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ATTACHMENT 2 WORKPLAN EAST PLEASANTON SPECIFIC PLAN Pleasanton, California PROJECT UNDERSTANDING: The Planning Team will utilize an integrated process. A market and fiscal analysis and EIR will be simultaneously developed to inform the Specific Plan effort. The consultant team will engage the community and stakeholders in a participatory planning approach to evolve land use alternatives and to identify the factors which influence the decision-making process. The final Plan will be a guiding vision for development of this important area of the community. The environmental impact report(EIR) will analyze land uses and densities of development as described in the Specific Plan,including rezoning, annexation,and design guidelines. Subsequent projects that are within the envelope of land uses and intensities analyzed in the EIR can potentially he cleared with design review, site-specific studies where needed,and a CEQA addendum to demonstrate that the level of impact would be within the envelope already analyzed and disclosed. The Planning Team is approaching the East Pleasanton Specific Plan project as a collaborative team effort. The overall project will be coordinated through scheduled communication between the City project management staff and our proposed project manager Wayne Rasmussen. As project manager and the City's point-of-contact, Mr. Rasmussen will ensure that the Planning Team dedicates the staffing necessary to achieve success and meet the City's expectations. He will also attend and help facilitate all meetings of the Task Force,City Council,City Commissions and Committees;and Stakeholders and Community workshop. The Planning Team understands the City has identified numerous policies to promote sustainable growth in Pleasanton. Moreover, the City is taking a very proactive approach in addressing the issues of climate change as part of their planning process. From the standpoint of the Specific Plan,the daily vehicles mile traveled (VMT) per household threshold developed for the project is key to successfully reducing greenhouse gas emissions,which has rapidly become one of the most highly visible issues in developing sustainable planning. To that end,we are prepared to help the City of Pleasanton develop a sustainable,yet practical land use plan that is rooted in sound scientific principles (i.e., air impact analyses estimating reductions in trips and vehicle miles traveled expected from the mix of uses,pedestrian and bicycle environment,and access to transit service in the planning area). With a history of advising both government and private industry on the development of specific plans,our team applies proven planning,energy,environmental, emission inventory,and regulatory expertise to the global climate change challenges. This proposal does not include the preparation of applications nor processing of pre-zonings or rezonings, UGB adjustments,or annexation. Any additional work desired by the City in addition to that included in this proposal will he billed on a time and materials basis. TASK I —PROJECT The objective of this task is to confirm the planning process approach with the City and MANAGEMENT manage the on going project progress to insure overall City objectives are met. Subtask 1.1 Orientation • Kick-off meeting to obtain base data and define in detail the working relationship between the Planning Team and the City Staff. GATES +ASSOCIATES