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has informed it of what is coming up so it can plan accordingly for its facilities. She noted that City staff has done that all through the Housing Element Update process and with those changes to the General Plan. She added that there is also a Liaison Committee where members of the School Board and the City Council meet regularly to discuss these types of developments. Ms. Stern stated that at last night's meeting, the School Board accepted a demographer's report that actually has a couple of recommendations related to two new schools, one of which would be in the northwestern area, potentially in the Hacienda Business Park area, and the other one, potentially long -term out there ten years, in the East Pleasanton area. She noted that the District is definitely looking at a long -term need for schools rather than at an immediate need at this point. Commissioner O'Connor asked Ms. Stern, for the benefit of the audience, if she can touch on how many children are expected in this type of development which is a rental as opposed to an ownership and a single - family. Ms. Stern replied that it would be less than for a single - family. She stated that the demographer's report may have made assumptions and scenarios based on different assumptions because the City has not built anything parallel to this development built in the last ten years. She indicated that she thinks the District has been using data from Dublin, and there is some discussion about whether that will be reflected in the Pleasanton case or not. She added that she believes the data that the District has used is something around .4 school child per unit. She stated that she can get some more accurate information on that if the Commission wants to do the study. Commissioner O'Connor commented that he thought it .7 child per unit. Chair Pearce stated that she would be interested in seeing that report when this application comes back to the Commission. Mr. Dolan stated the Archstone apartment complex has also been considered as a source of data and that staff has some decent data on that. Commissioner O'Connor noted that some people sometimes think that these projects are loading up the schools but there are probably only somewhere between 50 and 75 students. Mr. Dolan indicated that staff has what it needs and will work with the applicant on the Commission's recommendations. He noted that there will be some challenges in moving the pool, but staff will certainly explore different locations and ways to screen it. He added that one of the biggest issues seems to be moving the bulk around from the back row but that he has some ideas for that. No action was taken. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 11, 2013 Page 26 of 27