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DRAFT Agency and the third lake, Lake H, is currently owned by the Pleasanton Gravel Company but is scheduled to be dedicated upon completion of reclamation to Zone 7 sometime later next year. Mr. Rasmussen stated that, as he had indicated earlier, there are a number of features of the plan area that are pretty much fixed and show up similarly in all of the options. He indicated that some office, business uses and potentially lake front retail areas such as restaurants are being proposed to the north at the top boundary of the plan area. He stated that there is a three-acre site located at the crossing of the lakes which is being called a destination use area that might accommodate some sort of conference facility or special restaurant or some sort of use that would be unique to this area in this location with the views out in all directions that are really quite nice. He continued that going down through the plan area, non-residential uses are being proposed in two areas which are both in the Airport Protection Area (APA) which does not allow for residential use. He indicated that these would primarily be business uses as well as a park and a school area. He stated that APA deals with noise and single-family residences and people sleeping at night. Continuing down the proposed extension of El Charro Road, Mr. Rasmussen noted a community park site to the east that is shown on all the plans. He indicated that a leisure park site is currently proposed and has great views on out toward the lakes. He added that it is a fairly rich habitat area from the standpoint of existing vegetation and provides some really good opportunities for trails and vistas and such. He added that also to the east of El Charro Road, all the plans show industrial land because it really does not provide an opportunity for residential, and there is not a demand for retail or more demand for office; additionally, right next to it is the Vulcan quarry plant that has some fairly substantial impacts on the surrounding areas. Mr. Rasmussen stated that the rest of the site narrowed down quite a bit to the southern end of the area west of the proposed El Charro Road extension. He noted that within that area, all the plans call for an extension of Busch Road through to connect to the new El Charro Road. He noted that there was a lot of concern by the neighbors, the Task Force, staff, and consultants about the amount of traffic that could potentially come through Busch Road, so fortunately, there is an opportunity for a connection down at Boulder Street with an existing traffic signal at its intersection with Valley Avenue. He indicated that on this plan, Boulder Street extends through and connects up to Busch Road so that it could bring in traffic from take it on out without having to go down Busch Road next to the existing neighborhoods.. He noted that this is a good opportunity to help out with the traffic situation. Mr. Rasmussen stated that the unique characteristics of the Preferred Plan that sets it apart from the other plans is that it has a "dispersed multi-family" where there are several areas of multi-family dwellings at both 30 units per acre and at 23 units per acre; and a variation of single-family development at 4 units per acre in the outlying areas, next to the existing residential neighborhood, and extending over into another area lower down, some at 8 dwelling units per acre above and tending to surround the multi-family area and all through down to the south of the project, and some at 11 units DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 9/25/2013 Page 4 of 28