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General Plan there are supposed to be maximum of 29,000 homes built in Pleasanton. As of today, there are 27, 568 homes either built or on the books to be built. That leaves 2,432 homes or apartments left for Pleasanton to build, unless we annex some more land. A few months ago models were made of Kottinger Village to show how more units could be added with funds from the $10 million housing fund. At the Housing Commission it was decided to look more deeply into what options were possible, so a housing consultant was hired. One option in this report, which was given approximately 10 days ago, was stated that Pleasanton could built 100 affordable units on a developer or City owned land using HUD money under Section 202 program and the City's investment would be approximately $6.8 million. If the City could set up some sort of stepping stone type of affordable housing for the young families, future generations would be most grateful. We need to do something now. He asked to review the plan. He told Councilmembers that they can find out for themselves whether they were right. Jack Dove, 5250 Case Avenue, #110, said he got to know Pat Belding three years ago through "Make A Difference Day" and has watched as she represented the Interfaith Poverty Forum. She is a dedicated lady who is working diligently for the good of the Tri- Valley Area and Pleasanton in particular. They have had several training meetings recently and have asked Mr. Dove to join them. He has discovered that this group has put together a group that includes not only the Catholic founding of the Interfaith group, but also the Methodists, the Presbyterians, the Lutherans, Valley Community and many denominations in this town, along with many people who are just plain interested in doing what they can because of the perceived problem. Similar groups in San Ramon, Livermore and Dublin are working in terms of the whole Th-Valley. When the General Plan was approved a number of years ago, he recalled that well over 95% of the people in the community said they were very happy in Pleasanton. If a similar survey were made today, he said he would be very much surprised if that percentage would be much lower, if any lower, than that. What happens in a community is that we take a look as what has to be done and we are all very much similar. If someone comes and asks for a skateboard facility or a golf course or a library or whatever, they are generally speaking as an advocacy group that comes forth and speaks to Council. He is not aware of any group that is really speaking for the hundreds and thousands of people who are in this Valley and particularly in Pleasanton who do not have the wherewithal for housing or for food. In many cases, one thing has to give for the other. There is a housing crisis throughout the world. There are large numbers of people, including himself, who are very anxious to do whatever can be done to put a priority on the need for this sort of thing, particularly because there is a very fast declining number of opportunities for it. He asked that Council take a close look at this. Jennifer Mosel, Th-Valley Coordinator for Community Resources for Independent Living, which is a non profit that serves people with all types of disabilities of all ages, said Ms. Johnson just spoke about the service folks, the folks that are making minimum wage. There are people that have even lower incomes than that. The people that she works with are on a fixed income, usually of about $8400 to $11,000 per year. This comes to about $700 to $900 per month. These folks are retirees, they are people who were working and became disabled on the job, or they are people who are bom with Pleasanton City Council 10 Minutes 04/17/01