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Allen: There was also a session on infill which was interesting. There were on -line slides for this and I'm wondering if it's possible to either print those off or.... Beaudin: Everyone can get access. There's a link for the training that happened on the League's website and not just this year's slides but last year's as well. I won't say every session, but close to all of the sessions are posted. There were friends and colleagues who did presentations and talked about some of the examples they gave. Redwood City had some interesting —the Community Development Director, now Assistant City Manager in Redwood City and San Mateo and some folks I've worked with in the past did presentations on how to make the public process work for you and to do a good job with that. So the slides are there. They're intuitive and the information is definitely embedded. Allen: So maybe we could get a link out to everyone with those slides? Personally, I didn't attend all of the sessions, but one that I recommend you review the slides on was one on infill. There were five cities including Beverly Hills, Manhattan Beach, Palo Alto, affluent cities and how they deal with infill, and most of these are built -out. One of the themes was have good zoning standards so you have something to rely on versus having to one -off it all. The Calthorpe presentation was very good and the one you mentioned; the public outreach, especially thinking of leading a task force or chair, especially helpful with examples and it was a very engaging presentation about what different cities did wrong and how they would rectify it. They actually gave the project they were working on and those were three that I found especially applicable in our role. e. Matters for Commission's Action No discussion was held or action taken. f. Reports from Meetings Attended (e.g., Committee, Task Force, etc.) Ritter: I just really like this part and we always seem to stick to it, but learning something from each other and the reports and meetings attended, I actually went to a Downtown Vitality Committee meeting and I've asked Gerry to send us an email or update like we had at Parks and Rec of all the different meetings we should attend like the housing commission. I think it's good to attend some of these as Planning Commissioners. It gives us a little visibility and knowledge of what is going on. They're talking about things we haven't even seen yet and it's good for us to try to go to some of these and ensure we learn. The Economic Vitality Committee priorities in 2016 are to expand and improve downtown parking, recruiting and retaining retail in downtown, formal review and updates of the Downtown Specific Plan, and Wayside and Delucchi Park improvements. So it's good and it was interesting. A handful of different people attended, and I've asked Gerry for the next meeting if he could give us a list of when they regularly meet and it might be good for us to pop in on some of these. O'Connor: The Pleasanton Downtown Association for seven years has been asking some other people from the Planning Commission to see what they do. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 9, 2016 Page 21 of 25