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2. Letter from Margo N. Bradish, Cox Castle Nicholson 2.1 The proposed General Plan delineates the future East Pleasanton Specific Plan area and within that area designates the lakes as "Water Management and Recreation," and shows a "capsule" which includes the following General Plan land use designations: Public and Institutional, High Density Residential, Business Park, Retail /Highway /Service Commercial /Business and Professional Offices, Parks and Recreation, and Industrial. These designations are those being considered as part of the future Specific Plan; the amount and specific locations are unknown at this time. This concept is similar to that reflected in previous General Plans for areas that are now designated the Bernal Property Specific Plan, Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan, and the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan, none of which were designated with specific land uses prior to the adoption of a specific plan. 2.2 Table 2 -3 in the General Plan includes both "Allowable Density Ranges" and "Average Density used for Holding Capacity." As explained in the text, the holding capacity number is used for planning purposes (and also reflects average development intensities), whereas the allowable density ranges encompass the range of densities that may be approved for individual projects. Since the higher Floor Area Ratios quoted by the commenter are within the range of densities that may be approved, and the actual allowable FARs for the East Pleasanton area will be determined through the Specific Plan process, staff does not believe that the DEIR analysis needs to be revised or that Table 2 -3 in the proposed General Plan should be amended. 2.3 Agreed. Because Figure 7 -2 provides information about aggregate resources, staff believes it would be preferable to label the areas currently shown as "Potentially Developable Land" as "Depleted Resources." This change will be made in the proposed General Plan. 2.4 Agreed. Table 6 -1, page 6 -7 of the proposed General Plan will be amended to show #51 as "East Pleasanton (location to be determined)" with a footnote stating: "Location, size, and functions to be determined by a Specific Plan." The legend for Figure 6.2 (on p. 6 -9 of the proposed General Plan) will be amended to show #51 as "East Pleasanton (site to be determined) and on Figure 7 -4 the park location will be removed. 2.5 Comment noted. The specific location and financing of this road improvement will be determined through the East Pleasanton Specific Plan process; therefore, the construction timing of approximately 2011 -2015 appears reasonable. Staff does not recommend changing the proposed General Plan. 2.6 This is an error. Figure 3 -6 of the proposed General Plan will be corrected to show the Stoneridge Drive /El Charm intersection operating at LOS D in both the a.m. and p.m., and the Stanley Boulevard /El Charro intersection operating at LOS D in the a.m. and LOS C in the p.m. final response to comments with throw pages 15