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December 16, 2014 To: Mayor Thome, Council members, Pentin, Brown, Olsen, and Narum From: Bob Silva, Member of the East Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force Subject: City Council Meeting Dec 16, 2014, Agenda Item 9 Please support the Staff Recommendations and let us continue to move the planning process forward on the East Pleasanton Specific Plan. The Task Force has held 18 meetings since its creation in 2012. We have been presented extensive information on the Plan Area and have heard many comments pro and con from Task Force members and community members regarding the steps that constitute the Specific planning process. The Preliminary Draft East Pleasanton Specific Plan that is before you this evening is the result of those activities and has received overwhelming support of the task force members. In the next few paragraphs I would like to present you with my personal perspective on the methodology that this city has used to guide the orderly evolution of our community and my understanding of the key elements of the Plan and the process that will lead to an Adopted Fast Pleasanton Specific Plan. Future planning has always been a bell weather of the City of Pleasanton. Over the last 30 plus years,the City has continued to update the General Plan to address changing economic and demographic needs and has approved 10 Specific Plans. All of these have undergone a very public process. The results of these efforts are the community we live in today. We are a vibrant community with diverse residential neighborhoods, a dynamic and successful business community, an excellent school system, and a city with numerous public facilities and parks to serve its citizens. We should never fear the future. Nay saying is easy. Planning for the future requires a collective will to succeed. The preparation of the East Pleasanton Specific Plan(EPSP) was mandated by Pleasanton General Plan adopted in 2009. The EPSP will be the link to the overall General Plan policies. • The EPSP will establish development policy guide lines, identify infrastructure requirements, will set forth a financing plan and a phasing plan for development within the plan area. No development entitlements are approved during the Specific Planning process. The EPSP area encompasses 1110 acres. • Specific elements of the EPSP that will benefit the community as a whole are: o Completion of El Charro Road from Jack London Blvd to Stanley Blvd. will: • Reduce traffic congestion on Santa Rita Road and Valley Ave. • The extension will complete a regional transportation corridor from Tassajara Road to Stanley Blvd.