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Commissioner Piper inquired how reasonable it would be to put a Task Force or a group together, similar to how Mr. Paxson suggested, with the homeowners of Parkside and Mr. Paxson present to negotiate or talk about coming to some sort of compromise. Mr. Dolan replied that he did not think Task Force is the right term but that staff could definitely facilitate that dialogue, although it sounds like the new owner has made the offer so it might even happen independent of staff. He indicated that he is not sure that the new owners have ever really met the neighborhood, but staff would be willing to attend. He noted that staff had an on -going dialogue with the neighbors throughout the Summerhill project, and that dialogue, in fact, resulted in some changes to that project that, while the neighbors would have preferred it was not approved at all, they were pleased that there were some changes made. Commissioner Allen stated that she liked the idea a lot. She indicated that she believes in general that having high- density housing in the Business Park fundamentally makes sense because it is close to transit and is a good use there, as well as minimizes impacts in other areas of the City. She noted that she hears the concerns of the residents and would potentially be open to some kind of downsizing strategy or reduction in height. She added that she knows some of the residents even proposed that at the last meeting they had. She stated that she thinks Commissioner Piper's idea of meeting with the neighbors to get feedback on what the project would look like is a win /win proposition. She indicated that, with that said, she would be very nervous about even that downsizing and certainly removing it from the list without first getting feedback from HCD and being assured that HCD directionally agrees with all the assumptions regarding the City having more than enough units or anything else that could pose a risk. Chair O'Connor stated that he is taking a little different look at this. He indicated that he knows things have changed since the last round of RHNA numbers and what the City thought it had to build then. He noted that the City is already close to 1,300 units over what RHNA is requiring through 2022, and with East Pleasanton not being touched at all, he is more than comfortable with what the City already has and does not want to add any more units. With respect to the two sites, he indicated that he would like to leave the Irby - Kaplan -Zia site zoned as is, and he would not be opposed to lowering the density on the CM Capital site. He added that, in fact, he would like to see the density lowered substantially and does not have a problem with moving it back to the commercial zoning it once was. He indicated that if the owners really wanted some kind of residential zoning, he would like to see something of far less impact than what was done next door with the Summerhill project. He added that he would like to see it two stories; however, he does not know if that pencils out for what the owners are looking for and if that helps at all with the City's low- density requirements. Commissioner Ritter stated that he is going a little the other way and thinks that the City needs to keep this affordable housing element in Pleasanton get workforce housing in here. He indicated that he moved to the Springhouse Apartments 25 years ago because it was in Pleasanton. He noted that he is one of the 15 percent that still work in PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 25, 2014 Page 26 of 29