_Minutes_December 11, 2019 - Laserfiche WebLink

formaldehyde-added wood products and to review Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (BAAQMD) thresholds for GHG emission thresholds. President and CEO of the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce Steve Van Dorn spoke in support of the proposed project on behalf of himself and the over 80 percent of their 750 members who are small business owners within the City that are in support and the benefit that Costco will bring to the City. He also mentioned that 63 percent of Pleasanton voters supported the project and noted the amount of new General Fund revenues realized from the project which benefits the City, the school district and schools and the JDEDZ as well as the overall economic benefits and jobs to the entire community. Chair of the Pleasanton Economic Vitality Committee Christina Nystrom Montha spoke in support of the proposed project and echoed comments from Mr. Van Dorn regarding benefits to small businesses, the City, schools, residents, and the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone (JDEDZ). She spoke about the community's vote on the project and asked that the project move forward. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED Chair Allen suggested Mr. Jarvis address the public comments received. Mr. Jarvis spoke in regard to the public comments received and disagreed with the comments made that their analysis was inadequate. Chair Allen referred to a letter received by Mark Wolfe on behalf of M.R. Wolfe & Associates, P.C., and referenced Comment 3.6 which pointed out that projects under construction and approved had not been included in the subsequent analysis of the cumulative air quality information. Mr. Jarvis referred to ESA's extensive Response to Comments document which contains analysis on air quality which takes into account cumulative development and that assumes there will be continuing development. Commissioner Pace inquired how the models are created and how exceptions are generated in order to account for exceptions and monitoring for air quality based upon growth. Mr. Jarvis responded that all situations were accounted for and taken into consideration when developing the analysis. Some projects in the General Plan are not far enough along in the development process to be accounted for and he spoke about two projects taking place in the neighboring City of Dublin. Commissioner Pace asked and confirmed that the analysis relied upon are part of the General Plan for the City of Dublin and the City of Pleasanton and the model uses those as the primary input for the assessment conducted. Chair Allen referred to the next item referenced in the correspondence as to health risk and the response that because other projects are beyond 1,000 feet from the project site, they are Planning Commission Minutes Page 5 of 9 December 11, 2019 anned Unit Development— Hillside Residential/Open Space (PUD-HR/OS) District MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 3. Public Comment from the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda — Speakers are encouraged to limit comments to 3 minutes.