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SPECIFIC PLAN PREPARATION The East Pleasanton Specific Plan (EPSP) Area is the largest remaining area of land with significant development potential within the Pleasanton Urban Growth Boundary. Preparation of the Specific Plan for this area will require discussion and resolution of a number of important land use, growth boundary, economic/fiscal, conservation and circulation issues that have the potential to affect several neighborhoods in east Pleasanton, as well as the City as a whole. Staff anticipates that this planning process will involve a large work effort both to resolve the planning, circulation, infrastructure, annexation, fiscal and other technical issues, and to support the public input process. Staff is therefore anticipating the need for consultant assistance for the following tasks: • Economic analysis of the market potential for various uses of this property. This would provide the City and plan participants with information on the market demand for various potential uses of this property and would provide a baseline for discussion of future land use of the site. • Preliminary engineering and project costing for the El Charro Road extension. A major element of the EPSP will include a discussion of the cost of constructing El Charro Road and a plan regarding the allocation of costs for its construction. • Specific Plan coordination and support. This would include preparation of land use, circulation, infrastructure and financing plans, illustrated development standards, graphics and other materials necessary for public discussion and input, as well as technical studies. Meaningful public discussion of alternatives for development of this area will require preparation of multiple meeting presentations, handouts, renderings, and other visual aids, as well as web-site materials. • Environmental Impact Report preparation, including a detailed traffic impact analysis. It is anticipated that an EIR will be required to address the impacts of potential development in this area. • Fiscal analysis of the draft plan and alternatives. This analysis will provide information regarding the costs and benefits of the various development alternatives. With the City Council's authorization, staff will prepare requests for proposal for the above consultant assistance and will return to the City Council with recommendations for professional service agreements. As noted under Financial Statement, the major landowners (Legacy Partners and Kiewit Corporation) are expected to share the costs of consultants through an agreement with the City. SPECIFIC PLAN MILESTONES Given the desire of the City Council to create a plan with substantial community input and the opportunity presented by a virtually undeveloped site, staff has assumed that time will be spent at the start of the planning process to formulate a vision and objectives for future development of the EPSP area prior to discussion of the specific development proposals being sponsored by the property owners. The vision and goals may consist of text and graphics and may be developed through a charrette-like process or by design professionals in collaboration with the Task Force. In any case, Page 4 of 7