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Commissioner Sullivan stated that all City issues would be open to public comments at the Commission meetings. Mr. Rasmussen advised that the Planning Commission has scheduled its next several General Plan Update meetings to discuss land use issues. He indicated that future Commission meetings would address housing density around the City; the East Pleasanton area, which includes the quarries and the Staples Ranch; the North Pleasanton business park area; and all other potentially developable areas including South Pleasanton. He then announced that a City Council-Planning Commission General Plan workshop would be held on February 24, 2004 to address citywide traffic issues. James Frost, 5792 Hidden Creek, expressed concern regarding how the City would move forward with all the information it has gathered. He commented that some people in the audience had not seen the Summary Repor[ and felt that while the Report would not be changed, it was appropriate for the Commission to bring up issues that it felt needed to be part of the discussion so people can respond to it. Commissioner Sullivan stated that the Commission had not discussed as a group what has been brought up at the community meetings until this evening. Rob Fjerstad, 3769 Smallwood Court, suggested that the Summary Report and other General Plan documents be put on the City's website so it would be accessible to the public. Mr. Rasmussen replied that this was planned to be done. Commissioner Sullivan stated that there is currently a way to provide input on the website. Commissioner Roberts added that some people have already given their comments on the City website's message board. Commissioner Maas noted that the public could also e-mail the City with their comments. Mr. Rasmussen indicated that the message board might be the best way for the public to express their comments or contact him by phone or e-mail as well. He then gave the City's website address as well as his own, indicating that he would periodically put together all these comments and provide copies to the Commission and the Council. Jon Harvey, 3790 Smallwood Court, stated that he recognized the difficulty involved in gathering and organizing data. He wanted to know what the Commission would do in terms of these classifications, e.g., will Kottinger Hills and Lund Ranch II remain as moderate issues or would the Commission discuss them as substantial issues. Commissioner Roberts replied that the Report will serve as background to the Commission's discussions. She pointed out that a community meeting was held at the Vintage Hills Elementary School to address the South Pleasanton area. Commissioner Sullivan clarified that the Summary Report categories are simply reflective of the frequency with which the issues were mentioned and not an indication of what the Commission thinks. PLANNING COMMISSION GENERAL PLAN UPDATE MINUTES, 2/19/2004 Page 3 of 10