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ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Commissioners Nagler, O'Connor, and Ritter NOES: None ABSTAIN: None RECUSED: None ABSENT: Commissioners Allen, Balch The Minutes of the January 13, 2016 Meeting were approved, as amended. 3. MEETING OPEN FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM WHICH IS NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA Carrie Cox, Cox Family Stores: Tonight please permit me to quote from the September 2015 SEIR regarding the Costco option in the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone. Item C; Issues for Concern: "The analysis in this SEIR indicates that development facilitated by the EDZ would generate air emissions that would result in a net increase of criteria pollutants which would conflict with implementation of the applicable air quality plan, and increased traffic which would affect levels of service for freeway ramps at merge /diverge areas within 1 -680. These impacts would be significant and unavoidable, even after incorporation of mitigation measures. As a result, issues related to air quality and transportation and traffic impacts are potential areas of controversy." Impacts significant and unavoidable to traffic and air quality. Is this what we want from our City? Last week an upset customer who is a citizen of Pleasanton commented, "Everyone talks about traffic but no one cares about air pollution. An extra 12,000 to 16,000 cars per day will make contaminated air." I attended the BAAQMD meeting on Monday night at the Sheraton Pleasanton Hotel. It was good to meet and have conversations with people who really care about pollution. Costco's gasoline sales will be equivalent to about 10 average gasoline stations. Will the City approve the pollution from 10 gas stations at that location? Can you imagine the number of delivery tankers full of 8,000 gallons of gasoline on our streets? I will do the math for you. It's 125 tanker trucks per month. The citizens of Pleasanton are frustrated and left wondering, does the Planning Commission care or is it just about tax revenue? Thank you for allowing me to speak. Bill Wheeler, Black Tie Transportation: Thanks for letting us speak tonight. I'm here to talk about the proposed rezoning and development off Johnson Drive and Economic Development Zone. In spite of the statements of Mayor Thorne that this project will get a full public hearing, it seems like the project is proceeding without adequate public input. It is already being talked about as a "done deal." At the Chamber of Commerce meeting, I personally heard Dan Rosenbaum from Nearon say, " Costco has signed the lease. They are here." This statement was not refuted by your staff including Gerry. I'm asking you to really take a look at what they have outlined in the EIR, especially in the fiscal analysis where there are five different scenarios for what can be done in the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone besides a Costco. Interestingly, your staff has rejected the one alternative that we think is a better choice than bringing a big box store into this area. This is the idea of a mixed use area with a campus style complex, PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 10, 2016 Page 2 of 10