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Gary Schwagerle, 189 West Angela Street, spoke against the extension of the Rose Avenue and also feels the area between Ruby Hill and the City should be increased in density and not be zoned as Agricultural. Margot Kelly, 511 Mission Drive, chaired the Circulation Sub-committee, and described how the Sub-committee worked. Neighborhood issues were dealt with ftrst; committee consensus was tried, otherwise a vote was taken. If the vote was close, the issue was passed to the Steering Committee. The West Las Positas interchange vote came at the end of the Sub- committee process. The initial vote was unanimous to keep it in; however, at the Steering Committee meeting, there was a tremendous negative neighborhood input, which resulted in the current Steering Committee recommendation. Ms. Kelly noted she did not take any issue lightly during the Steering Committee process. Pam Chrisman, 1944 Vineyard Avenue, is in opposition to the Vineyard Corridor recommendation of the General Plan. She described that the City asked them to incorporate into Pleasanton at the time the Ruby Hill development was incorporated. Further, she felt the property owners were promised they would be able to subdivide. Ms. Chrisman does not believe subdividing means one unit per five acre parcels, and would like the City to honor their promises. Brad Hirst, 2456 Minivet Court, encouraged the Commission to be concerned with the quality, not quantity, of planning. He feels the City should be concerned about overall planning, rather than just looking at housing numbers. If the City wants to reduce density, etc., Mr. Hirst believes it should be applied to the Case A venue property first and the San Francisco Water Department property second. The speaker also feels some thought should be given to the super majority concept, feeling the greatest good for the greatest amount of people is by a simple majority vote. Mr. Hirst is concerned about future development with the proposed changes in the density definitions and about the definition of gross developable acreage. He feels the cost of parks and schools will increase because there will be fewer dwellings to spread the cost over. The Steering Committee is discouraging drive-through businesses, which in his opinion could lead to discouraging all business growth. The speaker encouraged the Commissioners to give more thought to the Vineyard A venue area; there needs to be sufficient amount of housing to support the infrastructure. Finally, he asked the Commission to give thought to the West Las Positas interchange, supporting it to be included in the General Plan, and look to how to accomplish it at a later date. Sharen Heinz, 1550 Vineyard Avenue, spoke extensively on various topics such as their Vineyard Avenue property was bought for their retirement investment, what is good for Pleasanton, and their business property on Main Street before the beautification project. She feels the Vineyard Corridor property owners are of higher priority than the San Francisco Water Department property. She does not feel the Vineyard property owners have been treated fairly by the City. Planning Commission Minutes Page 9 July 12, 1995