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ROLL CALL VOTE: <br />AYES: Commissioners Allen, Balch, O'Connor, Piper, and Ritter <br />NOES: None <br />ABSTAIN: None <br />RECUSED: None <br />ABSENT: None <br />Commissioner Allen and Commissioner Ritter were selected as Planning Commission <br />Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, for 2015. <br />e. Adoption of Planning Commission Schedule of Meeting Dates for 2015 <br />The Commission adopted the Planning Commission Schedule of Meeting Dates for <br />2015. <br />f. Matters for Commission's Information <br />East Pleasanton Specific Plan Task Force <br />Commissioner Ritter stated that the Task Force held its almost -last East Pleasanton <br />Specific Plan Task Force meeting on December 4, 2014 and reviewed the final update <br />of the 116 -page "Preliminary Draft East Pleasanton Specific Plan Revision — 1" <br />document, 29 months of work by staff, community members, and the public. He <br />indicated that the Task Force discussed and provided feedback on the changes made <br />to the document after the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) numbers came in <br />and with the additions of about ten alternatives for the Environmental Impact Report <br />(EIR) process that the Task Force wants to send to the City Council. He noted that <br />there was a near - unanimous vote, with one dissenting vote. He stated that the next <br />step is for the City Council to consider the Plan and basically approve the EIR process, <br />and after the EIR is completed, community meetings will be held to receive feedback <br />from the public. He added that following the community meetings, the Task Force will <br />meet to discuss the public comment and have one final meeting to review the <br />document; then it comes back to the Planning Commission. <br />Commissioner Ritter noted that it was amazing to have 18 people, who have been <br />working on the East Pleasanton Specific Plan for 29 months or so, come up with a <br />document that is now going to the City Council for review. <br />Mr. Dolan stated that the Council will consider this item next week. He noted that there <br />were no real substantive changes to the plan, except the primary change in the base <br />plan wherein the total unit count was lowered from 1,759 units to 1,300 units, and <br />multi - family units were removed entirely, with three different densities but all <br />single - family detached units. He indicated that the main reason for the Council check -in <br />is for the Council to approve this as the version of the plan that will be evaluated in the <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 10, 2014 Page 6 of 7 <br />