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I will say as my closing is that, in my opinion, they have greatly identified that safe bike riding for children to school, so school routes around schools, is going to be a category in and of itself to have a priority which I applaud. I think they wisely saw that. Back to school probably highlighted it, but it was a great thing. So they are going to cut it from the herd of several indicators and make it in its own right which is commendable. Chair Ritter: That's good and I concur. You did a great job representing as an alternate! Anybody attend the Civic Arts Commission? The Library Task Force is no longer. I attended the Economic Vitality Committee meeting and they heard what we're going to hear about in a few weeks or so which is the zoning code update /permits center and it looks like it's a lot more user - friendly for residents and people who are making projects so I'm looking forward to seeing that. Anybody go to the Heritage Tree Board Appeals? Commissioner Nagler: It never happened. Chair Ritter: I also went to the Housing Commission and I'm on the learning tour. They talked a lot about the grants for affordable housing and the shortage that we have. You have to go to Stockton to get a one bedroom, one bath for $700 a month, so there's a huge shortage of workforce housing in Pleasanton and the Housing Commission is looking into analyzing that. Commissioner Balch: I'll just mention that you probably saw on the website, if you would like to put your.....almost everyone here is excluded (it's not allowed for City staff, Commissioners, family members of Commissioners, employees, etc.), but they're trying to get a name for the new dog park located at the end of Marilyn Murphy King Trail. From my understanding there are only a few applications or names in the hat at this point so maybe you could encourage your youth in the neighborhood to put it in. You will be featured on that website, City Council meetings, some ceremony, etc. Applications must be turned in by the 31St of August. Commissioner Nagler: But nobody in this room can do it. Commissioner Balch: Maybe these two people but I don't know who they are. b. Future Planning Calendar Weinstein: So Chair Ritter put in a plug for one of the items which is the Zoning Code Update. Shweta to my left has been working really, really hard on that over the last couple of months and it's part of our overall objective of bringing zoning to the people and part of that is OpenCounter which makes it easy for people to learn whether their businesses are permitted or conditionally permitted, and it also streamlines the permitting process a little bit. But another part of it is the Zoning Code Update which looks at our zoning code which hasn't really been touched in a long time in a comprehensive way and looks at reorganizing it so that it's a lot more navigable and transparent and easy to use, so we're really looking forward to your comments. Greg, we'd love to get some written comments from you if you're not going to be at the meeting. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 24, 2016 Page 19 of 39