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PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION The Pl~ing Commission reviewed th~ proposed project at its meeting of February 14, 2001. While ~ioners were pleased with some aspects of th~ project, particularly its proposed LEIID ~ ~ certification and its incorporation of many of the features, the Cozllmis,tion ha~ been stressing for .offices in' north Pleas~nton, most of the Commission disc#ssiml centered on the architecture of the building, the change in use on the site, and the tra~c i?~. It wes concerned with the compatibility of the proposed architecture with the neighboring hotel buildings, and it felt a different design would be preferable at this site. One of the C~ornmi~$ioners suggested that a better ~ for the site would be a restaurant or retail establishm,~-~t that would cater m guests in surrounding hotels. The Planning Commission concluded that a market feasibility Study should be performed to determine whether alternative uses could be successful on the site. No members of the public spoke in opposition to this project. The Planning Commission denied the project and initiated a process to reevaluate the l~nd use designation on the site. Detailed information on the public hearing is provided in the attached ~xcerpts of the m~imlteS. ~ app~on is tmique in that it is the first 'tear-down, rebuild~ project in Hacienda and the first to raise land use issues free of a development agreement's constraints. It a~o raises issues unique to Hacienda Park relative to allowable total building area and traffic generation. At the Pla~ing Commission, stin~f noted that the City was now free to address tbe~ issues, but staff recommended approval b~*sed on the project's consistency with current re,relations and staff's determination that the building's architecture, although unique, was compatible with other.office buildings in the area. The issu~ surrounding the appropriateness of the proposed use of the site, the history and pot~tial future total development intensity of Hacienda Park, the traffic implications of the change of use, ami the building's architecture and its appropriateness for this setting are fully discussed in the at~ched Planning Commission staff report. These were the key issues identified by staffand focused on by the Planning Commission. While the historical pattern of development in Hacienda Park was to have hotel, restaurant, and rets1 uses within the CPD zone along Hopyard Road, office uses have alS°,been developed in this ~ (at the Crossroads Center, behind the Wells Fargo Bank), and larger office buiklings have been developed directly across the street. The present policy, as expressed in the zoning regulations,, would allow the proposed office use. Given the adjoining hot~ uses and this general historical pattern of development, the Planning Commission felt there may be a feasible l~nd use which would complement these uses as well as the greater SRO1:069 Page 3