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• Traffic, Parking, and Off - /On -Site Circulation — The Pleasanton Gateway development will be constructed in two phases — first phase, the commercial/ retail section and second phase, the office section — to coordinate the construction of the street, intersection, and freeway improvements with levels -of- service. The applicant will construct street improvements including aligning the Bernal Avenue driveway with Koll Center Drive, widening the westbound/ southbound left-turn lane at Bernal Avenue to two lanes, widening the northbound Bernal Avenue /I -680 entrance to two lanes, and paying Traffic Impact Fees. As analyzed, the proposed project provides a parking surplus of 243 parking spaces. • Green Building Measures — The applicant will implement the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED 3.0 rating system to achieve a "certified level" in the design, construction, and operation of any building over 20,000 square feet, including all future tenant improvements, or equivalent CalGreen standards; shall extend electrical conduits and pull strings to the parking spaces closest to the main entrances of the office buildings for electrically powered commute vehicles; and shall construct the Safeway and office buildings to allow for the future installation of a photovoltaic system in the roof areas. • Grading and Urban Storm Water Runoff — The project will be graded to drain its stormwater south towards to the City's stormwater treatment/detention ponds before discharge to the Arroyo de la Laguna. Both project phases will include vegetative filter swales augmented with "filterra" control systems in compliance with the NPDES standards. PUBLIC COMMENT Public notices were sent to the property owners, business owners, and business tenants within a 1,000 -foot radius for the property and to residents in the Laguna Oaks development and the Bernal Specific Plan area. Attachment 19 is the noticing area. Public notices were also sent to the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce, the Pleasanton Downtown Association, to the owners and managers of Pleasanton grocery stores including Safeway, Lucky's, former Nob Hill Foods, Gene's Fine Foods, Raley's, and Cole's Market, and to the owner /operator of the Bernal Corners Service Station. Public comments (Attachment 17) support the proposed project; question the lack of a service station; and expressed concern over traffic impacts. The applicant has met with representatives of the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and the Pleasanton Downtown Association, the owner /operator of the Bernal Corners Service Station, and the various neighborhood groups throughout the project review and has relayed to staff the public's support of the proposal. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration Environmental review for the proposed project is covered by an Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS /MND) (Attachment 3). The Mitigated Negative Declaration can be issued in conformance with the standards of the California Environmental Quality Act Page 8 of 10