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Auf de Maur development. She added that those kinds of numbers, and the EPSP being as large as it is, will impact regional roadways; and, therefore, it is important that the total number of new car trips that are going to be added by the already approved Auf der Maur project be included in the traffic analysis to reflect a larger picture of the full circulation impacts and not just those coming out of the EPSP area. Mary Switzer stated that she lives in The Village at Ironwood and that her main concern is also traffic. She indicated that she has been talking to the residents at Ironwood as well as other neighborhood residents in the area, and their specific concern is whether there will be a possible lawsuit by the gravel companies if El Charro Road is put through to Stanley Boulevard. She questioned, if the extension of El Charro Road is taken out of the equation, where the future residents of the EPSP will exit, whether through Busch Road or Boulder Street, and what its impact on traffic would be. Kelly Cousins stated that she is a member of the EPSP Task Force, representing the Mohr Martin area. She expressed her appreciation for the addition of more alternatives to the Preferred Plan, and her neighborhood's concerns about traffic if El Charro Road is not extended, and its impact on First Street, the Valley Avenue /Stanley Boulevard area, and the total area of Pleasanton. She added that they also have concerns about the potential issues with the wicking system and the different kinds of amendments that have to be made in that area to make the soil stable, about the settlement and the various issues for the homes in the future, and about the effect of the ground water coming in to the City's water system. Becky Dennis, representing Citizens for a Caring Community, expressed concerns about the environmental impacts that are caused by the affordability profile of the plan. She stated that when Pleasanton completed its nexus study, it identified that 49.6 percent of Pleasanton employees earn at the very-low- income level and that 90 percent of Pleasanton workers commute to Pleasanton. She noted that the affordability profile of the Preferred Plan calls for 15 percent of the 30- units -to- the -acre portion of the project to be affordable to lower- income families, and that basically hovers between three - percent and five - percent affordability when looked at as a total portion of the development, with the balance of about 18 percent to 28 percent of the total project being moderate - income or market rate. Ms. Dennis stated that she would like the EIR to really analyze where people are working, based on the current commute patterns: how many of these people will work in Pleasanton; how many will work in Silicon Valley; and how many jobs will be created in the lower- income categories by the market -rate housing and commercial development. She indicated that if vehicle miles traveled are recognized to be the biggest source of carbon emissions, with a lot of extra vehicle miles traveled just beyond the local traffic concerns, then the air quality numbers will not add up. Ms. Dennis commented that the "No- Project" alternative, which states that there would not be any plan developed in the Specific Plan Area, might be a little extreme. She stated that she thinks there are probably many more efficient plans with a much better PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 13, 2013 Page 5 of 50