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Ms. Pat Randa representing Citizen's Land Alliance cautioned that Livermore wanted to have this area zoned for grape growing only. There are cattle ranchers there as well and if they want to build a barn, they might not be able to. Mr. Alan Winslow, 28 Castlewood Road, Pleasanton, stated he was a member of the Residential Review Committee and he noted there was a minority who wanted to include in the General Plan the desirability of keeping the Ridgeland as Open Space. There was a consensus to accept Proposal 1 which is to retain the existing Planning Area boundary (minus Parcel #25 - R. C. Johnson) and designate the Expanded Planning Area (an additional 20,000 acres) as a Study Zone with a maximum holding capacity of 4,000 housing units. The area west of Foothill Road within the existing Planning Area also should be studied along with the lands within the Expanded Planning Area. Jobs and Housing Mr. Alan Winslow felt that the idea of basing housing on the needs of the entire Tri-Valley area is an excellent idea but he cautioned that there has been little consideration given to the cost to the City of building houses. He said we should look into the cost to taxpayers of adding housing.~ Ilene Weinreb, Bay Area Council, San Francisco, suggested that Pleasanton allocate more housing in its General Plan. She stated our actual employment is about 17,000 right now. Even 1000 units would be a significant shortfall over a period of years. She said we had best plan to handle the amount of housing we will need for the amount of employment we are generating. Christie Underwood, 5952 Corte Arboles, Pleasanton, stated she has not studied any plan - she just lives here. She asked why we are building all these houses. She said there's no way to get to these houses and yet we continue to build. Can we take care of those who live here first? Mr. Joseph Rose, 421 Amador Court, Pleasanton, stated he has lived here for thirty years and it was his pleasure to be on the Residential Review Committee. He spoke about Parcels 7 and 8 (SFWD). He strongly feels that this property should be used to build a stadium or coliseum as there are a lot of sports minded people in this community and in this valley. Mr. Greg Powell, Limewood Court, Pleasanton, stated that our City is becoming overcrowded - that is the direction it is going. He asked if the people living here had been polled. Mayor Brandes answered that recommendations were made by the citizens committee and that the opportunity to serve on the Residential Review Committee was open to the entire community. - 5 -