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Ms. Fox inquired about the Zone 7 building and whether it could be used for anything other than a Zone 7 office building for the next twenty years. Mr. Iserson said the way the restriction is worded is that it must be health related uses. That runs for ten years and after than the property could be used for other uses. Ms. Fox referred to the discussions about the East Bay Regional Park District and restrictions on property, especially Ms. Joel's comments on fencing. She asked if that property could be annexed to Pleasanton and her issues resolved? Mr. Iserson said this is the first time he has heard of these issues and said staff could talk to the Park District to try and resolve those issues. Ms. Fox wanted to make certain that existing cattle grazing uses could continue on the ridge. Jennifer Pearce referred to the downtown in-fill numbers and asked for specific numbers in specific areas. Ms. Stern said no particular site has been identified. There is a range of units that could be used. Brian Arkin referred to the 113 units reserved for the Busch property school site, and asked if Council had voted to fix that number? Ms. Stern replied that was discussed as part of the original PUD on the Busch property. That is the mid-point for the 22.7 acres. There is no project approval, but that is what has been set aside for that site. Mr. Arkin indicated he was comfortable with the public and institutional designations as they currently stand. Regarding where to put the homes in the community, he felt it was obvious there are only so many units left and the opportunities for housing exceeds what the voters approved with the housing cap. Regarding east side development, he felt Valley Avenue is crowded now and putting more housing there would make the problem worse. Regarding Staples Ranch, he liked the option that had 65 of the attached units to be counted. He again asked for a copy of the initiative that went before the voters regarding the housing cap. He felt Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens were great places for seniors and supported adding 100 units there. He agreed with allocating 50 units for downtown in-fill. He felt a reserve of 300 units for future development was appropriate. If the problems on Valley Avenue could be solved, some of those 300 reserved units could be allocated in that area. For the remaining units, he would like to see them allocated to development at the two BART stations, or 1,058 units spread between the two. He was enthusiastic about transit-oriented development and felt it protects open space, has the lowest impact to existing residents and provides the greatest opportunity for affordable housing in the community. Mary Roberts also believed public and institutional designations should remain as they are, but she had a question about the Valley Trails property. The church on that location is a floundering public institution right now. It has an existing day care and she believed if the remainder of the property were used for a community center, she believed all the neighbors would complain considerably. At the expansion of St. Clare's, the neighbors complained. She was certain the land would not remain an open field, but if there were a good institutional use to Joint Workshop City CounciVPlanning Commission 10 04/25/06