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directions are now being told there are new rules. This does not serve the community well. Public input has been the lynch pin of this process. The process was for a plan to be formulated and presented to Council for amendment or modification and then submitted to the voters. This initiative removes all that. The Task Force cannot present a plan to the Planning Commission because members of the Planning Commission have already stated their preferences without any public input or hearings. He supported Mr. Campbell's motion to reconsider his previous motion. Council should not put itself in a position of denying a public process that it started. It should not negate all the public input presented so far. It should not ignore all the work by individuals who have followed Council direction. He urged the Task Force to continue in operation, but not be in session until the matters raised by the initiative are resolved in November. Sue Cheney, 1920 Buckeye Court, supported the comments of Ms. Belding and Mr. Broderick. She was concerned about the divisiveness that has arisen around the proposed affordable housing on Bernal Avenue. In light of the city's history of supporting affordable housing, she asked that Council establish a committee to review specific plans for financially feasible affordable housing in other areas of the city. There are many who say they support affordable housing, but not on the Bernal property. Having some actual alternatives would be helpful for people to make up their minds about these issues. Scot Giambruno, 451 Junipero Street, complained about the increase in the amount of traffic on his street and the speeds. He said he will try to ad&ess the Traffic Committee in June and will present some solutions from his neighborhood. He has asked the Police Department to put radar on his street during three time frames; morning, after school, and after work. He urged Council to direct the Police Department to do that. There are many children on Junipero and he felt it was only a matter of time before there is a serious accident. Ms. Dennis indicated she is one of those moms picking up their children. She felt one of the reason so many people use Junipero is because of the traffic backup due to the crossing guard on First Street. She suggested the kids cross in groups, instead of individually. Mr. Giambruno believed that with the Applied Biosystems development and the new traffic signal on First Street, that there will be even more cut-through traffic on Jtmipero. Ray Winther, 4501 Pleasanton Avenue, said he is a single parent of average income. He presented a chart showing the number of houses available in Pleasanton and their prices. He believed there were many people in his situation who don't qualify for affordable housing and who don't earn $150,000 a year in order to qualify to buy a house in Pleasanton. He qualifies for a $279,000 mortgage and according to his chart there are only eight units in Pleasanton. He described them. On this same website, there were 73 listings for houses of $1 million or more in Pleasanton. He did not see that this was fair or affordable for the citizens. He referred to the affordable housing on the Bemal property and he does not qualify for that program. He described other properties available including "fixer-uppers" that cost a half a million dollars. He urged Council to work towards developing moderate housing. People don't need oak floors, granite countertops, or vaulted ceilings. A house with three bedrooms, one and a half baths, laundry facilities and in a safe neighborhood is all he would need. He is so concerned that he has Pleasanton City Council 9 05/07/02 Minutes