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compatible with those guidelines. He indicated that he also went through the Housing Element and did a word search on "adjacent neighborhood" and did not find any. He stated that he is illustrating the level of concern that his neighborhood has that this particular property does not fit in this place and is not in keeping with the history of the zoning and the building guidelines of the Business Park. Jane Bowen stated that her family moved to the neighborhood in 1985 and are original owners of the property, which backs up to the Arroyo. She pointed out again that the Pleasanton voters have historically, clearly, and strongly favored a plan of slow growth and that the City even fought to protect that plan in the lawsuit against Urban Habitat though that was resolved through a settlement. She noted that in slowing growth, the City has done the Growth Management Program which she thinks is a good idea; however, more parcels have already been rezoned beyond what the RHNA requirements are. She added that these properties are sitting out there, and the City does not have any control over them; it is up to the property owner to do what they want with them, given they have the rezoning. She stated that what this means is that more property can be built in excess of the RHNA requirement over this next cycle. Ms. Bowen stated that the Parkside neighborhood is particularly concerned with the CM Capital property at 5758 West Las Positas Boulevard, and it is their desire to reverse the zoning on that property to "Commercial' only. She indicated that it is right next door to the Summerhill project which seems to be going forward, even though she is wondering if there is an issue with the height issue. She added that she does not believe the neighbors were notified that that height restriction was going to be changed and not going to be followed for these rezoned properties. She stated that those two properties together make up over 12 acres, which is almost double any other high- density project in the Business Park, and would be right next door to each other with a combined 378 housing units. She indicated that this is unprecedented anywhere else in the City, right across the street from Hart Middle School. She continued that there currently are 699 high- density housing units existing or in the process of being built within .7 miles on West Las Positas Boulevard: the Summerhill project, the Nearon site across the street and slightly down, the existing Springhouse Apartments, and the Verona condominiums with another 151 units, for a total of 850 units. She added that the CM Capital property building would bring it up to over 1,000 units in just over half a mile. She indicated that this creates a high- density corridor in the City, all on one street across from a middle school. She pointed out that this detracts from the character of Pleasanton, overburdens its schools, burdens traffic, and strains the limited water resources. Ms. Bowen stated that when high- density housing was discussed earlier, the idea was to spread it around the City, and that is not what they are seeing; it is concentrated in the Business Park. She indicated that she understands there are reasons for that with BART being located there, but there were already four projects going forward in the Business Park, with at least one more approved and how many others that have actually been rezoned and have not yet come forward. She stated that what they are asking is that this particular property be rezoned as it backs up to the Arroyo and their PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 25, 2014 Page 19 of 29