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Re nnershrp, e THE CITY OF F es\ / I e AGENDA REPORT ` \ pLEASANTON. CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF TRUSTEES ( 5 PLEASANTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MEMORANDUM Date: March 28, 2011 To: City Council arid PUSD Board of Trustees From: Nelson Fialho, City Manager 13fJ Brian Dolan, Director of Community Development f t Subject: Hacienda Transit Oriented Development Background As authorized by the Settlement Agreement with Urban Habitat, the City, with the assistance of a 21- member Task Force with broad community representation, prepared Transit - Oriented Development (TOD) Standards and Design Guidelines for three vacant parcels near the BART Station in Hacienda Business Park. The three parcels total approximately 29 acres and are zoned to facilitate development of between 30 and 55 units per acre, a small public park, and some limited live /work or retail square footage. The residential component was required in order to meet the city's Regional Housing Needs assigned in the last Housing Element cycle (1999- 2006). The Development Standards and Design Guidelines received final City approval on March 1, 2011. Total residential development on these three parcels could be from 870 to 1,595 units. Two of the parcels totaling approximately 17 acres are either owned or controlled by BRE Properties, a developer of rental communities, and are likely to be developed with projects at the lower end of the allowed density (30 units per acre) within the next few years. The third site, a 12 -acre parcel, is owned by Roche Molecular Systems, who has no immediate plans for development. The participants of the Hacienda Task Force, as well as the Planning Commission and the City Council, were aware of the potential impacts to school enrollment these future developments could have on Pleasanton schools. While resolution of that issue was beyond the scope of the Hacienda TOD planning process, the City Council did adopt the recommendations passed on by the Task Force and the Planning Commission that the City work cooperatively with the School District on resolution of these issues, including, if necessary, the identification of new school sites.