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Draft 14. Subregional Planning Element <br />Another collaborative effort included cooperation of the cities of Pleasanton Livermore and Dublin <br />along with Alameda County in acquiring and rehabilitating a homeless shelter located in the City of <br />Livermore The partnership secured a Section 108 loan from HUD to cover the majority of the costs <br />and Pleasanton is re~ayine its share of the loan with a portion of its annual Community Development <br />Block Grant allocation. The shelter was renamed Sojourner House and re-opened in October 2002. <br />The City of Pleasanton also contributes to East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO .anon-profit <br />membership organization dedicated to working with communities in Alameda and Contra Costa <br />counties to preserve ~nrotect and expand affordable housing ot~nortunities through education and <br />advocacy Pleasanton works with this organization to promote Affordable Housing Week (annually in <br />May) by helpins? coordinate affordable housing events in the Tri Valley, <br />Pleasanton is also in the process of endorsing Alameda County's EverylHome Plan the purpose of <br />which is to end chronic homelessness and reduce housing crises fox extremely low-income people with <br />HIV\AIDS and chronic mental health problems It includes a 1 wear plan to end chronic <br />homelessness within a broader 15-year housing~lan that includes families T7ie plan recognizes that <br />homelessness is a regional problem that requires regional solutions and coordination <br />Transportation <br />[This section will be updated after the Planning Commission reviews and comments on the <br />Circulation Element) <br />Airport <br />The Livermore Municipal Airport, owned and operated by the City of Livermore, is the only airport in <br />the Tri Valley. It is located south of I-580 near the Airport Boulevard interchange. As of ~-9s152005, <br />there were approximately_650A~ aircraft based there; and over 200 000 annual aircraft take offs and <br />landiness .Current <br />plans for the Airport include improvements to support facilities, but no additional runways or <br />extensions. Flight patterns and future airport expansions are major concerns in the southern Tri-Valley <br />area which should be subject to multi-jurisdictional cooperative planning. Pleasanton supports the <br />formation of a Tri-Valley Airport Advisory Committee to provide input into the operations and <br />expansions of the Airport for the benefit of the entire Tri-Valley. Livermore and Pleasanton are <br />currently negotiating a system to periodically monitor airport noise. <br />Water Supply <br />Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and <br />Water Conservation District (Zone 7) supplies water as wholesaler to four Tri-Vallev retail agencies: <br />Dublin_San Ramon Services District, California Water Service Company, and the cities of Pleasanton <br />and Livermore. Some Tri-Valley residents living within unincorporated Alameda County and the Citv <br />Subregional %anning 060507, redline ~E4114-7 City Council 6/5/2007 <br />