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DISCUSSION As the proposal has been conditioned, staff believes that the land use and zoning changes to the subject site are appropriate. The land use change allowing residential and low-impact office and commercial uses would allow the subject site to function as a buffer/transition area between the commercial land uses to the west and the residential land uses to the east. The proposed office and retail uses were selected to be compatible with and to minimize impacts to the surrounding uses and the proposed hours of operation would further minimize potential impacts. The attached Planning Commission staff report (Attachment 5) presents a more thorough discussion of the project, including: the General Plan and Downtown Specific Plan Amendments, zoning and uses, and parking. PUBLIC NOTICE Notices of these applications were sent to surrounding property owners and tenants within a 1,000-foot radius of the site. Staff has provided the location and noticing maps as Exhibit D to Attachment 5 for reference. At the time this report was published, staff had not received public comments regarding these applications. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT On January 4, 2012, the City Council certified a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) and adopted the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Housing Element Update and Climate Action Plan General Plan Amendment and Rezonings. This SEIR was a supplement to the EIR prepared for the Pleasanton 2005-2025 General Plan which was certified in July 2009. The subject site was one of 21 potential housing sites analyzed in the SEIR. A total of 54 multi-family housing units were analyzed in the SEIR for the entire project area at 4202 Stanley Boulevard. Ultimately, PUD-97 approved a much less intensive use on the site consisting of 12 new single-family homes and the retention of the existing home, which is the subject of this proposal. Staff believes that the current application fits within the project parameters established in the previous EIR; thus no further environmental documentation is required. Development that could result from the current proposal, combined with the 12 single-family residential units on the site, would generate environmental impacts that would be substantially diminished from those resulting from the up to 54 multi-family residential units evaluated in the previous SEIR. In particular, the currently-anticipated development (combined with the existing 12 single-family units) would generate fewer vehicle trips (134 fewer daily trips and 32 fewer trips during the AM and PM peak periods) and corresponding air pollutant and greenhouse gas emission reductions, and reduced noise levels. Submitted by: Fiscal Review: Approved by:tut/ L. 94_Brian Dolan Emily Wagner Nelson Fialho Director of Community Director of Finance City Manager Development Page 5 of 6