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MINUTES CITY OF PLEASANTON JOINT WORKSHOP OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION April 24, 2007 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Hosterman called the workshop to order at 6:30 p.m. Mayor Hosterman informed the community that the Council would hold two workshops on the st Circulation Element; tonight and again, on May 1. She indicated the topic has been of great concern and interest to the community, welcomed the public and discussed the meeting and speaker format. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Planning Commissioners Fox, O’Connor, Olson, Narum Absent: Planning Commissioners Blank, Pearce PUBLIC COMMENT Public comment was held until after the staff report was given, Council and Commission comments. DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN TRAFFIC MODELING WITH AND WITHOUT THE STONERIDGE DRIVE EXTENSION Nelson Fialho, City Manager, said Principal Planner Janice Stern would be discussing the process and conclusions as they relate to the staff report and that Mike Tassano, Deputy Director of Public Works/Transportation, would be reviewing some key assumptions and data that went into the traffic report, and that Kim Sterner of Dowling & Associates would provide further information on the modeling. Principal Planner Janice Stern gave a brief summary of the results, and indicated six scenarios were analyzed and three options were modeled both with and without the Stoneridge Drive extension. She further indicated that the land use options were agreed to by City Council in 2006 as follows: The Consensus Preferred Plan: This option locates a total of 1300 residential units at both BART stations, Staples Ranch, East Pleasanton, Kottinger Place/Pleasanton Gardens, and Downtown infill. The Dispersed Growth Option: This option is similar to the Consensus Preferred Plan, it puts more residential in East Pleasanton. The Concentrated Residential/Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Mixed Use Option: This option has most of the additional residential units in Hacienda near the BART station and the remaining at the new BART station at Stoneridge Mall. The development assumptions for East Pleasanton were placeholders, and their development would be determined through adoption of a Specific Plan.