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explaining in detail the demographic and job/economic trends as well as sub-regional changes in ' Pleasanton and referring to the various tables and figures in the staff report. Mr. Swift then discussed the constraints to new development: regional and local traffic; water, including Zone 7's future plans to provide adequate water supply; sewer and DSRSD's options for its facility on Johnson Drive; energy, PG&E's new 230KV transmission line, and the new General Plan Energy Element that the Pleasanton Energy Committee is drafring; the Livermore Airport Protection Area which disallows residential uses within that area; air quality; schools and the Pleasanton Unified School District's Master Plan; flooding; growth rate and the provision of necessary infrastructure; and fiscal impacts and sustainability. Mr. Swift concluded by presenting the large issues the Commission may wish to address and questions it needs to answer as it reviews the Land Use Element of the General Plan. Commissioner Roberts inquired what the 871 units with no entitlements, as noted in Table 1 of the staff report, represents. She further inquired what the number of units is to reach the housing cap at build-out. Mr. Swifr replied that the 871 units represent projects that have no development agreements or tentative map approvals and that some of them already have PUD approvals. He added that if everything that had General Plan residential designation were built out at mid-point of the General Plan, there would be 27,315 housing units, leaving 1,685 units to reach the cap. He explained that the 27,315 units could be reduced or intensified by redesignation of land uses, for example, from residential to commercial or from low density to high density. Mr. Swift commented that the current General Plan Housing Element not only identifies properties that can be re-designated to high-density residential but also has a policy which provides that the City wi1130-40 acres which could be re-designated to high density residential. Commissioner Arkin inquired if demographic information existed for employees/salary as it does forjob/housing. Mr. Swift replied that it is possible but very difficult to come up with that kind of information as it would require a very complicated process and may not result in a meaningful analysis since many factors are involved, such as some households having two wage earners. He added that the Economic Vitality Committee is working with Hacienda Business Park in this respect. Commissioner Maas noted that the Pleasanton Energy Committee is working on the Energy Element. She asked at what point the Housing Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission would come in. Mr. Swift replied that the Housing and Parks and Recreation Commissions would be involved in every area over which they would have jurisdiction. He added that before the Planning Commission takes any final action on the Draft General Plan and the Draft EIR, the various City commissions will present their recommendations with respect to their areas of responsibility, such as types and location of parks from the Parks and Recreation Commission, housing types PLANNING COMMISSION GENERAL PLAN UPDATE M[NUTES, 2/19/2004 Page 7 of 10