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As you are aware and as Steve Otto just mentioned, this PUD was approved a couple of years ago in 2014. Shortly thereafter, Workday's leadership took a close look at the project and there were about five or six key areas that the leadership challenged the team to look at. Number one is how it related to its surroundings in the Stoneridge Corporate Plaza. Number two, is it possible to reduce or eliminate the above-ground parking structure south of the project. Number three, how would it function for its employees, and in keeping with Workday's position as the forefront of one of the best places to work in the Bay Area. Number four; is it in line with the Workday's sustainability goals; and Number five, how could we increase the bicycle and vehicle access strategies, and lastly, could we improve the accessibility to and from BART. So as a result of this analysis, Workday challenges consultants to make a design modification and enhancements to incorporate the aforementioned items if they could, so we were pleased to share that the design team was able to eliminate one of the entire five-story parking structures by incorporating it under the building and to change a substantial sustainability mission for the project from LEED Gold to LEED Platinum. Workday and its project team have worked thoughtfully with the adjacent property owners. Additionally, all of what has been presented tonight has been carefully coordinated with and met the lease requirements of our landlord, BART. So finally I would like to thank the City staff for their work in reviewing this project for well over a year as we prepared to bring this major modification application to you. We value and appreciate their efforts in assuring that what is before you is a project that we believe the City of Pleasanton can be very proud of. Chair Ritter: Thank you so much. Are there any questions for the applicant? Ritter: The next speaker is John Rennels. John Rennels, BART: Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, staff, I'm John Rennels. I'm project manager at BART's real estate and property development department. In one month I will have been doing TOD at BART for 24 years and I'd be remiss if I didn't first acknowledge your City Manager and professional staff for how creative they have been throughout this process. Secondly, you can understand why Workday is perennially rated as the best place in the Bay Area to work. The team that they have amassed is probably best of class. I was fortunate to be the project manager on our transit village in Pleasant Hill that received the Grand National Award for Implementation by the American Planning Association. I contend that this collaboration tonight of Workday's world development center incorporating the BART station and incorporating the greater Stoneridge area will exceed that in the way of awards probably with the Urban Land Institute as well. This has really been an outstanding collaborative process that is certainly transit-based. Workday gets it, the City of Pleasanton gets it, and Workday's team gets it. The enhancements that will accrue to the public in the way of the BART station and the way of attractiveness of access, opening of the fairway that has been closed-I negotiated the original public/private partnership and we made that with a champagne taste on a beer budget knowing that some of the improvements were going to come later with our private development partner, never expecting that it ultimately would end up with Workday and exceeding expectations. The shared police facility, enhanced pedestrians and bicycle access, and when it's all done, this will be the first DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 13, 2016 Page 4 of 9