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~ Ms. Hatryman recalled Chairperson Arkin's comments that it may be difficult for the City to get a trailhead put in after new residents moved in. While the City would not be legally prohibited from doing that, it may be a good idea to consider that possibility during the PUD process, especially with respect to CC&Rs and disclosures. No action was taken. 7. MATTERS INITIATED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS Commissioner Blank rejoined the Planning Commission on the dais. Residential Fire Sprinklers Chairperson Arkin noted that the City Council did not wish to address the fire sprinklers at this time. Ms. Decker noted that Council would bring the matter of the fire sprinklers back in January 2007 to consider placing it on the 2007-2008 Work Plan. Commissioner Blank noted that he was personally disappointed that this issue, which had been before the Commission for neazly a year, finally got to the City Council, only to be pushed out even further. He was out of town during that meeting and was unable to testify. Chairperson Arkin noted that he had spoken to Fire Marshall Eric Cazlson, who believed they could have given a better presentation to City Council. Council was concerned about Planning staff's workload. He stated that Mr. Cazlson noted that it would be easy to write a requirement for new construction; retrofitting existing buildings would engender more controversy and public input. Commissioner Blank noted that he would be happy with fire sprinklers in new construction and was still haunted by the sight of the Heazst Drive house burning down last Christmas. If the house had fire sprinklers, the situation would not have been as bad. He was disappointed in the amount of time it took to get resolution on this issue. Mr. Iserson noted that this was not a simple matter, and the issue of new constructions, retrofits, and additions complicated the matter. In response to Chairperson Arkin's question regazding whether anew-construction-only requirement could bypass Planning staff, Mr. Iserson replied that it should go through Planning. He believed it was unfortunate that the Fire Mazshall stated that an ordinance of this type should not have to go through other stakeholders in the community. He noted that it was Pleasanton's tradition to reach out to affected segments of the community. He was fully supportive of fire sprinklers in homes. Commissioner Blank expressed concern that this approach would result in an ordinance ~ that would take up to five yeazs to develop and compazed it to trying to boil the ocean. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES August 23, 2006 Page 15 of 17