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BACKGROUND On April 17, 2012, the Planning Commission recommended City Council approve an application by BRE Properties, Inc. for a mixed use high-density residential/commercial development at the southeast corner of Owens Drive and Willow Road (see Attachment 1). On May 1, 2012, the City Council approved PUD-85-08-12D, to construct a mixed use high-density residential/commercial development containing 251 residential apartment units, four live and work units, and approximately 5,700 square feet of retail space. The property is an 8.4 acres parcel located at the southeast corner of Owens Drive and Willow Road. The Engineering staff, Planning staff, and the City Attorney's Office and Hacienda Business Park Association have reviewed the request for exchange of rights of way and easements and have found them in substantial conformance. The developer has submitted the necessary bonds for offsite improvements, paid City inspection fees for public improvements, and signed and submitted an Offsite Improvement Agreement. DISCUSSION The project will construct a median strip and diagonal parking on the south side of Owens Drive. The existing bus stop on the south side of Owens Drive will also be relocated to accommodate the angled parking. The project will reconstruct curb along the east side of Willow Avenue for parking stall and bus pull out areas. Both of the above mentioned revisions, as shown on the attached exhibits, require exchanging of rights of way and easements to keep the back of curb as the right of way line. Simply stated, the rights of way and easements are being adjusted so that all sidewalk and landscape areas will be located on private property and maintained by Essex, and all the street surface will be in the public right of way and maintained by the City. The project will also install charging stations for charging electric vehicles along the south side of Owens Drive near the diagonal parking. Additionally, the project will install an on-site paved trail and landscaping along the east side of the project boundary (which is also the west property line of Kaiser Foundation Hospital); install median strip landscaping between the diagonal parking on the south side of Owens Drive and public traffic on Owens Drive; restripe Owens Drive and Willow Drive to accommodate bike lane on each side of the street; and construct a left turn pocket for turning left into the project site from southbound Willow Avenue. Page 2 of 3