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Keith Beatts, 3636 Virgin Islands Court, spoke in opposition to the residential proposal in the Valley Trails area. He stated the residents are against the housing and the new homes would be out of context with the existing homes. He felt there were alternatives for housing in Pleasanton that were better for the city and affected people less than what is proposed for Valley Trails. He asked Council to consider the opinions of the residents because they are the ones who will have to deal with the project for years to come. There were no other speakers. Mayor Hosterman indicated this workshop was the last meeting for two of the Planning Commissioners, Trish Maas and Mary Roberts, who have served the city for a number of years. She thanked them for their service. There was a break at 8:55 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at 9:08 p.m. Mayor Hosterman summarized that discussions would be focused on public and institution zoning and on land use options. This is an opportunity to develop a model for allocation of unit numbers to be used by staff in generating meaningful numbers regarding land use as it relates to traffic circulation in the city. As numbers are discussed and moved here and there, she asked people not to overreact because it is an opportunity to get solid data for future decisions. Commissioners and Council will ask questions or make comments on these two issues (l-whether to change any current public and institutional zoning/2-consider Table 2 land use options and allocation of numbers) and if necessary a special meeting will be held for necessary votes. Trish Maas asked staff to review items 6 and 7 for Kottinger and the downtown. Janice Stern replied that there is a project before the Housing Commission to consider intensifying the Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens developments and to add up to 100 units there. The other idea is for additional housing downtown over and above those units already identified in the Specific Plan. The concept is to make some commercial development more financially viable in order to provide additional amenities downtown, whether open space plaza, parking structure, etc. Ms. Maas asked if apartments were counted towards the housing cap? Ms. Stern said apartments and senior apartments are counted. The only units not counted are assisted living developments. Ann Fox referred to the West Dublin BART station development and whether or not there would be a grocery store on site. She felt that impacted whether or not it was a true mixed use if people had to drive across down to make certain recurring purchases. Ms. Stern did not know the exact nature of the proposal when it comes before the Planning staff, but there was discussion that there should be some commercial, convenience as part of the development. It is included in the TOD, mixed use residential development. Joint Workshop City Council/Planning Commission 9 04/25/06