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Brian Arkin agreed with prior comments. He supported more future in depth study of the neighborhood desires for the area. The main issue is whether to put in high density, transit oriented housing. The main concern is traffic in this area. He felt during these workshops, a decision had to be made on how many homes to build, whether to have a 300-500 set aside for the next General Plan, and then consider the three locations available, Staples Ranch, Hacienda Business Park, and the east side. He supported putting homes in places with the least amount of traffic. Traffic is a big problem and he did not want to make it worse. He wanted to see the actual wording of the ballot measure for the housing cap and the ballot arguments. He commented that staff did a great job on the staff report and its presentation. He appreciated the community input as well. Jerry Thorne also complimented staff on the report. The proposal looks really great with homes adjacent to parks and adjacent to lakes. He commented that there is still concern about the housing cap. He agreed there seem to be expectations created by the 1996 General Plan, but consideration has to be given on whether those would be affected by the housing cap. Another concern was whether all possible uses for this property have been identified. He liked the idea of some kind of advanced educational institution in the area. He wanted to know what kind of neighborhood meetings have been conducted and whether the community has been involved in the planning. He did not want the same situation that occurred with the Busch property. He encouraged the developers to get neighborhood agreement before they develop anything in that area. He supported keeping the property as a study area in this General Plan. Cindy McGovern agreed. This is an exciting area with opportunities that were not available for the Bernal Park, such as the chain of lakes, trails and recreation. If done right, it would be unlike anything else in this area. She liked the idea of some type of residential housing such as Danbury Park with two-story condominiums and some small single family residential lots dispersed. She wants to meet the residential needs of the children of the community. She felt lakefront living would be very nice. She believed having a study area would be an opportunity to involve East Bay Regional Park District, Zone 7, Wheels, etc. to work with the neighborhoods to see what they really want. That made the process much easier with the second Ponderosa plan and it worked well for the Vineyard Corridor. She felt some dreaming was appropriate for this 1 ,000 acres. She acknowledged that some service/commercial development should be there as well. She wanted to know what other kinds of land use the city was in short supply of, for instance land for a church or school campus. She believed the Hacienda area had prospects for an educational campus as well. She preferred to have a specific plan developed for the east side of Pleasanton to maximize the use of the property to enhance the community. Steve Brozosky also supported a study area. There is great potential for this site. He pointed out areas in Southern California where there are lakes with little communities that are very attractive. This is a lot of acreage with a lot of potential uses. He did not want to rule out residential at this point. He acknowledged traffic concerns for the area. He did not want five story buildings and suggested some kind of condominium or townhouse development such as Smoketree Commons and Danbury Park. He believed the community supported smaller homes for new families. He noted business and public and institutional uses can generate as much traffic as residential development. He did not want to make any decision until he had looked at traffic models. If more houses are added to the community, he asked where the children would go to school? He wondered if there were better locations to build residential units that have schools that can serve them? Are there locations for housing near property owned by the School District? There is a joint Council/School Board meeting in March when the General Plan Joint Workshop City Council/Planning Commission 12 01/24/06