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Annette Brecheisen <br /> From: Pleasanton City Clerk <br /> Subject: Please do NOT make Eastside Development a priority <br /> SI�PPLEi!MMEiSgAL MMATERIAIL <br /> From:John Carroll rovided to the City Council <br /> Sent:Tuesday, March 14, 2017 1:05 PM After Distribution of Packet <br /> To: Mayor and City Council<citvcouncil@cityofpleasantonca.gov> <br /> Subject: Please do NOT make Eastside Development a priority Date <br /> Mayor Thorne and members of the City Council, <br /> Pleasanton has been forced to build a great many housing units in order to satisfy our previously determined RHNA <br /> number. Pleasanton is currently in compliance,and will not be required to rezone land in order to build more units until <br /> 2022. We have not yet experienced all the impacts that will result from having all of these housing units occupied,so it <br /> would make little sense to push forward with additional development or even plans for possible development at this <br /> time. <br /> Why would Pleasanton want to rush forward with development of the Eastside when Pleasanton would be given no <br /> credit towards RHNA housing that will be required again in 2022? <br /> Pleasanton should leave the Eastside development to future generations, and future councils as they will need to find a <br /> way to come into compliance with future RHNA numbers. Please allow future councils to have the available land and <br /> latitude to come up with plans to meet future RHNA development requirements. <br /> Pleasanton has had a long history of bailing out developers when they get in trouble. Pleasanton bailed out the <br /> Hacienda Business Park when they needed to rezone land for building homes instead of their original plan for office <br /> buildings. The Pleasanton City Council came to the rescue again when the Bernal property along the 680 freeway could <br /> not develop the office buildings the land was zoned for.Then more recently the church on Valley Ave got in trouble, and <br /> again the Pleasanton City Council came to their rescue by rezoning the land for housing. <br /> Instead of being a "City of Planned Progress" it seems to me that Pleasanton is shaped more by a random series of <br /> developer bailouts. Please don't consider it your job to rescue yet another developer by bailing out Steel-Wave! Let's <br /> do what is most beneficial for the City of Pleasanton by planning development that is appropriate,well thought out, and <br /> helps us satisfy our RHNA obligations at the proper time! <br /> Thank you, <br /> John Carroll <br /> 1 <br />