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community generate roughly 60% of the local tax base and collectively act as the economic engine that drives the ship, essentially providing the amenities and public services that so many people equate to quality of life in our community, an extraordinarily high quality of life It follows then that the City must be viewed by the business community throughout the region and beyond as supportive and timely with its decisions on the impacts of business and making things happen in a favorable way So I am here tonight to express our appreciation to staff and Shweta in particular and Gerry for taking on the comprehensive zoning code update It's something that the Chamber has asked for many times over many, many years and in fact, it remains very high amongst our local economy objectives and Pleasanton 2020 Community Vision, a document that was authored two and a half years ago and maybe it's prophetic in that specifically in the document, we look for the City's zoning code with an emphasis on providing greater clarity and expediting the approvals related to both permitted and conditional uses to be updated by 2018 With the commitment of staff, they are on course in a three-phase mode to get there, but I think what's important for us to keep in mind in going in that direction is that this is Phase 1 It's not the end but it's the beginning If you approve and move onto Council and then Council approves it, this really needs to stay within the Council's priorities for the next two years and that I hope you also urge to them to keep it there And as part of the equation I'm ensuring that our community has the utmost in public service amenities as provided by the tax base our business community generates, and that above all is really why I'm here, and I encourage you to move it forward and continue the great work Our great pat on the back to staff for this effort— awesome start, awesome beginning—let's keep the dialogue going, let's keep it moving and I hope all of you have a wonderful and happy holiday season Chair Ritter Thanks Scott Thanks for all you do at the Chamber and in Pleasanton THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chair Ritter So, Gerry, do you want us to go through each line item or what's the best way to give feedback'? Beaudin I wouldn't say want, but we're certainly happy to go page by page if you want to or we can take buckets of comments and address them that way It really depends on how extensive the changes are you want to make Chair Ritter We can start with Commissioner Balch and if he's already said something that you thought of I know Commissioner Balch has been in communications and has provided staff a lot of comments already, so, maybe if you want to put them into summary for the record and that might be the easiest and then ask questions'? Commissioner Balch Yeah, if you don't mind I can and go from there I actually, as the speaker said, I think it's great I talked to Shweta extensively today, unfortunately today because that's how long it took to get through it We've come to the conclusion that what's probably not fairly prevalent is that we currently have a lot of PUDs in the City and we've done Minor PUD Modifications to add a zoning use of some type and that could come in as conditional or that could come in as a permitted straight use It's hard EXCERPT DRAFT PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 14, 2016 Page 5 of 30