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vgAl PLEASANTON CHAMBERci COMMERCE March 10, 2017 Honorable Mayor and City Council, City of Pleasanton PO Box 520 Pleasanton, CA 94566 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Provided to the City Council After Distribution of Packet .3347 Date Dear Mayor Thorne and Council members Brown, Narum, Olson and Pentin: As you prepare far the upcoming "Council Priorities Workshop" the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce is pleased to submit the following recommendations for inclusion in your new Two -Year Priority List. Add (return) to Council's Priorities under GENERAL PLAN Goals: o Calling out "drought" as the reason, in June of 2015 your Council temporarily halted the process and postponed completion of the East Pleasanton Specific Plan, the seventh and final specific plan within the City's General Ptan, Whereas California's drought is officially declared `over', the City must fulfill its commitment to planning the east side and complete the EPSP in 2017, including the design, and commitment to extend El Charro Road to Stanley Boulevard. The property owners who paid for the EIR deserve, at the very least, its timely certification and the Council appointed EPSP Task Force members, who served for two -plus years, deserve a timely outcome. Priorities already on Council's DRAFT 2017/2018 Work Plan: o Following overwhelming voter support last November, we urge you to complete the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone before June, 2017 and commence with infrastructure improvements imrnediatety in anticipation of receiving development applications for the property as early as April or May of 2017. • Build on the successful completion of the Zoning Code Update, Phase 1 in 2016, with completion of Phase 2 in 2017 and Phase 3 in 20M. • A lack of affordable workforce housing is the greatest long term threat to the economy.of our region, and we concur with Council's desire to begin a Workforce Housing Financing Analysis in the fall of 2017. • There is great demand in our region for an ice - Skating Facility with four full sheets of Ice; its construction on the former Staples Ranch property, or elsewhere in the City, where restaurants, retail and a hotel are (or could be) located will contribute greatly to our 7- day -a- week economy and tax base. www,pleasanton.org 777 Peters Avenue • Pleasanton, CA 94566 • Phone: (925) 846 -5858 • Fax: (925) 846 -9697