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Mr. Otto replied that the Standards require 1.5 spaces per unit for the residences, and 1 guest space per 10 units. Commissioner Blank inquired what a Class I bikeway is as opposed to a Class II. Mr. Otto explained that the Class I bikeway that was approved in the Pleasanton Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan is a ten -foot paved bikeway, with four feet of decomposed granite on the side. Chair Pentin added that would be two feet on each side. Commissioner Blank noted that the design is a little weak on the Pleasanton look. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Martin Inderbitzen, representing the Applicant, stated that the property owner is represented tonight by Mark English. He thanked Mr. Otto for doing a very complete and thorough job describing the project and that his team, who is also present tonight, will try not to repeat any of it as they present additional information to get more flavor for the project. Mr. Inderbitzen stated that, as mentioned by Mr. Otto, this site was originally one of the sites of the PacBell break -ups and became AT &T about 25 years ago, pretty much with the beginning of the Hacienda Business Park. He noted that Hacienda Business Park's design during those early years was really kind of internal- faced, and as an office /campus site, this site fits that mold with big thoroughfares going through the Business Park and big setbacks around the perimeter of the site. Mr. Inderbitzen stated that the owners of this project acquired the site about seven years ago, and they would like to bring it up to date, more into the 21St century. He continued that this dovetailed with the City's Housing Element Update and the Transit - Oriented Program that Hacienda went through just before the Housing Element Update, and the 8.4 -acre site was identified as a potential housing site. He indicated that the concept they kicked this project off with was, first, to update and reinvigorate the site; and second, to kind of reverse the trend from an internal- facing site to an external- facing, more inviting site which presents its own challenges not only within the Hacienda Business Park Design Guidelines and the CC &R's but also with the rest of the PUD overlay. Mr. Inderbitzen stated that the other challenge which Mr. Dolan had set out for them right from the outset was that if they were going to put 8.4 acres of residential on this site with 300 apartment units or 305 units and a retail site, they do not want to have a segregated site from the existing campus office such that they would be turning their back on it with a sound wall or something similar that might eventually happen. He noted that their challenge was to fully integrate the retail and the residential into the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 10, 2012 Page 5 of 19