plan. Commissioner Ritter stated that he is new to the Planning Commission and inquired if, for the Climate Action Plan, the City has to meet the goals set by the State and these are things we are doing to accomplish those. Ms. Stern replied that is correct. She stated that she believes Daniel Smith, Director of Operations Services, will be providing an update to the City Council at some point on how the City is doing. She noted that the analysis that Mr. Smith prepared for internal use is indicating that the City is hitting its goals. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. James Paxson, Hacienda Business Park, stated that this is a topic near and dear to his heart and something that they have been actively involved with in the Park for over 30 years now. He indicated that on the one hand, he thinks these programs are going to be very easy for them to do, and there are a couple of things he would like to throw out there that are worth considering as this is applied throughout the entire City. Mr. Paxson stated that this is going to be more dramatic for projects that have not been involved in this for a long period of time, but not because people are not going to be able to comply or that it is going to be difficult for them. He indicated that the outreach component is incredibly important, and working on educating people to make sure they understand what is going to be triggering the new requirements since these are significant requires a big change in thinking. He noted that parking can be very controversial sometimes, even EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 26, 2014 Page 1 of 3