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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION 10/26/83 Page 16 Dagmar Fulton, 4536 Mirador, said that the property on which the Hacienda Business Park is built has always been thought of as industrial/commercial. This was so because of the railroad spurline. She said this was not prime agricultural land. She said what happens 20 years from now is mythical. She said one has to go along with the time and changes. She said many of the people opposing changes in town are the very people who bought a house on her family's ranchland. She said perhaps many of these people are not community oriented and are not for progress. She said she has served as a secretary to Zone 7 and other community functions for the betterment of the Valley. She said once people move in their homes, they want to keep others out. She asked that these people turn over a new leaf and work for the betterment of the community and not be quite so negative all of the time. She said that very often people who complain a.nd are negative about projects are the same ones who do not donate their time and efforts toward the community and never get their names on plaques as supportive of anything. She then read a prepared statement supporting the efforts of Prudential Insurance and CPS concerning the business park and general plan amendment applications. Jack Hovingh, 4250 Muirwood Drive, reluctantly supported the applications. He said if the general plan is not approved, the development can take place under current zoning. He stated CPS and Prudential have shown a great deal of integrity with a superior business park. He stated with reservation he would support the application for a general plan amendment. Rehurral Paul Ebright, said first of all they are not proposing that the project be stopped - no one has said the project is bad. He said all they mean is that the amendment is not acceptable because it will be putting the community out of balance. Chairman Jamieson said there is not a community in northern California or the United States that he knows of which is in balance with regard to commercial vs. residential. Mr. Ebright said there will be a large amount of incommuting causing the community to be out of balance. Chairman Jamieson said that in fact no one is definitely sure what will happen in 20 years. He said that staff and City Council feel strongly that they will do their utmost to keep this thing in balance. Bob Pearson, said that the general plan change should be separated from the Hacienda Business Park issue. He read from tables 7-10 in the EIR concerning the number of employees there will be in the valley. He said everyone knows what San Jose looked like 20 years ago. He suggested the only way to prevent this is by regulating industrial/commercial growth by relating it to residential growth. Alan Winslow, agreed with Mr. Pearson.