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Scott Raty, Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, spoke in support of the proposal and said Ponderosa Homes is a community-minded, reputable, local home builder with a successful track record for over 30 years, with outstanding employees. The developer recently turned the old mobile home park on Stanley Boulevard into a beautiful neighborhood serving the downtown. He thinks the Council is quibbling over water impacts. The mobile home park originally had more water and sewer hook-ups, but Ponderosa built on 12 homes. Therefore, they should receive credit for these which go back into the overall system. Ponderosa Homes is at the cutting edge of water use, design and products and this is pushed aside. The City knows that the new Bernal Park is going to use far more potable water and perhaps this should be brought to a halt. The neighborhood has voiced its support and said significant fees are paid by Ponderosa to the City and he asked the Council also keep this in mind. Kelly Cousins asked if another church was given this opportunity when the Busch property was developed. She noted 8 options were identified and analyzed. 5 were not feasible and 2 were feasible but substantially less viable from a financial standpoint. Therefore, this is not fair to other churches because it takes the land the community worked hard to preserve, reduced potential land for the school and she voiced concern with the change to the General Plan from Public and Institutional zoning to residential zoning. She likened the situation to the for-profit manipulation and further erosion to preserve and protect the community. She suggested a day care use and asked how this plan can be fair for other churches and asked the Council to vote no on the rezoning because she thinks the community deserves a better balance of land. Tom Pico said when he was first elected to the Council, a person told him that the most important thing he could do was to create public and institutional space for the community. He referred to the referendum and Ponderosa's retraction of their project. A plan was then put together through workshops and Ponderosa Homes asked what they needed to do to develop a plan the City will accept. He told them they need to cut out traffic impacts, limit the number of homes for the site, and create a school site providing additional park facilities and a public and institutional use and said if the 4 acre spot is lost the City is losing the opportunity for the public and institutional use to serve residents. He referred to the Community of Character and Element that asks for more public and institutional uses and he thinks it is premature and an insult to those who worked on the final plan to allow Ponderosa Homes to proceed with this project, which he described. He said there is no reason to change the zoning until more work is done, given it is the last piece of public and institutional zoned land the City has. Sandy Yamaoda voiced opposition to the rezoning of the church property so houses can be built on it. In 1998, amid allegations by citizens of harassment and intimidation the Council disallowed Ponderosa's plan to develop the Busch property. Ponderosa ultimately gained approval to build over 475 residences. The plan designated a mere 6.23 acres of the 92 acres as Public and Institutional. There was no option in the approved plan for Ponderosa to re-purchase the Centerpointe property later, rezone and build houses. The population has grown to more than 14,000 since 2000 and with 17 more homes, there is the need for preschools, daycare, private schools, less crowded public schools and places of worship. She said the church has published documents that say one option is to sell the entire parcel to one buyer and they selected the more lucrative offer to build houses and not churches. She said the developer purchased the property at a discounted rate and is now selling at higher residential rates. They published that they will receive $9.58 million and they want to capitalize on the profit to the detriment of residents as they cope with more homes in the 4th year of a drought. It is the City's obligation to determine what is best for the community and the maneuver by Ponderosa is not good for the City and sets a dangerous precedent. She asked the Council to reject the rezoning and ask that the church return with a better use of the land and not more houses. She also asked if the public has had an opportunity to evaluate the memorandum in Attachment A which just came out today. There are apples and orange comparisons regarding water and traffic and she cited on pages 9 and 12 of the original staff report that there would be a net increase of 5,560 City Council Minutes Page 13 of 28 October 6,2015