The Housing Elelment disproportionately affects the northwest section of Pleasanton.

The number of units to be built in Northwest Pleasanton far exceeds the rest of the city.

I am referring to the area around Hopyard and West Las Positas (to 580 and Owens Drive), Up Foothil around FHS, then North to The Mall.

Dense housing will distributed mostly in this area, while the remaining portions of the Element will be Single Family or two Family townhomes. I looked at the sites, counted up the proposed units. If you disagree please have a look for yourself. I think you will agree.

Respectfully,
Dave

Dave - you are 100% correct. But it goes beyond just the housing. The northwest side of Pleasanton is being grossly overdeveloped by this Council. Here's a link to a PW Op-Ed I submitted in March that elaborates: Web Link

The first requirement for any building is land on which to build. If that land is on the Northwest side, then that's where building will happen. There is not an equal amount of land available in other locations, so now the Northwest side gets to play catch-up.

Keek, There’s plenty of land to the south along 680 or out by way of Bernal. We just choose not to develop it.

Dave, you may not have taken a drive around town lately. What used to be "plenty of land" is either county or has been filled up with homes. Bernal has a big sports field area and homes aroundthe Safeway shopping center. It is developed. You need to get out and about more.

There is still open land in Hacienda Business Park which is already urbanized and the east side which is just dirt. The west side IS already developed. They are just piling on because as I said in the Op-Ed, they are immune from the voters here and heroes in their own neighborhoods (can you say "reelection"?)because they shoved it all to us.

There are approximately 30-plus acres (1,350,000) square feet along Bernal, between I-680 and the bridge. It has been speculated; that the city is saving this location for future civic center.

Michael,

Because the Bernal Specific Plan was approved by the voters the city would have to put it on the ballot to approve a Civic Center anywhere on the property. Nelson Fialho wanted to put a new magnificent Civic Center at the northeast corner near downtown and sell the current site to developers to pay for the complex, but he would have had to go to the voters for that as well.

There may also be flood control issues regarding that Bernal property. Some may have forgotten the huge problems that arose a few years back when properties along Foothill lost big sections as the Arroyo de la Laguna had so much water it realigned itself, taking banks along with it. I walked the area with a property owner and could see what devastation there was. Army Corps of Engineers and Zone 7 did some major work,but the Arroyo still is there, and still is susceptible to potential flooding and realignment again. I sure wouldn't want to buy a home built there. Of any size.