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Mayor Tinwet reti:rred to people who do not want to spend money on rents. There is a program to assist first time home buyers, yet there are not that many units for them in the community. Even condominiums of 900 sq. ft. have high prices. He felt there were enough apartments. Mr. Pico believed it was necessary to have housing closer to jobs and there will be 750,000 sq. It. of commercial space in this project and there are all the offices across Bernal in the Koll Business Center. He believed apartments would be good in this location so people could walk or bike to work. He felt it was important to have a mix of housing to serve the needs of all segments of the community. Ms. Dennis, when asked where the apartments should be located, stated she preferred them to be adjacent to an open space such as in Altemative 7A, however that impacts the central parcel, which she did not favor. Council then reviewed prior Alternatives 5 and 6 to see what changes had bccn made to get to Alternative7. Mr. Costanzo reviewed the additional costs involved in developing the eastem parcel. The actual costs are being calculated at this time and will be brought back later. Mayor Tarver referred to earlier comments about expanding the plaza between buildings in the commercial area and supported that. There was no concensus for that proposal, Ms. Dennis believed thai developing the east parcel nqakes the project appear to take up more land. She felt the housing should be put back on the western parcel and did not feel people would notice a significant difference on the west. Ms. Michelotti disagreed. Ms. Ayala believed keeping the central parcel as open as possible was very important and she accepted housing on the east parcel in order to do that. Mayor Tarvet did not think 31 below market rate apartments was enough out of 100. The total number of units is being increased and there are not enough below market units being provided. Mr, Costanzo indicated he was working with staff fbr a program to subsidize some of the units. He believed the consensus he heard from Council this evening was to proceed with A/ternative 7A with apartments on the village commons and to get units on the eastern parcel. He and staff will work on the rest of the PUD plans, architecture, landscaping, grading plans and utility plans. They will soon be before the Planning Commission, hopefully, the first week in August. Mr. Roush indicated the plan was to have a meeting with the Planning Commission the week of July 3 L 2000. Council would have an update on August 1, Pleasanton City Council 17 07/18/00 Minutes