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• Impact of Residential development on Pleasanton schools. Concern was expressed about the impacts of residential development in Hacienda Business Park on schools. There was an ultimate realization that this is a bigger problem than just the three properties and is related to the loss of the housing cap, that this would be considered for the Housing Element Update, that another 60+ acres would be rezoned for additional housing throughout the City. The task force recommended that a joint meeting between the City Council and the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) Board be held to explore the issue further. • Labor Issues. Labor issues were raised, and the Task Force recommended that the City Council address this at the development plan stage. • Income Levels of households for affordable units. There was a request for more detail regarding income levels. The Settlement Agreement included specific requirements about what the level of affordability will be and about accepting people with Section 8 vouchers, who could have significantly lower incomes. This will be addressed in the Affordable Housing Agreement between the City and the developers. • Funding Sources for Affordable Housing. Staff is in the process of preparing this list. This is a fairly popular type of development for receiving outside grant funding. • Services to lower-income tenants. Lower income residents would require different services which should be provided for successful residential occupancy. The Task Force allowed those services for some of the commercial space. • Green Building. The Task Force talked about making not just the buildings but also the community green. The best measure for this is the neighborhood green LEED rating system. Rather than making it a requirement, staff incorporated many of those components into the guidelines. • Condo conversion. Any condo conversion proposal would have to go through the same process as any other condo conversion in the City. The Settlement Agreement allows both rental and ownership units. Different sectors would be served by purchase versus rental homes. BRE Properties would be providing rental housing; however, nothing in the guidelines precludes these from later becoming ownership units. • How to amend the Hacienda PUD to account for TOD development. Questions about entitlements, exchanges relative to trip generation, and levels of benefits were raised. This is a policy decision to be addressed by the City Council. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 26, 2011 Page 11 of 40