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CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP On February 8, 2011, the City Council held a Workshop to discuss the Hacienda TOD Standards and Design Guidelines and to review the Planning Commission's recommendation on this project. Listed below are those issues which require further City Council input: • Pedestrian and Bike Connections: The Planning Commission recommended a "sunset clause" be established that would eliminate the connector trail requirement along the common property line with Kaiser if an agreement with Kaiser regarding joint development of the trail was not reached by the end of 2011. Staff believes that the connecting trail is an essential piece of the pedestrian and bicycle circulation plan and recommends that if a "sunset clause" is included, some flexibility is allowed in applying it if Kaiser has indicated its willingness to work with the City on trail implementation. Staff is seeking City Council direction on this topic. • Setbacks: The Planning Commission recommended a reduction of setbacks on Willow Road, Gibraltar Drive and Hacienda Drive, if the pedestrian and bike connecting trail is required. Staff believes that the Hacienda TOD Standards and Design Guidelines as currently drafted provide sufficient discretion to the Community Development Director to consider reductions in setbacks where warranted and where consistent with the objectives of the guidelines. Staff believes community acceptance of development on these sites will be strongly influenced by the appearance of the project from the street and that the setbacks and landscaping illustrated in the guidelines provide necessary "greening" of the project. • Retail and Live/Work Space: The Planning Commission recommended 5,000 square feet, not 10,000 square feet of dedicated retail space overall, with the 5,000 square feet on Owens Drive. The Planning Commission also recommended that the live /work space requirement be retained on Owens Drive, but that retail and live /work space be a builder's option on Gibraltar Drive at Hacienda Drive. One option that has not been discussed would be to require some quantity of live /work space on Gibraltar Drive but not to require retail at this location. This would allow for future conversion to retail should the market develop for such uses. Staff supports the recommendation for 5,000 square feet of retail development and live /work space on the Owens Drive frontage and seeks City Council direction regarding requiring additional retail and live /work space on Gibraltar Drive. • Retail Depth: The Planning Commission recommended that the minimum required retail depth at corners should be 40 feet rather than 60 feet as currently stated in the guidelines. In order to attract certain larger tenants, the City's retail experts believe that there should be at least some space with 60 foot depth. Staff seeks City Council direction on this issue. • Group Usable Open Space: At least one Council member disagreed with the concept of requiring 200 square foot rather than 300 square foot of group usual open space for projects exceeding 35 dwelling units per acre and recommended a more graduated approach. Staff recommends adjusting these requirements for a more gradual reduction in the requirements as density increases; i.e. that 250 Page 3 of 8