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Ms. Michelotti asked if the fees, which are requested to be waived, were paid by other apartments. Mr. Swift indicated that earlier north Pleasanton projects (Spring House, Hacienda Commons/Gardens) were approved under the older growth management program and were exempt projects, so they did not pay any of the growth management fees. Ms. Michelotti asked if these were the projects coming off the rolls as affordable units and how is staff dealing with that to extend the requirement? Ranjit Sufi, 5255 Genovesio Drive, felt there has been a big change in the traffic paRems due to recent development (WalMm/proposed BART) and he felt staff should reconsider some of the assumptions it has used in the traffic analysis. He also questioned the assumptions regarding school population. He was concerned about the high density project and objected to the fee waiver. He urged the Council to reconsider the location of the neighborhood park. Debi Wallace, 5243 Genovesio Drive, agreed with all the prior speakers. She did not want to approve this project until the park issue is settled. She felt 6.6 acres is not adequate. Adding three acres in a jigsaw fashion is not acceptable. She wanted eleven acres to serve the 5,000 residents. She felt the 6.6 acres was hidden and she believed there was a safety issue and preferred land on Lot (30. She opposed a fee waiver. Ms. Wallace felt three stories was too high. Meri McCoy-Thompson, 5112 Genovesio Drive, indicated she uses the linear park and feels it is just enough for Valencia. She was concerned that more people will be using it. She did not feel comfortable crossing the creek to the proposed park. She opposed the fee waiver and felt it was only being done to get affordable housing. She did not think this was the best place to put low income housing. John Haskins, 5225 Genovesio Drive, did not think the proposed park was adequate and opposed the fee waiver. If this developer cannot build a viable project without the fee waiver, he felt another developer will step in and build there. He preferred apartments to be built somewhere else in town. Kay Aynln, 4515 Gatetree Circle, indicated the General Plan Steering Committee recommended that in order to meet the mandated quotas, that one of the preferred sites for apartments was in Ha~:ienda Business Park. She had conta~'t~l the school demographer and the numbers for new students are correct. She read from the subregional planning strategy which encourages high density residential near major employment centers, shopping areas, transit centers, and along existing and planned bus routes. The residents signed a consent form advising them apartments were planned next to them. If you walk the area and see WalMart, AT&T, the BART station, it is very appropriate to have apartments here. 03/19/96 -7-