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come forward, she was convinced it would create problems for traffic in the neighborhood far more than a small housing development. She believed the neighbors were concerned the new houses would be higher than their homes. She has learned over the years how much a bulldozer can change the land entirely. She wanted to get rid of rural density zoning, because it assumes the land is flat. One house per five acres means you can clump a hundred houses on five hundred acres. It gives people a false notion on what can be done with their property. She believed there should be a hillside residential designation for use in planned unit developments. In the hilly areas, there are places where homes can be located, but someone has to go and look at the property, not just look at a map. She felt the reserve of units should be as high as possible because of the east side, since that is where future homes may be in the specific plan area. If Council approved all the units wanted for the BART station and Hacienda projects, the housing cap is already exceeded and there is no room for anything else. If Hacienda is to get all the units it wants, units must be moved from somewhere else in the city. She definitely wanted to leave 136 units for the east side along with the 113 for the Busch property. She also agreed with adding 100 units to Kottinger Place. She continued saying if you reserve 300 units, use 100 units for the West Dublin BART station, 700 for Hacienda and 65 for Staples Ranch, and perhaps 50 units for downtown, that gives about 1,273 units. She was undecided about the Valley Trails area. Ann Fox agreed there should be an east side specific plan and felt there should be 500 units reserved for the future. Even though only a small portion would be on the east side because of the airport protection area and the lakes, she felt a condominium complex like Danbury Park would be a good addition to that area. She believed there was not enough public and institutional land in the community. She did not think there was a place for a childcare and preschool facility. When a large family childcare home is located in residential areas, there is neighborhood opposition for 12-14 children. She wanted to see public and institutional land set aside, similar to how the Hacienda School in the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan was set aside to be public and institutional. She did not agree with rezoning the Valley Trails property and allowing residential development. The neighborhood has made it clear it does not support that and they should not have to revisit this over and over again. She believed the city should work with the church to find appropriate uses for that land. Regarding the 113 units reserved for the school site on the Busch property, she felt if the School District does not use the site, then a portion of it should remain public and institutional for some other use in that part of town, with houses on the remaining land. Referring to the Staples Ranch, she thought the housing numbers should be based on the impacts to the city. She liked the staff recommendation for 240 units. She supported Option B2 with its concentrated residential development. It sets aside 500 units for the future, but she wanted some consideration given to the units for Kottinger Place/Pleasanton Gardens. She also wanted units for downtown, perhaps 50. Option B2 clearly delineates what part of the city will have higher density residential development and is a good break down of how she would like to see the units allocated. Jennifer Pearce thanked Janice Stern for narrowing down a seemingly unlimited number of options. The chart was extremely helpful. She believed more public and institutional land was needed in the city for a variety of uses. She wanted to leave the Valley Trails property as public and institutional. They neighbors don't want houses and she was uncertain if that was the best location for additional houses in the city. Regarding the Table, she was very much in favor of Option B. It seems to accomplish a number of city objectives, smart growth, green growth, more affordable housing, alleviation of traffic and a lot of issues recently discussed. She was not ready to discuss specific numbers because she did not understand the basis for several of the allocations. For instance, she was interested in downtown in-fill as a concept in terms of traffic alleviation and making downtown more vibrant, but could not comment on Joint Workshop City CounciVPlanning Commission 11 04/25/06