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mixed use and more models need to be run of the different mixes. This was a good presentation and provides much food for thought for the next workshops. Cindy McGovern felt it was premature for her to discuss numbers of units for Hacienda Business Park. She wanted a meeting with the Planning staff to review the big picture of land use. She wanted to see what land may be annexed, how far the planning area extends, what land is not zoned for residential, etc. She was interested in whether there would be a density transfer from the southeast hills area to the Hacienda area. She needed to know if that would occur before making any decision on Hacienda. For the economic stability of the community, she wanted to leave the business park with as much retail, commercial and office. That would provide more sales tax for the city. She did not want to rush to build out and suggested lengthening the time to reach the building cap by setting aside a certain number of units to be used in the next General Plan Update in five to ten years. That way there would be units to encourage new people to move to Pleasanton as well as economic growth and Council could look at what had happened in the last five to ten years with traffic, operational expenses, economic stability, etc. She wanted a possible residential unit reserve. She also wanted a review of the growth management plan and the number of units approved for construction per year. She wanted to lower that number to stretch out the amount of time to reach build out of the community. She agreed the inclusionary ordinance should be increased to 25%-30%. Finally, she wanted to review the Housing Element and make certain it is in line with what is done in Hacienda or Staples. Jerry Thorne believed the concept presented was smart planning. He was concerned about the numbers. If 1,650 units were allowed, it was critical whether or not to count the units on Staples Ranch. If they were counted, there would be 2,150 units compared to the 2,554 units left. He would like the plans to come back with less than 1,650 units and more in the middle or whatever is the lowest to make the project viable. He wanted to make certain retail in the park is not set up for failure. He believed if it were just there to service the business park residents, it would be difficult to be successful and would require customers from outside the park and that would impact the rest of the city. The hours of operation would have to be considered as well. He was also concerned about the impact on the schools and felt if children were sent to other schools throughout the city it would create more of a traffic problem than exists today. He also wanted a better understanding of the number of commuters and their destinations out of the business park. Matt Sullivan said in general he was very supportive and excited about this concept. There are great opportunities for Pleasanton. This is an example of sustainable development and this type of project could help reach affordable housing goals. It is more environmentally responsible development. He noted decisions could not be made now about numbers of units, but needed to be considered over time as the rest of the land uses are reviewed in the city as well as transportation and circulation issues. He suggested two or three scenarios be presented for the TOD and see how it performs and how it affects traffic. He also wanted to review the afford ability aspects of the housing. He wanted a better idea of what this development would look like and how Joint Workshop City Council/Planning Commission 13 10/25/05