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ROLL CALL VOTE: <br /> <br />AYES: Commissioners Blank, Fox, Olson, Narum, and Pearce. <br />NOES: None. <br />ABSTAIN: None. <br />RECUSED: None. <br />ABSENT: None. <br /> <br />The motion passed, and the minutes of February 28, 2007 were approved as <br />amended. <br /> <br />3. MEETING OPEN FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE TO <br />ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM WHICH IS <br />NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. <br /> <br />There were none. <br /> <br />4. REVISIONS AND OMISSIONS TO THE AGENDA <br /> <br />Michael O’Callaghan and Peter MacDonald, the original requesters of Item 6.b., <br />were in the audience and inquired whether their item could be heard before <br />Item 6.a. Chairperson Fox inquired whether Item 6.b., PRZ-37, Schools, <br />Tutoring, and Recreation Facilities Code Amendment could be heard before Item <br />6.a., General Plan Update – Draft Subregional Planning Element, because of the <br />expected length of Item 6.a. <br /> <br />Ms. Decker advised that a policy has been set that General Plan Update items would <br />always be first on the agenda, and in view of this, several speakers for Item 6.b. were still <br />en route to the meeting with the expectation that their item would be heard after Item 6.a. <br /> <br />5. CONSENT CALENDAR <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />There were none. <br /> <br /> <br />6.PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS <br /> <br />a. General Plan Draft Subregional Planning Element <br />Review and Consideration of the Draft Subregional Planning Element of the <br />General Plan. <br /> <br />Ms. Stern presented the staff report and described the proposed changes in the <br />background text of the Draft Subregional Planning Element of the General Plan. The <br />Subregional Element is an optional element whose purpose is to facilitate Pleasanton’s <br />involvement with planning in the Tri-Valley. It was first prepared in 1996 as part of <br />“Subregional Planning Strategy,” grant-funded by the Association of Bay Area <br />Governments (ABAG) as a separate document in a joint effort by seven Tri-Valley <br />jurisdictions: Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, Danville, San Ramon, and Alameda and <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES March 14, 2007 Page 3 of 21 <br /> <br /> <br />