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members for their favorite projects. The projects identified in the Committee member letters would cost well over $300,000, likely closer to $1.5 million, and that kind of funding would not come out of the Public Storage project. He explained that the City could get grant funding for the bigger projects, but in his view the City should take the opportunity as it came before the City. He anticipated the Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Committee members, given the opportunity for additional review of the item, would agree it was a good project. Mr. Tassano expressed his confidence that the Committee would support this project given the context he had provided. He recommended not holding up this project and incorporating a condition of approval qualifying the funds allocation if something changed. Commissioner Allen expressed her agreement with that recommendation. Commissioner Pace concurred. MATTERS FOR COMMISSION'S REVIEW/ACTION/INFORMATION 8. Reports from Meetings Attended (e.g., Committee, Task Force, etc.) Chair Ritter stated he and Commissioner Allen attended the 2025 Forum on schools in Pleasanton. 9. Future Planning Calendar Planning and Permit Center Manager Melinda Denis gave a brief overview of future items for the Commission's review. MATTERS INITIATED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS Chair Ritter inquired about the Permit Center process and informed staff he had received a complaint from a resident over the recent permitting process and the delay in receiving a permit. Ms. Denis admitted to difficulties at the beginning of operating under Alameda County Health Department's Shelter-in-Place Order and the various efforts from staff to hone the process. She stated there was previously a 7-10 day delay but that had since dropped to 1-2 days. She then mentioned staff also brought on consultant staff to help cover for any employee illnesses or when staff were on vacation, and to help tackle the sheer volume of applications received, which has doubled from the amount received prior to the shelter-in-place. She stated the departments continue to communicate with each other to ensure the system was working and she encouraged the Commissioners to provide any additional feedback received. ADJOURNMENT Chair Ritter adjourned the meeting at 8:24 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Stefanie Ananthan Recording Secretary Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 of 7 August 12, 2020 ified in the Public Storage project connected Downtown, east, to the Iron Horse Trail, making it a year-round, Class One trail. She then explained the ranking system used to identify the trail as priority number one and reasserted her excitement to work on the trail as it was previously assumed it would not be possible due to lack of funding. Commissioner Allen again expressed her concern about the dissent amongst the BPTC and inquired whether there was anything of concern the Planning Commission should know about. City Traffic Engineer Mike Tassano informed Commissioner Allen that he had read the letters received from the various Committee members and believed additional opportunity to discuss the proposal would reflect a balanced consideration of this project versus the hundreds of projects across the City. The letters expressed the passion of those specific Committee Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 7 August 12, 2020 hough it was ranked as the number one priority from the community, it was expensive and complicated. She further explained the City relied heavily on private developers in that section of town for completion of the trail. Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 7 August 12, 2020 �• } * yo- r e 7 X �S:`, yqJ '_ i ti+ "x',. y �3 f � 4, t Iv 7. .. .��, ERI;I L ;; ,,�• L`D .13LRNAL ., / Ee ('�11� n 1 .e. 7r `� t, - wan 2 t� ti► 't 6 y ;.4.'"...'-is f 1' '* uw (� 7 J1r 1:6,580 o 0.075 0.'5 mi P20-0568, 218 RAY ST, NAG U I BMftelISISM Planning Division 0 i 0 4110 820 Feet l August 17,2ozo ['L-EA AN foN.