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Commissioner Ritter stated that it was his understanding that the parking garage being constructed would be for Workday employees only. Mr. Otto replied that was correct. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Brian Griggs, representing Workday, stated that his project staff are also present at the meeting: Paul Ferro from Form 4, Project Architect; Rich Sharp, Landscape Architect; Steve Calcagno, Civil Engineer; and two Workday representatives, Jim Shaughnessy and Michele Hodge. He indicated that he has been fortunate to do some real estate consulting and advisory work for Workday for about six or seven years. He added that also present are Steve Hill, representing Stoneridge Corporate Plaza, Workday's partner in developing the campus, and John Rennels from Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Mr. Griggs stated that the proposed project is a culmination of Workday's move five years ago from Walnut Creek to Pleasanton. He indicated that their hope is that, given the design and effort they have made to come up with a project they are proud of and one that the City can be proud of, their project will receive approval so they can proceed. He noted that Planning staff had given them some great direction and that it has been a pleasure working with Mike Tassano, City Traffic Engineer, and several people from the Building and Safety Division to try and create a project that was not going to be controversial and that would really be representative of what Workday wants to present to the City of Pleasanton. John Rennels, Principal Property Development Officer, BART, stated that he has been doing transit - oriented development at BART for 22 years, previous to which he was Secretary to the General Loan Committee for Bank of America. He commended City staff and the Workday team for the quality of this project which has come forward so quickly. He acknowledged the work they have done to retain such a critical employer in the area and what it will do in the way of business. He added that he is proud to be a partner in this project. Becky Dennis, Citizens for a Caring Community (CCC), stated that this is a lovely project but that it is not really their primary concern. She indicated that CCC's concern is the loss of the housing and the fact that staff is not recommending the replacement of acreage which would normally be done when high- density acreage to accommodate lower- income workforce housing is removed. She added that it was not clear how much acreage would be necessary to mitigate the impacts of this project. Ms. Dennis stated that she was not really satisfied with the environmental analysis done in the air quality report and was hoping to get a more detailed environmental analysis. She indicated that the trip lengths are too high in the area of the shopping trips the project is going to generate and too low in terms of the mileage that is going to be traveled for Workday employees to get here. She noted that those numbers and the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 23, 2014 Page 5 of 27