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of the residents to all this growth going on around them. He added that he thinks they just disagree with the assessment that there is a need, particularly those residents who have had the opportunity to look north to Dublin and to see the abundance of housing just over the freeway. Mr. Bowen stated that in 2012, 3,277 units were approved as part of the RHNA projection at that time. He continued that that was reduced in 2014, but 2,168 units of apartment developments were in various stages of the building process or permitting process by then. He added that they were told in 2012, and there was a comment by one of the Councilmembers as well as the City Manager, that they did not anticipate growth actually happening at this pace. He noted that two- thirds of the properties that were approved two years ago now have building plans, and if 2,000 more are added, developers are going to continue to react and pursue those properties, and the City will have a surplus not only of zoned properties but of housing, of which Pleasanton residents are not going to be in favor. He stated that he has gone door to door on these issues, and all the residents he has talked to are hot about this, whether they agree or oppose his perspective. He asked the Commission to not only consider RHNA needs but also the will of the people of Pleasanton who live here, pay taxes here, and vote here. Laura Berkeley agreed with Mr. Bowen's comments. She questioned why the City is overbuilding, putting more housing in Pleasanton than is legally required. She indicated that the City has no water, and the School District has come out in opposition of this as it does not have the capability to build schools. She stated that affordability is really important, and her biggest concern is that the City will continue to take money from developers and the concept of affordable housing will not even exist anyway. She expressed further concern that the City Council is listening to businesses and not to the community itself. Ms. Berkeley agreed with Mr. Bowen that people in this community are very busy. She stated that they all work full time, and they have children in sports. She indicated that the community does not agree with the doubling of Pleasanton. She added that a number of them were out passing out flyers in their community recently, and people were appalled to find out what was going on. She pointed out that traffic there is horrible, and housing is being constructed in properties in the middle of the City where everyone has to get on the road, while the City takes away the property next to BART that could have put people near public transit and listened to Workday's request. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Balch stated that he overheard at a different meeting that with respect to RHNA numbers, the City has the ability to borrow from different years. He asked if that was correct. Ms. Wallis replied that the City has a Growth Management Program, and it has 2,067 units divided by the eight years of the Housing Element cycle. She stated that the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 25, 2014 Page 9 of 29