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should consider where any units over the housing cap could be placed. She believed most emphasis should be on transit-oriented development in Hacienda. Sean Lemoine, 4574 River Rock Hill Road, referred to his family's property on the west side of Foothill Road and asked how the General Plan Update would affect it. It has zoning for 26 units even though they don't plan to max out to that. But they want to build homes for their families and again asked how the General Plan Updated would affect that. Mayor Hosterman said that would be discussed in the future. No action at this meeting would shackle any potential future development proposal the Lemoine family may have for its property. Even if the 25% slope rule is approved, there is still opportunity for Council to use its discretion. Mr. Lemoine asked if staff has done a fiscal analysis of the impacts of reduced development on the west side of Foothill Road? David Pastor, 3615 Hawaii Court South, believed that the impact from the church property development would not be from a house or two in a 40-year old neighborhood. This would be a group of new homes that would impact up to six courts in Valley Trails which would end within 50 yards of the new development. He felt the biggest problem of a new neighborhood is from the elevation above the old neighborhood. The surrounding neighborhood will be looking up at whatever is developed and he did not think Ponderosa Homes would build 1,400 to 1,600 sq. ft. homes there, which is what comprises most of the neighborhood. He believed there would be bigger homes at a high elevation in the center of the old community and he felt it would be like a castle on the rock. Further, he believed the housing would limit the view of the park and church. He asked if there was something in the church bylaws about selling the property for profit? Joe Seto, Zone 7 Water Agency, indicated Zone 7 was interested in the development of the Staples Ranch area. The stream management master plan, which looks at the future of flood control in the Valley recommends regional storage in the quarry pits instead of a channelization approach, which means moving the water as quickly as possible out of the Valley. The area in Staples Ranch has been identified as a critical area for flood control. Zone 7 is looking forward to talking to regional agencies for partnering on this regional flood control approach. Kevin Close, 871 Sycamore Road, commented the staff report mentions this would be the last land use workshop and asked if there was to be a land use workshop regarding the southeast hills and south Pleasanton. He asked if the number of units discussed for that area were part of the Housing Element? Were the health and safety and geological issues on the west side of Happy Valley to be a regional decision or would it be citywide in the General Plan? Will the number of units in the southeast hills be revisited to reflect changes? Vanessa Kawaihau, 871 Sycamore Road, indicated last April the City Council adopted as a priority the south Pleasanton open space preservation. Since that time, it was indicated there would be a committee formed among the three property owners, the developers and the community surrounding the three developments of about 350 homes. Staff reports and Council comments indicate the discussions involve only one developer and one community, which is to be a prototype for the other two developments. In a previous land use workshop, it was stated that 150 homes from these three future developments in the southeast Pleasanton hills could be transferred, but it was not stated where they would be transferred or from which development. Joint Workshop City CounciVPlanning Commission 4 04/25/06