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±9 acres. These are within the Urban Growth Boundary which is being recommended for change to Low Density Residential, and which is the special Happy Valley designation which would allow for one unit per two acres. She said much of the 9 acres is sloped, but there are a couple of flat areas where limited residential development might be appropriate. Councilmember Sullivan confirmed with Ms. Stern that the narrow area was on the west side of the freeway, south of Happy Valley Road, between Sunol Pleasanton Road and the freeway. Ms. Stern displayed the East Pleasanton Specific Plan area and described an area south of Staples Ranch around Martin, and said this was proposed to be a preliminary boundary for an East Pleasanton Specific Plan area. Staff has removed all gravel and industrial designations in that area in anticipation of a future specific plan, they have a bubble which shows a designation of Commercial, Industrial, Business Park, Mixed Use and Park, which represents the many uses staff sees as being planned in the area. She also pointed out the change in the Zone 7 Lake areas water management designation. She said the Applied Biosystems Campus on Sunol Boulevard was currently General Industrial. The development better reflects a business park development and staff is proposing that this be changed to a Business Park. Ms. Stern noted they currently have a PUD which would cover development on there unless it was changed. Councilmember McGovern confirmed the area could reflect the current uses as a business park setting, but not to necessarily encourage development. She referred to the former PUSD property in Ironwood of 22 acres, said it was for Public Institutional/Medium density housing and PUSD has given up their option on that property. Therefore, the City has now designated it as medium density residential, which is consistent with a future project coming forward from Ponderosa. She presented the revised general plan map, said staff has added a paragraph on sustainability, removed some detailed information about Public Facilities and Open Space, updated and added areas of special interest, there is a new section on existing and future specific plans and re-arranged the growth management section. There is a new land use concept section which is a brief discussion of ideas of smart growth, mixed use development, transit oriented development, and a general plan designation was updated to relocate some of the background and trend information to make the intent of the designations clearer. Mayor Hosterman opened the item for public comment. Kay Ayala noted her involvement in the 29,000 unit cap put in place by the last General Plan, worked for 4 years with San Francisco to reduce the number of units reserved where the citizens voted and almost passed a measure that they would have purchased the property, said she was very concerned about growth and felt it was a huge issue in the community. She said a proposed initiative to lower the cap would pass, questioned why Pleasanton had to build in the near future. She asked housing be scattered throughout town and asked that schools be kept a small size and not overcrowd high schools. Brian Arkin said he fought the battle during the 1996 General Plan to lower the units from 2,000 to 581 and he wanted to see the housing cap reduced. Regarding the Transient Oriented Development (TOD) at the Hacienda Business Park, he was opposed to the project and felt the amount of traffic was getting worse. Regarding the definition of a unit, voters overwhelmingly voted for astate-defined citywide housing cap of 29,000 housing units. Steve Dunn, Legacy Partners said they are about to close on the Hanson property. He said he looks forward to working on the East Pleasanton Specific Plan and urged the Council to maintain flexibility and indicated they would soon be proposing a mixed use development. City Council Minutes 9 August 21, 2007