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the purposes of the Environmental Impact Report. Staff is suggesting options that would be built on two major themes: . Option A: "Dispersed Residential Development". This option would result in a mix of higher- and lower-density housing, with new single-family housing located where currently planned in the hill areas, as well as in East Pleasanton (quarry areas), and scattered sites city-wide, such as the Valley TrailslEvangelical Free Church site. Some amount of higher density housing would also be located in Hacienda, adjacent to the new BART station, and in the Downtown. . Option B: "Concentrated Residential Development". This option would result in more high-density housing located close to the existing and future BART stations, and the Downtown, and perhaps the transfer of some residential density from large lots on the hills to these areas. These options would likely have different impacts on potential student generation, on enrollment at existing schools, and on the need for future school facilities. Option A would likely continue the existing geographic distribution of students, and potentially add additional students on the east side of the City. Option B would add more housing units in the north of the City than Option A, although the generation of students in these higher density multifamily units may be different from the more typical single family homes. Staff is seeking City Council and Board comment on the range of options that should be considered as part of the General Plan update. The City Council and Planning Commission will focus on land use options at the next General Plan workshop. GENERAL PLAN SCHEDULE Attachment 3: General Plan Workflow shows General Plan progress to date and the tasks remaining. After agreement on the range ofland use alternatives to be tested (Workshop #7), tentatively scheduled for April II, 2006, the results of preliminary modeling of traffic and fiscal impacts will be available in July 2006, and a decision on a "Preferred General Plan" and alternatives for the purposes on the EIR is anticipated in October 2006. The Draft General Plan and Draft EIR would be available for public review in early 2007 with certification of the EIR and adoption of the new General Plan by the Summer of2007. SR 06:090 Page 5 of6 1