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Ms. Stern stated that the Task Force started out with about 30 sites which it ranked and <br />reviewed based on the criteria and, judging them against the 70 acres required for <br />multi-family development, came up with a preliminary list of sites for community <br />discussion. She continued that this preliminary list of sites was then taken to three <br />community workshops in March, at which an overview of the entire process was <br />provided and stations were set up with information about the various sites and the <br />criteria. She noted that there was good attendance at the workshops, at which the <br />public was able to provide the Task Force with a lot of feedback. Ms. Stern stated that <br />staff then compiled the input from the community workshops and a number of follow-up <br />emails and information that came in after the workshops into 500 pages of community <br />comment, which was posted on site. She added that staff also developed <br />, <br />together with a list of sites totaling approximately 100 acres. <br /> <br />Ms. Stern then went through each of the sites, summarizing them and providing an <br />overview of comments received. <br /> <br />Site 1: BART <br /> <br /> There is an interest on behalf of BART to see part of the surface parking lot in the <br />BART station in the Hacienda Business Park as a mixed-use development, part <br />of which would be residential. Approximately three acres could be converted <br />from surface parking to a multi-family housing project; and a parking structure <br />would be provided to replace parking spaces taken from the surface. <br /> <br /> Two positive comments were received, and one comment was about <br />overcrowded schools. <br /> <br />Site 2: Sheraton Hotel <br /> <br /> About two acres located near the Stoneridge Shopping Center. <br /> <br /> One positive comment was received, and one was about overcrowded schools. <br /> <br />Site 3: Stoneridge Shopping Center <br /> <br /> There is an opportunity to convert part of a large surface parking area of the <br />Shopping Center into a multi-family housing site; approximately the size of the <br />Windstar development of about seven acres, equivalent to 350 units if developed <br />at 50 units per acre, or less than that at 30 units per acre. <br /> <br /> Three comments were received: one was that expanded shopping opportunities <br />would be better than housing and another was related to overcrowded schools. <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MINUTES, April 27, 2011 Page 6 of 40 <br /> <br />