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Mr. Beaudin responded that it is in the segment between Abbie Street and Bernal Avenue, on the site closest to First Street behind Firehouse Arts Center. There are different constraints to work within, meaning it may have to change sides from time to time. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED Laurene Green, Pleasanton, referred to Section 3.8 under the impacts segment, Zone 7 has 20 years to figure out how to get us water that is needed and she thought that seems inadequate and she asked to see some document to state this is guaranteed. The same occurs with the Pleasanton portion of this, noting it states it provides 20% of the water and no discussion how they will get the water, especially since they have had supply issues in the past. Regarding significant and unavoidable impacts, the next section is inconsistent with the Climate Action Plan. She said she attended the steering committee meeting and there is an issue regarding two properties proposed to be included in EIR (Barone's and Shell Station) and she was not sure of the laws but she wanted to be sure that by including these in the EIR, especially the Shell station property, they are not allowing something to be turned into residential without proper cleanup. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED Chair Allen mentioned that she composed a letter, which she will forward to staff in addition to providing Commissioners a copy. She read her comments within the letter into the record, as follows: "The DSP Task force recommended a number of changes to the DSP plan at their February 27 meeting that were different than their earlier plan when the EIR assumptions were created. If approved these changes could significantly increase the buildable square footage and also the number of potential residential units that could be built in our core commercial district versus existing zoning. And I assume they could increase impacts beyond what was assumed in the draft EIR." She requested the EIR clarify the incremental impact based on the new zoning changes that were recommended by the task force on February 27, which were different from the assumptions in place when the EIR was created. She identified four recommendations, as follows: 1. Changing zoning to allow ground floor residential in commercial district behind commercial storefronts (if not very visible), and allowing a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 300% 2. Increasing FAR in many commercial district areas beyond existing FAR limits— in some case doubling or more the potential buildable space. Also, may increase parking risks. 3. Increasing building height over what was assumed in draft EIR in some areas, which could potentially increase residential units, including eliminating the 30 feet threshold for residential that exists today to 40 feet or more. 4. The proposal to include Barone's restaurant and the Shell gas station on Map A and allow residential. This will likely add more units/bedrooms than in the base plan Planning Commission Minutes Page 13 of 18 March 13, 2019 5 p.m. Planning Commission Minutes Page 11 of 18 March 13, 2019 tes to State law and the Municipal Code in regard to compliance, in order to make any recommendations considered fair and just. Commissioner Brown continued by saying when he reads the State code, the degrees of freedom relate to space, concentration, traffic, parking and noise control. He did not hear much Planning Commission Minutes Page 10 of 18 March 13, 2019 hould be something of more importance. Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 of 18 March 13, 2019 m a head start. Their two-year-old tested highly in both English and Spanish when they began kindergarten which was a huge benefit. Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 18 March 13, 2019