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pleased with this compromise. He urged the Council to follow the example of the Planning Commission, which unanimously supported this change to the Draft Housing Element. Mayor Thorne expressed his appreciation of all those who worked together to reach some sort of resolution. June You she has children attending both Hearst Elementary and Pleasanton Middle School. While her family moved here in large part due to the quality of public schools, both are overcrowded and only likely to worsen as a result of ongoing housing projects. She recommended that the city's leaders focus on maintaining this quality as well as implementing an improved recycled water system for both parks and schools rather than on new development opportunities. Matt Morrison advised the Council that following its unanimous support of a $1.3 million Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) feasibility study, the County of Alameda is asking cities to opt in to the study and provide load data from PG&E. He explained that Community Choice Aggregation allows cities and counties to pool the energy buying power of individuals and negotiate directly with energy developers and suppliers to secure energy contracts. He urged the Council to direct the City Manager to opt in and provide the requested load data to see if Community Choice Aggregation is a viable program for Alameda County. Dan Moore, Parkside resident, urged the Council to consider development in the context of current resources. He asked that the city refrain from approving new residential development beyond what is required by state law and to work with Zone 7 to ensure that the region maintains a renewable water supply. Robert Natsch, Parkside resident, said he moved to Pleasanton primarily for the quality of life, good schools and controlled growth. He expressed his concern over the latter in more recent times, as well as over schools, traffic and water resources. He urged the Council to seriously consider a moratorium on new growth, particularly on the east side. Richard Lee, Foothill High School senior, also shared concerns over impacts to traffic, school and water resources resulting from high density residential development. He said overcrowding and a rise in the student to teach ratio were most concerning and would likely result in a decrease in the quality of education in Pleasanton. He said he was not against the concept of growth, but cautioned that it should not outpace the city's ability to mitigate the resulting impacts. Liang Liao asked how the city intends to address the traffic impacts that will result from rapid growth. He urged the Council to help retain Pleasanton's small town feel. Yichao Chen echoed concerns over what she felt was unnecessary growth that would consume the city's limited resources. She asked whether the income generated by this development would be sufficient to offset the potential costs of new schools, streets and road expansions, and increased water supplies. She cautioned that if not addressed, these impacts may drive some away from the city. Winnie Liu also shared concerns over residential growth, particularly in light of the current drought. She worried that those residents who have already invested significantly in Pleasanton would bear the financial burden of this growth. She urged the Council to think first about preserving its precious natural resources and prudently planning for the needs to existing residents. Jack Cooper, Custom Exteriors, asked the Council take action to place an item related to the state's Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) Program on the agenda for consideration. Similar to California First, the HERO Program provides the means to go green with energy and water efficient home upgrades to the middle class by allowing homeowners to finance the cost of improvements on City Council Minutes Page 5 of 11 August 19,2014