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• The buildings along Bernal Avenue and Valley Avenue are located so that they directly face the public street. The commercial buildings facing Bernal Avenue are designed and detailed to achieve a four -sided building architecture and will include clear vision glass on the street -side building elevations. • The parking spaces along Bernal Avenue and Valley Avenue are generally behind the buildings and are, therefore, screened from view. The exceptions are the parking areas between Building Pad #'I and Building Pad #4 in Phase I and the parking area between Office Building #4 in Phase II and southernmost project boundary. The parking areas and drive - through lanes facing Bernal Avenue will be screened by a combination of berms, hedges, and landscaping. The parking area facing Valley Avenue will be screened by landscaping. • Street trees are provided along the internal driveways, drive aisles, and pedestrian connections for shade. • The Pleasanton Gateway development provides convenient pedestrian access to the residential uses on the east side of 'Valley Avenue, the employment centers on the north side of Bernal Avenue, and the future park trails on the property's south side that will encourage residents and office workers to walk, rather than drive, to the proposed Gateway stores and offices. • The Phase II buildings #4 and #5 are four stories in height across Valley Avenue opposite the Village Commons on the east side of Valley Avenue and are stepped - back or setback to provide a street front compatible with the residential uses across Valley Avenue. • The Phase I and Phase II buildings are all within the four -story commercial /office height standard established for the Pleasanton Gateway property by the Bernal Property Specific Plan. Relationship of the Specific Plan to Zoning As previously discussed, the proposed Pleasanton Gateway development is consistent with the policies and guidelines of the Bernal Property Specific Plan covering the site. The Introduction chapter of the Bernal Property Specific Plan states, "Other and use regulatory processes — such as a development agreement, tentative subdivision maps, conditional use permits — must also be consistent with the Specific Plan. Unless otherwise specified, PUD development plans and other more project- specific land use approvals adopted after findings of consistency with the Specific Plan will take precedence over guidelines of the Specific Plan." This policy grants to the City the discretionary authority to adopt developments that may not meet the letter of every policy or guideline of the Specific Plan. This was to account for the changing economic trends and other factors that will affect the long -term development of land in the City. For this reason, the previously proposed amendment to the Bernal Property Specific Plan is not required to accomrnodate this proposal. Pleasanton Gateway Page 17 of 35 August 25, 2010