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BACKGROUND The Housing Element adopted on February 13, 2012, includes Program 9.7 requiring the preparation of development standards and design guidelines to guide development on the nine sites recently rezoned for multifamily development. Staff and the TOD consultant architect prepared the draft standards and design guidelines in Attachment 1 drawing from the Hacienda TOD Development Standards and Design Guidelines. The Draft TOD Standards and Guidelines for the BART property were prepared following the work of the Hacienda Task Force. On several occasions during the Task Force deliberations questions had been asked regarding future development on the BART site and how it would interface with development on the south side of Owens Drive and the planned street and Iron Horse Trail improvements. Following the completion of the Task Force's work the City worked with the TOD consultant team, BART, and East Bay Regional Park District's staff, to prepare the draft standards and design guidelines, as shown in Attachment 2. HOUSING SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DESIGN GUIDELINES The Draft Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines are similar to the ones prepared for the Hacienda TOD sites in that they include a similar vision and cover many of the same topics as the previous multifamily standards and guidelines. The development standards (related to housing affordability, mix of affordable units, setback and yard minimums, open space requirements) are largely the same as in the Hacienda TOD document. Parking for the TOD housing sites (Site 1, BART; Site 2, Sheraton Hotel; Site 3:Stoneridge Shopping Center; and Site 8: CarrAmerica) are the same as the Hacienda TOD standards (i.e. a 25 percent reduction compared to the Municipal Code requirements); other sites would use the off-street parking requirements in the Municipal Code unless there is justification to reduce that. Additional information in this document includes diagrams illustrating site layout for different size sites, and an Appendix providing details and development considerations for each of the nine sites that were rezoned. TOD STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE BART PROPERTY Standards and Guidelines for the BART property include a Vision Statement and a TOD Framework discussion similar to the one in the Hacienda TOD. Required improvement on Owens Drive between Willow and the Iron Horse Trail are similar to those required on the south side of the street with the BRE development. Given the importance of auto, bus, taxi, pedestrian, and bike access to the site, the document includes details on circulation strategies for each mode, as well as various parking scenarios. In order to provide for some flexibility in development of the site, several different development scenarios are illustrated including office, residential, hotel and mixed use development. The document outlines the PUD process which will be used to review proposals on the BART site and provides FAR maximums (with and without trip reduction, 1.0 and 1.3, respectively), minimum and maximum residential densities (45 to 47 units per acre), group usable open space (200 square feet per dwelling unit), a maximum height of 85 feet, and TOD parking minimums. A minimum of 10,000 square feet of retail space Page 2 of 3