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blended or are is the Commission limited to picking one of these six options that are listed. Mr. Dolan replied that the Commission can amend anything and create something less than the highest one that it has evaluated. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if it would be really comparing the six Alternatives if what is picked is one that has not been specifically studied in the EIR. Mr. Dolan replied that was correct. He indicated that what will be approved is something that is an amended version of one of the Alternatives. He acknowledged that it would be easier to do the finding and all the other things if what is approved is very close to one of the Alternatives; a whole different approved project can be crafted and still use that environmental analysis. Commissioner O'Connor commented that that might be harder to do. Commissioner Ritter inquired if the Plans can possibly be changed based on the analysis and as feedback is received. Mr. Dolan said yes. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Julie Testa noted Mr. Dolan's brief statement about "Asks" that have recently come from the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) and stated that she actually commended PUSD for finally being honest and waving a red flag saying that Pleasanton needs multiple schools and that it does not have the ability to build them. She indicated that PUSD has come right out and said that there is going to be a school attached to the East Pleasanton Specific Plan and that someone is going to have to give PUSD the land and build the school. She added that PUSD has accepted the demographers report, confirming that every campus in Pleasanton is over capacity on several different levels and exceeds the General Plan recommendations. Ms. Testa stated that the Planning Commission has an obligation to take seriously what is in the General Plan. She indicated that 1,500 additional units have been approved, and the City is looking at another 1,759 units with the Preferred Plan; yet every campus in Pleasanton exceeds the Pleasanton General Plan recommendations, and there is no plan whatsoever to mitigate the growth in the schools. She added that this does not even address the severe impact to the middle schools and the high schools. She reiterated that PUSD has finally said that this is a problem and that it cannot continue to move forward and ignore this huge problem. She stated that lovely neighborhoods are an asset and that it would be nice if growth is mitigated before it becomes a crisis. Ms. Testa stated that the Planning Commission knows that SB50 says not being able to mitigate school growth cannot be taken as a consideration if this Plan gets so far along PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 25, 2013 Page 29 of 45