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Commissioner Blank understood that one of the funded projects was the I-580 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane. Pa eg 14-2 Chairperson Fox had a question about why staff thought that the Health and Educational Service sector will be a job growth area. She inquired what staff's source was. Ms. Stern replied that staff has some information from ABAG about jobs; future job growth is listed by industry group. That was one of the higher growth areas for the Tri-Valley. Pa eg 14-3 Commissioner Olson sensed that the City's relationship with ABAG has been strained at times and inquired why the goals were being removed. Ms. Stern replied that they were in the Background Section and were not necessarily adopted as our own City goals. ABAG does a lot of different work, such as RHNA numbers, regional housing needs, and other planning in which we have been involved. Pleasanton is probably following most of these goals. Our development is probably consistent with ABAG goals since Pleasanton is not annexing land outside of our boundaries; it is doing infill development, and the City is increasing our housing supply. But if the Commission has issues with these, staff can certainly rewrite this accordingly. Commissioner Olson noted that his sense was that ABAG had applied some pressure relative to affordable housing and the number of affordable units. He noted that in relation to the Economic Development section, he did not believe there was a strong enough relationship developed in this document regarding the linkage between affordable housing and economic development. He believed the point should be made more strongly that there should be more linking between affordable housing and economic development. He was concerned how that would look outside the City if it were interpreted that the City was not cooperating or listening with respect to ABAG's suggestions. Commissioner Blank agreed with Commissioner Olson's comments but was not sure it was an ABAG issue because there may be other agencies involved as well. He would be in favor of stronger support for the value of affordable housing and transportation alternatives in the Policies section. He believed that it was important to note that affordable housing was an important part of the City's economic vitality. Commissioner Pearce inquired whether the removal of the ABAG text was meant to make the document more Pleasanton-centered. Ms. Stern replied that the reason that information was taken out of page 14-3 was because all of those planning documents from ABAG were outdated. More recent work has been going on, and new references are discussed on page 14-4 with information about the Focusing Our Vision project and with information about existing communities. The EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 14, 2007 Page 3 of 8