Pleasanton to Host Community Meetings on East Pleasanton Specific Plan

Announcement submitted by City of Pleasanton:

The City of Pleasanton has scheduled two community meetings to discuss the East Pleasanton Specific Plan in the coming weeks. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the Donlon Elementary School multi-purpose room at 4150 Dornan Road, at 6:30 p.m. A second meeting on Wednesday, April 29, has been relocated to the City Council Chambers at 200 Old Bernal Avenue, also at 6:30 p.m.

The East Pleasanton Specific Plan (ESPS) public meetings offer an opportunity for Pleasanton residents to provide input into the future of one of the city’s remaining parcels of undeveloped land. The meetings are intended to elicit public response to any potential development and issues regarding rezoning, pre-zoning, adjustments to the Urban Growth Boundary, and eventual annexation of the plan area into the city, including a Base Plan that calls for 1,300 single family homes and 1.6 million square feet of industrial/retail development.

The first such neighborhood meeting, held on April 12, 2015 at the City’s Operations Services Center on Busch Road drew more than 100 participants with concerns about the Plan and its impact on the community, especially regarding water usage, the El Charro Rd. extension, school crowding and that the project is not required to meet State and Regional imposed housing requirements.

The EIR describes significant environmental impacts as a result of this (EPSP) project, including traffic noise and transit increases and air pollutants that impact air quality.

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