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Commissioner Allen referred to the current capacity table which shows an excess capacity of 1,245 units and inquired if that does not yet include the East Pleasanton Specific Plan area. She requested staff to specifically address what the Preferred Plan numbers might be and how that could potentially be added to this capacity over time. Ms. Stern replied that it could be added over time but would probably not be in time for this Housing Element update because HCD requires the City to have that available and annexed into the City. She noted that a large part of East Pleasanton is not within the City, and the City would not be able to achieve adoption of the Plan and annexation by the time it needs to submit its Housing Element, which is the end of January next year. She noted, however, that at some point, the City will be able to use those numbers if a Specific Plan is adopted for that area. She stated that the Preferred Plan that was under discussion before the Task Force took a break was about 1,758 units, consisting of about 35- percent multi - family units. She added that the Task Force is doing work right now that could lead to some input that might change some of the alternatives that were being considered for that. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. John Lange stated that he would like the CM Capital site completely rezoned back to strictly commercial. He indicated that the neighborhood is already dealing with the Summerhill Apartments site, and although the applicants worked with the neighbors on changing some of the aspects of the plan, he still wishes there was no action to build apartments within a football field of his house. He added that if the site cannot be changed all the way back to business, then he would like to see the buildings there reduced to at least two stories and not any higher, and to get some of the density lowered to about ten units per acre. Mike Serpa, Concentric Development Group, representing the owners of the Irby - Kaplan -Zia site, stated that the development conceived by the owners for this site was a medium - density development, which would be higher density single - family detached homes with densities that can reach up to 12 -13 homes per acre. He indicated that this brings the sales prices down and makes them more attainable to a larger number of people. He noted that this is an infill site and suggested that in terms of sound planning, this should be done not because it has to be done or State law indicates it has to be done but because it is smart planning. He added that it is a walk to the Downtown. Mr. Serpa stated that he represents the three owners who have been patient since the early 1990's to develop this site. He noted that the City has wanted to extend Nevada Street, to install a new sewer extension through Nevada Street, and to connect a creek trail. He added that the time is right to get this done. He pointed out that the City of Livermore just did four projects in the Downtown with the same type of product and a lot of success. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 23, 2014 Page 13 of 27