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assumed that not as many people are going to park or drive their cars and need to park here. Mr. Dolan added that if there had been a request for a substantial reduction in parking, staff would have given that very serious consideration just because of the proximity to the BART station. But that is not being requested, and the applicant is providing quite a bit of parking. Acting Chair O'Connor stated that he does not know what one space per 305 gross square foot works out to for square footage but that it is not much of a reduction. Mr. Otto replied that it is 55 spaces out of 3,270 that are proposed. Acting Chair O'Connor verified that the City has a couple of other buildings that are at 85 and 84 feet in height and this one is only about 87feet. Mr. Otto replied that it is 87'/2 feet tall; but it is 105 feet at its tallest point, which is what is included in the measurement of the heights of the two buildings he mentioned earlier. He added that the tallest building the City has right now is the Safeway building, which is just down the street and is 85 feet 10 inches at its roof equipment screen. Acting Chair O'Connor noted that there is a difference of about 20 feet. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Brian Griggs stated that he has a real estate consulting advisory firm and has been working with Workday for the past six years. He indicated that when Workday moved to Pleasanton from Walnut Creek about five years ago, it had approximately 150 people; it currently has approximately 1,500 people who work in the beautiful City of Pleasanton and is hoping that this project will be approved and so it can continue its expansion. He presented the Workday project team present tonight: Paul Ferrell with Form 4, the architect for the building; Rich Sharp with Studio 5 Architects; senior people from Workday, Jim Shaughnessy, who is part of the leadership and management team; and Michelle Hodge who is a Senior Director of Real Estate and Work Places; Steve Hill, representing the Stoneridge Corporate Plaza complex, which will be incorporated as a unified campus. He noted that Workday already occupies some space in Stoneridge Corporate Plaza already. He then acknowledged City staff with whom they have worked collaboratively for the better part of six months to reach this point. Mr. Griggs stated that Workday has no definitive plans about the timing of the project or any preconceived ideas about potential consolidation of the project or whether they will be able to lease space in other buildings. He indicated that that really is pretty contingent upon the continued growth or flat growth of the company. He added that they are also very pleased that, as mentioned in the staff report, they are going to be providing a joint police facility for the City of Pleasanton. He stated that they have had the opportunity to meet a half a dozen times with Pleasanton's Police Chief and several PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 12, 2014 Page 23 of 38