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Councilmember Narum asked and Mr. Dolan confirmed that staff felt the Task Force would require one, possible more, additional meetings to complete its work. In an effort to streamline the process, due to the large amount of people wishing to speak on this issue, Mayor Thome requested a show of hands from those present to answer the following questions: • Which of the options presented by staff they supported. • Who would support placing any decision on how to proceed on the November ballot, should the Council not be able to reach a majority vote? • Who viewed the current drought as a major reason not to proceed? • Who believes water conservation efforts should not be used to support water consumption in the plan area? • Who believes the use of recycled water in the plan area conflicts with the General Plan? • Who has flooding concerns? • Who questions the school district's demographer's report? • Who believes extension of El Charro Road would not resolve traffic impacts? • Who believes the plan would exacerbate traffic conditions or First Street? • Who believes the plan fails to address congestion on Sunol Boulevard? • Who believes the plan is flawed due to its reliance on extending El Charro Road? • Who views the Urban Growth Boundary as an impediment to the plan? • Who was concerned that taking action prior to the next RHNA cycle could result in a need to place more high-density housing on the east side? • Who feels that any specific plan for the east side should be put the voters? • Who is concerned about property being annexed into Livermore? Mayor Thorne thanked the public for their participation and said the Council has seen how the audience feels about these issues. He acknowledged that the vast majority demonstrated opposition and/or concern regarding the continuing the East Side Specific Plan process. He opened public comment and asked that speakers not address the same issues during their comments. Patrick Costanzo, Kiewit Properties, requested the Council's support for continuing the planning process including completion and certification of the EIR. He expressed surprise over the city's contemplation of stopping a 3-year planning process, which the larger property owners were asked to fund, prior to its completion. The Task Force has worked diligently to evaluate the constraints and opportunities of the area as well as considerable input, and the result is a draft plan that provides a balance mix of housing, parks, retail, commercial and industrial uses. He expressed concern that the integrity of the planning process is at risk. He noted that the initial request to revisit the process was based on the drought but has morphed into a fabricated fear of sprawl. He stressed that the planning of East Pleasanton has absolutely no effect on the drought and in fad prematurely stopping this process could result in the development of millions of square feet of industrial use that would certainly strain an already limited water supply. He said this process provides an opportunity to lead the region in planning a unique community that exemplifies water conservation and completion of the EIR is critical in order to address this and other issues through proper planning. Halting planning at this point would compromise over $125 million to be used for the completion of El Charro Road, construction of a new school, completion of Iron Horse Trail and other recreation opportunities. He asked the Council to support Option 1. Ed Broome said he read the full Draft EIR and discovered a distinct conflict between the contemplation of recycled water and the city's General Plan. He asked how the draft document, which is intended to be specific, could consider options in such drastic conflict to the General Plan. He asked the Council to support Option 3 until a better supply of water and a more workable plan is available. Ms. Seto explained that some members of the public and Council had expressed concern over a perceived conflict between Policy 1.5 of the General Plan and the Draft EIR's discussion water sources City Council Minutes Page 7 of 15 May 19,2015