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BACKGROUND The City of Pleasanton in conjunction with Hacienda (Business Park) began working on a Hacienda Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Standards and Design Guidelines in 2010. This work was initiated in part to address the settlement agreement with Urban Habitat and the Attorney General's office. In that settlement agreement the City was required to develop the design standards and guidelines and apply them to at least three properties in Hacienda near the East Dublin Pleasanton Bart Station. The three sites were to incorporate certain core state requirements as part of the city's settlement agreement, which included among other things, a minimum density of 30 units per acre and that at least 15 percent of the housing units be affordable. To guide and complete the Hacienda Transit Oriented Development Standards & Guidelines (Hacienda TOD Standards & Guidelines), the City Council appointed a 21 member task force. There were two Planning Commissioners and two City Council members on the Task Force. The task force met 15 times between June of 2010 and early 2011. In addition to the minimum residential density and affordable housing requirements, the Hacienda TOD Standards & Design Guidelines contained direction on key topics, i.e., use (live/work and retail requirements), density, height, architectural features, landscaping and street character. Owens Drive Narrowing The issue of the narrowing of Owens Drive was discussed at several Task Force meetings and more than one alternative for accomplishing the narrowing was considered. The issue was also discussed at a joint workshop of the Planning Commission and the City Council on December 16, 2010 (Attachment 1), and at the Planning Commission public hearing on the Hacienda TOD Standards and Guidelines on January 26, 2011 (Attachment 2). The Hacienda Transit Oriented Development Standards and Guidelines (Attachment 3) were adopted by the City Council on March 1, 2011. The Owens Drive modifications were also discussed at a joint workshop on the PUDs for the subsequent BRE projects on February 8, 2012 (Attachment 4) and at the Planning Commission public hearing on March 14, 2012 (Attachment 5). The Planning Commission recommendation on the projects which included the design as eventually constructed was approved by City Council on April 17, 2012. Other Standards and Guidelines Components In addition to minimum residential density and affordable housing requirements, the Hacienda TOD Standards & Design Guidelines contained direction on key topics, i.e., use (live/work and retail requirements), density, height, architectural features, landscaping and street character. Page 2 of 9