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Pleasanton, and it was nice to have an affordable apartment that he could move into and groom his career, and end up marrying a wife that grew up in Pleasanton as well. He indicated that he thinks this has to be looked at in the long -term because 30 years from now, the City is going to grow 30 percent to 90,000 residents, and if Pleasanton does not have the affordable mix, it is all going to be the rich person's town without any workforce housing. With respect to the Irby - Kaplan -Zia site, he noted that it has been sifting the way it is as a kind of farmland, and if the owners want to change it to a medium - density residential zoning, it might be kind of a nice area close to the Downtown. As regards the CM Capital site, he stated that he is more in favor of leaving the current zoning the way it is or push to make them condominiums, although it was mentioned that that will never pencil out. He added that he likes the fact that it is right near a school and is close and convenient. He noted that living at Springhouse Apartments was great because he like the concept of not having to get on the freeway to go to work or restaurants. Commissioner Piper stated that she already shared her thoughts. Chair O'Connor stated that one of the things that he did not say and should have said was that the overarching thing here is that most of the people who live in Pleasanton were very disappointed that the City lost the lawsuit on the housing cap. He noted that the City is already pretty close to the number of where it would have been had it not lost the housing cap. He added that although the City had to build additional units because of the lawsuit, the fact is that people wanted to keep the housing cap, and with those two things combined, what the people of Pleasanton really want to do is keep the number as low as possible with meeting the State requirements and not building above and beyond what we already have. He indicated that this is why he is saying that he does not want to zone anything extra and does not have a problem with taking something back because he thinks the City is already over where the people of Pleasanton would like it to be. Commissioner Allen stated that she realized she did not comment on the Irby - Kaplan -Zia property. She indicated that her overarching idea is very similar to that mentioned by Chair O'Connor. She noted that this is a community where slow and thoughtful growth is important to its residents, and with that strategy in mind, she has no desire to rezone and add more housing to the Irby - Kaplan -Zia site. She added that it does not make sense to her to change the zoning and add more residential when the City is already far over what it needs to be for RHNA. She indicated that she does believe that the City needs to support the State requirements via its RHNA requirements, but she has no desire to add more. She noted that her only caveat to that comment is that if there is a very compelling business case that she can see that shows that the Irby - Kaplan -Zia site really has major financial or infrastructure benefits that are critical to the City that it would not get otherwise, such as something really compelling with water and sewer that can be presented in a quantifiable way as a business case. She reiterated that she could not see adding any more residential units when the City does need them and when that is not the desire she has heard from the residents and folks that came out tonight. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 25, 2014 Page 27 of 29