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MINUTES OF JOINT STUDY SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION November 18, 1985 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Ken Mercer called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. ATTENDANCE Those in attendance were Councilmembers Brandes, Butler, Mohr, Wood, Mayor Mercer and Commissioners Hoyt, Innes, and Michelotti. Mr. Walker, City Manager, Chandler Lee, Planning Consultant, Mr. MacDonald, City Attorney, and -Mr. Swift, Director of Planning and Community Development were also present. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY SESSION Mr. Swift stated that the purpose of the Study Session was to consider proposed changes to the Growth Management Program. Mayor Mercer suggested that a summary of the study sessions to date should be subject to public hearings following tonight's meeting. Mr. Lee summarized the Land Use changes proposed at the meeting of October 14. He said that the result of the proposed Land Use changes would increase the City's holding capacity to about 76,000 population and about 76,000 jobs. Discussion Topic 1 Councilmember Brandes inquired if the City had only a ten -year benchmark and a policy to allocate 25% of future housing units to multiple family, would there be a need for any other form of growth management. Mayor Mercer asked Mr. Swift to summarize the history of growth management in Pleasanton. Mr. Swift said that the reason for the existing population benchmarks was based on limited sewer capacity and air quality constraints both of which have been alleviated as of today. Councilmember Mohr asked whether the City could use the population benchmarks to determine sewer capacity needs. Councilmember Butler noted the difficulty of translating a population benchmark into housing units and suggested that housing units be the basis for future growth rate limits. He noted it would make sense to have the exemptions above and beyond the growth rate. - 1 -