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a. Matters for Commission's Information East Pleasanton Specific Plan Commissioner Ritter stated that a Neighborhood Meeting was held on the East Pleasanton Specific Plan, and while he was not present, Mr. Weinstein and Chair Allen were in attendance. He noted that there will be two more Neighborhood Meetings and that he has been asked to chair the meetings. He asked Mr. Weinstein and Chair Allen to give the Commission an update on what happened at the first Neighborhood Meeting. Mr. Weinstein stated that it was a very interesting meeting; 15 people RSVP'd and almost 100 people showed up, over - stacking the perimeter of the Operations Services Center conference room. He indicated that overall tenor of the conversation was in opposition to the Plan, and serious concerns were expressed about water, school, housing, and traffic. He stated that staff gave a short presentation at the beginning of the meeting and essentially opened it to a Question- and - Answer session. He noted that questions and comments ranged from why the City is not going for traffic circles as is done in Europe; why the City is moving forward with a 1,300 -unit development in the context of a severe drought in Pleasanton; why the El Charro Road extension is necessary; and if a school is being planned for the area and what effect the project will have on school enrolment. He added that there was a lot of overlap between the topics raised and topics that the Commission would likely hear at the Draft EIR comment session on May 27, 2015. Chair Allen stated that it was an interesting and challenging meeting in that there were expert people there who have been involved with this process for a long time, and there were people who just came for the first time who only knew there is this development going on. She indicated that it was actually very good to hear the perspective from both groups, and Mr. Weinstein mentioned most of the issues brought up. She categorized the comments into four: (1) Why is the City building anything when it has already met its RHNA requirements and there is no mandate to rezone anything more; and if the property is rezoned, it will potentially be built on. (2) Traffic. (3) Schools. (4) Water. She noted that "water" has always come up, but that it came up even stronger because of the current situation. Commissioner Ritter stated that the good news is that staff will summarize the statements everyone brought up as part of the response to the Draft EIR. Mr. Weinstein replied that there will not be a word- for -word Minutes similar to what is produced for the Planning Commission, but there will be a summarized consolidated version of the verbal and written comments conveyed by the people. He added that people filled up comment forms at the meeting and that staff is compiling those as well. He indicated that the summary will be provided to the Task Force members, the Planning Commission, and the City Council. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 22, 2015 Page 6 of 8