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Minutes August 27, 1986 (as amended 9/3/86) 1 Commission P anning Ted Fairfield, referred to Page II-5, paragraph 4 and asked that "any portion of the property not exceed 150% of the maximum allowed under the General Plan designation,..." be amended to include the words"...medium density or higher shall not exceed 150% of the maximum..." He suggested that if staff has other words to use to accomplish the same purpose this would be fine. Mr. Lee indicated that staff has other wording. Ted Fairfield, referred to Program 9.2, page 4 of the staff report, and stated that this Program is ambiguously stated. He asked if the entire sentence only refers to lands within the Public Health and Safety areas or are there two categories of land being referred to. Mr. Lee stated it only refers to the land designated Public Health and Safety. Mr. Fairfield suggested that the language be tightened so that future generations will understand that. Ted Fairfield had a question regarding Program 12.2, page 5 of the staff report, he felt "...eastern expansion area..." should be changed to "...western expansion area..." Mr. Lee stated this was erroneously stated in the staff report. Ben Tarver, 1144 Arak Court, stated he agrees that staff did a good job in developing the EIR and data in the General Plan. He suggested that the Community Facilities Alternative appears to be a better alternative. He didn't necessarily agree with the numbers. He would like to see something added to the policy to provide for design guidelines to protect the ridge land areas. Further he would like to see some kind of growth management applied to commercial, industrial and office uses just as it is for residential development. From a regional standpoint, this City needs to lead the way showing that we are concerned with housing and traffic on a regional basis. Mr. Tarver asked consideration of the proposed growth rate in light of the crowded schools, traffic and the City's ability to serve new development. He pointed out that there are a tremendous amount of outstanding long term agreements which go way out into the future. Incorporated into these should be some way to limit the time frame of approvals. It would be nice if standards such as the LOS at intersections could be created for reviewing schools, amounts of parks, police officers, minutes it takes for fire response, etc. -- these, then, could be reviewed as part of the annual GMP allocation process. Chris Beratlis, 425 Main Street, agreed with the comments of Ted Fairfield. He felt it is not equitable not to get credit for public health and open space for clustered units because it is undeveloped for the public benefit. Some of the property on Foothill Road has been involved in the 1967 West Pleasanton Sewer District as well as a Water Assessment District, and these properties should be given consideration for these districts. Mr. Beratlis said the existing General Plan addresses this and the proposed General Plan does not. Mr. Lee acknowledged that there is no discussion relating to this in the General Plan. However, it was discussed at length in the Residential Review Committee meetings. Mr. Lee indicated that the the proposed - 5 - _ _ _...._ _ r.-_, . ___ _ ._ _. __._ _...T.