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November 19, 2019, City Council Meeting, Excerpt Minutes East Pleasanton Specific Plan Anne Roby , Board member Sunflower Hill and parent of an adult with Downs Syndrome, encouraged Council to move forward with the EPSP as it will allow for housing for adults with special needs, and to include Sunflower Hill as part of the affordable housing options for the EPSP. Janeen Rubino-Brumm , Vice-President Sunflower Hill and parent of an adult with developmental disabilities, encouraged Council to consider more housing for developmentally disabled adults in the EPSP. Debi Zentner, Vice-President Sunflower Hill, expressed support for more housing for developmentally disabled adults in the EPSP. Becky Dennis expressed concern about the EPSP, said it should be self-mitigating and would like to see site used for quantifiable, measurable carbon sequestration that could be sold for credits that flow to the developer along with credits to the developer for building affordable housing. Laura Danielson expressed concerned regarding the EPSP and its traffic impacts. Jamie Yee expressed concern regarding the infrastructure required for the development of the EPSP and encouraged City Council to explore funding options and allow a wide application process for the community and non-profit affordable housing developers to be involved. Tom Daggett expressed his support for the item and encouraged City Council to move forward with the EPSP. Doug Miller thanked Council for their support of veterans and expressed his support to moved forward with the EPSP. Mayor Thorne closed public comment. In response to Mayor Thorne's request, Assistant Director Clark restated staff is looking for input and comments from City Council the expectation that it will be brought back at the December 3, 2019 meeting. Councilmember Narum said she was a member of the original task force and noted that there was not a lot of opportunity to have dialogue. She expressed support for the Planning Commission leading the project. In response to Councilmember Testa's inquiry, Assistant City Manager Dolan advised the item has not been agendized for the Planning Commission. City Manager Fialho said that as a body, the Planning Commission knows this item is coming and that he will discuss the item with them. Councilmember Brown expressed concern about the water supply and said mitigating the water issue needs to be part of the EPSP. She also expressed over the size of the project and with