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A summary of the direction given at the workshop is as follows: 1. A PUD modification will be the planning process for Hacienda; 2. The process will involve ample community outreach and public participation; 3. A task force composed of representatives of the City Council and the Planning Commission will guide the PUD process; and 4. The City must give priority to completing the General Plan and Staples Ranch projects before undertaking any significant activity on modifying the Hacienda PUD. In July of this year, the Council certified the EIR and adopted the City's new General Plan. The new land use designation for Hacienda is "Mixed Use/ Business Park and new land use policies relating to the benefits of a potential TOD in the park were included in the General Plan. The City is now processing rezonings from PUD -I /C -O to PUD -MU for three sites (BRE, W.P. Carey, and the northern portion of Roche) totaling approximately 32 acres south of the Dublin- Pleasanton BART station. This rezoning is consistent with and implements the new General Plan land use designation for the site, and it satisfies Policy 19.1 of the City's 2003 Housing Element which states that the City would rezone land to high- density residential use sufficient to accommodate the unmet portion of the City's Regional Housing Needs Assessment. It is intended that the development proposals for these sites will be consistent with design, density and use guidance provided by the PUD modification process, as described later in this report. Thus, it is expected that the approval of future development plans for these three sites would be deferred until the completion of the PUD task force process. DISCUSSION PUD Public Input Process At its meeting on October 20, 2009, at the time the City Council acted on mixed use rezonings for the three sites in Hacienda (W.P. Carey, BRE, and Roche), the City Council also provided additional direction regarding the composition of the task force to guide the planning process and the principles on which the task force should act. The following recommendations are based on the City Council's discussion. The City Council directed that public participation in this process be extensive and inclusive. To this end, staff is recommending two entities: a 19- member task force that will ultimately act to recommend the Modified Planned Unit Development to the Planning Commission and the City Council, and a larger advisory group that will provide public input from a wide range of interest groups and organizations, as well as technical assistance. Page 2 of 7