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project given its location next to more contemporary styled office and retail buildings, which staff believes would have made the apartment buildings appear out of place. Staff believes that the proposed buildings contain an appropriate mix of residential and office characteristics given the surrounding building designs and that the buildings would complement, and be compatible with, the overall design character (and "look") of Pleasanton. The Windstar and BRE apartment projects are examples of approved but not constructed projects that similarly have incorporated a mix of residential and office characteristics given their surroundings. Staff is recommending that the applicant make a few minor revisions and/or provide additional details to address the following items: Apartment Buildings • Make the individual unit entries on the ground floor more prominent. • Ensure the windows are "punched" in from the exterior building wall or defined by well-designed trims per the Standards. • Ensure the reveals for the stucco and smooth cementitious panels are substantial enough to be discernible. Retail Buildings • Provide details of the planter areas, planter pots, enhanced paving, etc along the storefronts. Conditions of approval have been included to address these items. The proposed building colors are the same as shown at the work session except the applicant revised the retail building colors to match the colors used on the community/leasing office buildings. At the work session, some Commissioners indicated a potential concern with the mustard yellow color depending on how bold/bright it was. The Commission requested that large color chips be provided when the project returned for its formal review. The applicant has provided 81/2 inch by 11 inch samples of the colors (which will be available for viewing at the Planning Commission hearing). Staff finds the proposed colors, including the mustard yellow color, to be acceptable. Office Parking Structure Although no plans for the office parking garage were provided at the work session, the Commission was informed that a four-level garage would be proposed by the applicant. The applicant has since determined that additional parking spaces are desired for the office tenants and additional parking was added to the parking structure, resulting in a five-level structure. The parking structure would feature concrete walls, rails, and columns. As some locations, steel cable rails would be used in lieu of concrete rails. Louvered glass stairway towers and concrete and glass elevator towers would be located at the northwest and northeast corners. These towers would serve as both the visual and pedestrian focal points of the structure. A horizontal metal PUD-85-08-1 D-4M Page - 19 - March 27, 2013