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office u~ is the highest and best use for the site. There has, however, been an interest by some for a large restaurant with meetin~ room space within the north Pleasanton area. This interest ha~ bee~,e~pressed by both pot~tial operators and businesses in north Pleasanton seeking such a filcility. A City's zolfing actions ca~ be used to guide land uses so that a desirable mix of uses is m~ieved, a mix which m~y no~ as readily be accommodated if left to unfettered market influence. Tl~re ar~ a few vacant sites in north Pleasanton, with none readily available to accommodate either a large restaurant or a restaurant/conference center complex. Dublin is considering a preliminary development proposal for a 6,000-square-foot restaurant with 24,000 square feet of co~feren~:e space at the Koll Commercial Center in Fast Dublin. Given the growth of offices in both Pl~santon and Dublin, it is unknown what the demand for such a facility may be. This office growth is also spurring renewed interest in full service (conference capability) hotels. Again, the zoned land is generally not available in Pleasanton (this site is too small) without redeveloping an improved site. The Commission may consider the desirability of this site for a rar~e of uses. Staff again notes that the proposed use is consistent with the present zoning which, as such, is the pr~s~mt policy established for its use. Accordingly, staff supports the proposed change as it is consistent with the established land use regulations. However, staff does believe that the Commission should address the larger land use issue since the proposal includes demolition of an ~xistiilg restaurant and it now has, due to the lapsing of the development agreement covering this site, the ability to review this site's land use. Tr~,,fflc This project is regulated by the original Hacienda Park traffic conditions. To be approved, it mu~t demonstrate that its traffic, when added to all existing plus approved projects' traffic, will not cause or add to a LOS E condition at the PUD-identified intersections. The attached traffic study by T~M reviews the project's impact on the most affected intersections. Th~ office use would generate more AM and fewer peak hour trips than a typical quality resmura~ of P~lro's size. Afternoon peaks are still the most troublesome in Pleasanton. The traffic study is a "worst case' analysis in that it modeled office traffic generated by the proposed use without any set-off for the removal of the then-existing Pedro's traffic. The study shows that in the PM there would be ten new outbound trips and 74 fewer inbound trips, although .the intersection analysis analyzed the impact of 59 new office trips added to existing traffic (12 inbound and 47 outbound). Office trip distribution would add trips to the heaviest, and most critical, traffic movements at the key intersections. Restaurant trips, although generally more in the PM peak, would generally not be distributed to the key near-freeway intersections or would be primarily in non-critical movements. Case No. PUDD-81-30-84D Page 7