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EXHIBIT J: PUBLIC COMMENTS 1,PLEASANTo l OF WNIOWN SPECIFIC PL AN IJF64TF »Why do we need more restrictions? »Where and when did anyone discuss it publicly for feedback? » Please remove this New overly restrictive Policy from the DSP plan. » (attachment below with New restrictions) »Why have a 2 year task force process where the PDA, Downtown Owners Group, Chamber of Commerce and task force give written recommendations and direction thru public outreach and then just have our council and planning department tell us what's best for Downtown. » I hope the leaders and decision makers are ready to be responsible for the Pleasanton Downtown of future generations and the New consequences of the processes and negative policy direction they are imposing on the property owners who ultimately control the right to enhance properties and create improvements and vitality Downtown. » Please print and review the attachments and Remove these unnecessary restrictions and new potential obstacles to Improving our beautiful Downtown. Prepared for the June 26, 2019, Planning Commission Meeting 8 loper. »The PUD process is 4 times as costly and 3 times as long as the current zoning process and does not need to be mandated on Downtown property owners. >> Developers now only do a PUD to subdivide lots or increase density or modify allowed uses.This is a process for a 30 lot subdivision not a downtown owner adding a one bedroom residential unit to their lot that the existing policy currently allows as a straight zoned use. >>Why should we even have Zoning if we would now require anything with a residential component to be mandated to a Planned Unit Development(PUD) process? »Through the new DSP update We supposedly created a New Mixed Use category of Zoning ( even though all these uses were Already Allowed and existing under the current Central Commercial CC- Zoning district rights) » Now this NEW POLICY-change#22 page 3 &4 of the Recommended Revisions to the November 2018 Draft Plan States "add a policy that"residential uses" on their own or combined with any other use now require a Planned unit development application. »This New policy revision does not support, encourage, motivate or incentivize anything for the property owners and will surely be counterproductive to creating improvements and innovation that you state you want in our Downtown. »Who came up with this policy change? Prepared for the June 26, 2019, Planning Commission Meeting 7 rdinance We strongly encourage the Task Force to support our efforts to establish a Right to Do Business Ordinance in Downtown_The intent of such an ordinance is to protect the vibrant uses intended for our Downtown Core from conflicts with other private and public uses in the Downtown. Living in and around a Downtown is wonderful and lively but can come with increased noise and activity levels. This ordinance would advise stakeholders within the CC district of the potential inconveniences associated with Prepared for the June 26, 2019, Planning Commission Meeting 5 oidable impacts will result from implementation of the Plan.Having(i)adopted all feasible mitigation measures,as stated herein and discussed in the Draft EIR;(ii) rejected alternatives to the Plan, as stated herein and discussed in the Draft EIR;and(iii) recognized the significant unavoidable impacts of the Plan, the City Council hereby finds that each of the separate benefits of the proposed Plan, as stated herein, is determined to be unto itself an overriding consideration, independent of other benefits, that warrants approval of the Plan and outweighs and overrides its significant unavoidable impacts,and thereby justifies the approval of the City of Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan. 27 would result in an operational emissions increase of 4,000 MTCO2e per year and an energy consumption increase of 168,000 million BTU per year compared to existing conditions. While the Plan would not be sufficient to align downtown Pleasanton's emissions trajectory with the goals established under SB 32 and EO S-3-05,implementation of the 26 ntal 24 iteria air pollutants 23