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300 square feet per employee actually results in more employees per thousand square feet than warehouse or service commercial uses. Commissioner Fox stated that she believed it was fair to say that for East Pleasanton, retail, R&D, and industrial park are kind of placeholders but that it is possible it could be something other than retail. Ms. Stern noted that it was assumed the area would be mostly industrial and R&D, with a small amount of retail. b. Review of the Draft General Plan To provide an opportunity for the Commission to review the Draft General Plan and to provide feedback. Janice Stern noted that there were a couple of attachments to the staff report: one was replacement pages for the Subregional Planning Element, and the other was a revised map in the Circulation Element section. She apologized for overlooking a memo with information on changes made at the City Council level for the Subregional Planning Element and indicated that those changes would be incorporated into the next printing of the General Plan. With respect to the map, she stated that the actual information on that map which was focused on the intersections was entirely correct, but the base map used did not include all of the updates for the Circulation Element. She added that the Department of Conservation has recently approved some information for a new landslide and liquefaction map and that staff is in the process of preparing a new map that will substitute those in the Safety Element. Chair Blank inquired if policy changes or substantial information would come before the Commission for discussion. Ms. Stern replied that staff anticipates there would not be any major policy changes as both the Commission and Council have previously reviewed this. Mr. Dolan advised that once the Final EIR is completed, staff will bring the General Plan back to the Commission for its recommendation to Council. He noted that staff would like to know at this time if there were any items which will work themselves into the Commission's recommendation to the City Council. He indicated that while many things have been vetted at the Council review and direction has been given, it is possible there are more specific issues that the Commission may want to weigh in on. Chair Blank stated that his comments have to do with fire safety and noise from the airport. He indicated from his recollection that the Planning Commission review was more thorough and detailed than what is reflected in the General Plan. He noted that he wanted to make sure the General Plan is as complete as possible and that he would provide an email. Commissioner Fox stated that she is trying to figure out if the 1996 General Plan and the Community Trails Master Plan have some policies that were not included in the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 15, 2008 Page 10 of 15