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Commissioner Posson indicated that he did not make the comment on the 6th paragraph on page 2 regarding missing the treats and requested that it be corrected. Mr. Dolan stated that all of this would be spelled out in the Environmental Impact Report, and it would include traffic and all those things that were mentioned. In response to Chair Blank's question, he said that staff has what they need. Commissioner Pearce stated that she thinks what the Commission is saying is that it is flexible, that it does not want to be dramatically different from the rest of the town but recognizes the need for units there. Commissioner O'Connor inquired how many total acres the City has right now and how many units it has, not counting East Pleasanton. Mr. Dolan replied that there are somewhere between 26,000 and 27,000 units in the City. Commissioner O'Connor inquired how many acres there are in the City when considering adding density to this 400 -acre area. Ms. Stern replied that one would have to really look at it as what is the area that is designated residential. She asked Commissioner O'Connor if he is asking about vacant areas in the City. Commissioner O'Connor stated that the City is planning more than just residential in the East side; it is also looking at some industrial and some retail. He indicated that talking about these numbers, he is hearing people say how they do not want that much density. He asked what the density per acre is in the whole City; how many acres were developed and how many homes there are. Chair Blank noted that at that large a scale, it is almost averaging an average because there are such varying densities. He further noted that he is not sure how meaningful it would be to get the average density in the City of Pleasanton. Commissioner O'Connor noted that it means that if an area as big as 400 acres or 500 acres is being developed, then it would show know what the rest of the City has in terms of how many housing units there are in that area. He added that he thinks it would tell him if 1,000 units really was the max the City wants to go, or if it is really more like the 1,700. He stated that he thinks he knows what he would like to see, but he does not know what the whole City build -out today really is. Chair Blank stated that some questions need to be considered, such as if people who have entitlement rights to build but have not built yet are counted, or there are some high density housing that are already approved but has not yet built. He noted that it might be worth looking at. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 12, 2013 Page 16 of 25