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Bob Gray, 235 Willow Way, felt the apartments were appropriate here. Signature has building nice homes and townhomes and this ties them together. He has children that would like to live in town. He is a businessman and would like affordable housing for his employees. Terri Granlund, 1539 Calle Enrique, was disturbed by previous comments about renters. She was a homeowner and due to changed circumstances is now a tenter. Low income does not mean low class. She wants a nice, safe place to take her children. Most apartments in Pleasanton are nice, but she cannot afford them and she makes a good living. When you consider child car~ for two children, clothing, food, etc. for a single parent, you can understand the problem. Low income units become low class because the people managing the property do not keep it up. lust because a person does not make enough to pay $1,100 a month for a two bedroom apaxtment does not mean that person would not be a good neighbor. She is proud of how she maintains her rental property. She is really disturbed by comments from homeowners who imply that because low income is attached to this project that it will become an eyesore. In rebuttal, Mr. Sweeney indicated this project proposes to replace 462 approved units. It is lower density. Signature Properties did provide to the residents a disclosure of a potential apartment project. He feels Hacienda is a better place now with the residential areas. He believed they were responding to a community need. There are 1886 apartments within the Hacienda Business Park and he recently checked the vacancies and there were only nine units available. Despite the need, apartments are very difficult to do politically and financially. He asked for consideration that this property has contributed to community-wide capital facilities. Council knows how difficult it is to build affordable housing. It has been working for several years to build the project on Case Avenue. This project should get the fee waiver because it is otherwise difficult to make it work financially and the project will provide 116 affordable units for thirty years. Mr. Sweeney indicated he was a member of the Task Force that annually updates the need for schools in Pleasanton and there is no community in California that has a better way of monitoring the need for schools. They look at the cost of schools, demographics, etc. and make projections three years in advance. With regard to comments about the type of people who live in apartments, he indicated the new residents in north Pleasanton have been a great addition to the community. The crime rate in the apartments is very low (for the percentage of people, there are fewer crimes). The School District indicated 34 of its employees, including teachers, live in those projects. The General Plan does not provide much land for this type of project. Ms. Mohr indicated *low income' is interpreted differently by people. She asked what the estimated rent would be. Mr. Sweeney indicated the formula was 80% of the median income for Alameda County Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area multiplied by 30% which equals the amount of rent to pay. 03/19/96 -8-