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• The Pleasanton Gateway development includes a combination of neighborhood - and community - serving retail /service uses such as a grocery store, pharmacy, restaurants with an emphasis on sit -down restaurants, retail uses, art galleries and artist studios, and bakeries and candy stores where product is allowed to be made on the premises. The pharmacy's 24 -hour drive - through lane will provide a convenient means for residents to obtain prescription medications. Office uses include a combination of professional and business offices including medical and dental offices, real estate and professional services, research and development, administrative offices, and banks and travel agencies. • The Phase I and Phase II commercial /office space are comprised of both highway - oriented and pedestrian- oriented uses. The Phase I uses are suited towards pedestrian access from neighborhoods, existing and planned employment centers, and the future park uses. Uses are within a one - quarter to one -half mile walking distance of nearby and surrounding residential areas and employment centers and will be linked through a combination of signalized crosswalks and breaks in the median island on Valley Avenue. Convenience markets, bars, liquor stores, and game arcades are not permitted. • The mix of office and commercial uses allows for long -term leasing flexibility to reply efficiently to market opportunities. The Specific Plan land use /design goal states that the individual developments should work together visually and physically as an integrated whole. To implement this goal, the Specific Plan defined design guidelines directed to the development of this site with Commercial /Office Policies 1 and 2 and Guidelines 1.1 to 1.5 and 6.1 and 6.2. A summary of the Pleasanton Gateway development's conformance to the design guidelines follows: • The Pleasanton Gateway development provides a mix of retail, services, office, and associated commercial activities. • The Pleasanton Gateway development results in a pedestrian - friendly activity place with its combination of pedestrian sidewalks and plaza areas including outdoor dining. The sidewalks will be linked to the future trails on the City park property to the south. • The two Phase 11 office buildings and plaza area closest to Valley Avenue directly face and are aligned with the Village Commons area and the Kensington apartment buildings thereby continuing the neo- traditional design and planning concept established by the Specific Plan and the previous PUD development plan. • The Pleasanton Gateway development creates a community focal point and gathering place through its combination of outdoor plaza and dining areas, landscaping, and building architecture. The two major plaza areas in Phase 11 between Buildings #6 and #7 and between Buildings #4 and #5 are directly aligned with the open space area (Village Comrnons of the Specific Plan) and apartments on the east of Valley Avenue. Pleasanton Gateway Page 16 of 35 August 25, 2010