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school. He was concerned people would access the proposed school from the back as well. He opposed cut-through traffic and access to the back of the school. Martin Avenue is a country lane and the new residents have children who will be attending Mohr, he was concerned about the additional traffic. He felt extending Mohr Avenue will encourage more cut-through traffic. He liked Option B with traffic coming off Busch Road. He also agreed with comments that this is only a potential school site and the need to plan for what happens if there is not a school there. He also supported a church on the site. Christine Steiner, 596 Hamilton Way, indicated she was a member of the Pleasanton Housing Commission and expressed concern about affordable housing. She felt the City needs a vision for the east side of Pleasanton beyond this particular project including a plan for traffic circulation. She preferred Option A because there is more variety in housing. People should not be concerned about density. You can still have good developments. A 5,000 sq. fi. lot with a huge house on it will not be affordable. We don't need more million dollar homes in Pleasanton. That is not what the majority of the working people in Pleasanton are looking for. The people making $20,000 to $40,000 need a place to live that is acceptable. It is not acceptable that we want all the benefits of industries like PeopleSofi, Documentum, Safeway, etc. and we don't consider that they have employees who do not make $100,000 a year. These businesses have provided the City with tremendous incomes, which has allowed the City to provided the fine facilities we are all proud of. But don't forget people at the other end of the spectrum. In terms of the School District, she thought the east side of town would be an appropriate location for a school site, because Amador Valley High School is in the center of town, Foothill High School is on the west side, and she felt that if the other properties on the east side are going to develop, it will probably be with houses and it is appropriate to have a school. She preferred the east side site to the Bemal property site for a school. She objected to locking up two sites indefinitely for possible schools. She agreed to preserving a small school site that could be moved to the Hansen or Kaiser property if necessary. She believed the problems with traffic are because of streets that don't go through. She also felt it is critical to have E1 Charro extended to Stanley, Busch to E1 Charro and Stoneridge Drive to Stanley. She also felt the West Las Positas interchange was critical and should be constructed. Ed Gearty, 4165 Morganfield Court, referred to the referendum on which people voted and decided Ponderosa was not the right developer. He did not feel Ponderosa is the right developer now. If we want affordable housing for seniors, we need a developer who will provide that. He wanted the City to buy this property and develop it as we see fit. Working with the Kaiser property could provided an opportunity for a nice park along the chain of lakes. He did not think it made sense to have a high school so close to Amador Valley High School. He did not agree with housing on this land. Sil DeFazio, 3711 Mohr Avenue, believed Ponderosa has done a good job of developing a plan. He didn't agree with a school site. He liked Option B with an additional entrance for Kamp Drive. Everything else is good. He has seen the school City Council Workshop 7 08/20/01 Minutes