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which have surprised her because she thought Pleasanton was a community of character. She thinks she will need to go back as an organization and remind the City why they organized themselves as a Pleasanton nonprofit in 2012. Many boardmembers and advisors lived in Pleasanton or had worked in Pleasanton and they knew this was the right city for their organization. They loved the embracing, respect and integrity that came with being a community of character. If any boardmembers or advisors thought they would be where they are now 4 years later they would have not come this far. She relayed a story about their garden development at Hagemann Ranch which has produced 7,500 pounds of food for many non - profit organizations and they have given back to the community and are all volunteers. Most of them have kids with special needs, they know each other through Special Olympics and they want to live and play together and grow old together. She said the advantage in Irby Ranch is an opportunity for families here to buy homes and be able to know their kids can access the Sunflower Hill campus. Without Irby Ranch there is no Sunflower Hill. They have searched the city for years to find a site and have tried to work with other developers which did not work and now they have this opportunity. However, if they focus on the things that could go wrong or why the timing is not right or financing issues, or whether or not kids would be able to access some amenities and traffic problems, it will never get built. Their board, advisors and families join in the risk, but she was confident they can move forward together and she hoped to say in the future that they are building a community because Pleasanton believed in them. She asked the Commission to move forward and appealed as a mom, a resident, president of the Sunflower Hills Board of Directors to do the right thing and she thanked the Commission for their vote which will help many children live in the community for the rest of their lives. Brock Roby said he lives near the proposed project, is the parent of a special needs adult, he relayed the great need in Pleasanton for such a project and asked the Commission to approve the project. Peter MacDonald stated he has been working with Mr. Serpa and said the school district has signed the school mitigation agreement to address issues. The Sunflower Hill project will provide a much needed center for housing and care for autistic spectrum adults who have aged out of the district programs. He echoed the many benefits of the project, questioned how the single family project could be called high density at 6.2 units per gross acre when HCD classifies high density as 30 units per acre or 450 apartment units and asked the Commission to approve the project. Rick Irby said on behalf of he and his sister, he thanked the Commission for consideration of what his mother began 4 years ago by signing a contract. It was her hope that the downtown area would grow that much more into their property; that it would be a good use, and he thanked the Commission. BREAK PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 10, 2016 Page 13 of 33