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change the character of their neighborhood and will make it look much more like Dublin than Pleasanton. Ms. Wetmore stated that her main concern is the height of the apartments. She indicated her strong objection to four-story buildings there and thinks they should not be more that two stores as they presently have only one or two story buildings there. She stated that she is not too happy with the development and wishes it would not happen, but she realizes it is probably going to happen and that there will be more down that road on West Las Positas Boulevard because there are several other buildings that the Commission has already recently considered. Karen Eligas stated that she took some pictures of the area and would like to share it to bring a little more focus on the project. She indicated that she objects to the number of low-density, reduced-rate, low-income residential units that are being proposed, not just for this particular property but also along the entire West Las Positas Boulevard in the near future. She indicated that she understands that the State requires Pleasanton to rezone some properties and wants to put in on record that she was at all those meetings. She noted that many of her neighbors were also at all those meetings, and being Pleasanton residents, they all support Pleasanton and want to make it as easy or as painless as possible for the City to appease the State. She added that she understands from Ms. Stern and Ms. Soo that these properties have to have 30 units per acre; regardless of whether or not they are zoned for low-income residential. She stated, however, that they do not have to be low-income, and that the City probably has to give a developer a reason if it does not approve its application. Ms. Eligas noted that the 177 units include 88 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom, and 17 three-bedroom units, but she thinks a unit is a unit, and it does not matter if they are one-, two-, or three-bedroom units. She stated that it might not be that great for the developer but she believes that there is no need for three bedrooms and that they probably need to all be one bedrooms or two bedrooms. She indicated that she did some rough calculations, and eliminating the three bedrooms would save 13,000 square feet in the overall development, which might help get some of the units down from three and four stories to two stories. She noted on page 5 of the staff report that Building C would be two to four stories, but she is hearing that they are three stories. She added that because of the fast rate on that one street, which was originally a business park, she is reminded of what Dublin has done on its street near BART where there is a massive high-density housing. She stated that with respect to traffic circulation, she understands that it complies with the park as a whole, but questioned if this is the right thing to do. She indicated that she has been educated that a traffic flow could theoretically be all put on one street, and this one street passes a middle school. She noted that when the middle school was proposed, her way of life was changed. She further noted that she was sitting in her backyard and heard her son's name announced to go to the office. She indicated that she went over to the school and asked them to turn down their speakers so it does not project to her backyard. She noted, however, that this is different, and now they have businesses there, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and residential which is 24/7. She added that they have the EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 11, 2013 Page 9 of 24