PC-2009-40, PUD-70, SAN JOSE ARENA MANAGEMENT

Resolution No. PC -2009-40 Page Two 2. The plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and any applicable specific plans. The site's General Plan Land Use designation of Medium Density Residential (two to eight dwelling units per gross acre), High Density Residential (greater than eight dwelling units per gross acre), Parks and Recreation, and Retail/Highway/Service Commercial, Business and Professional Offices allows for a mix of uses on the Staples Ranch site, including a community park. Development of the proposed project will further the implementation of the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment. The Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment anticipates an approximately 17 -acre community park with an ice center on the project site. In the Specific Plan Amendment, the overall design standards for the community park state that the park will provide for a variety of active and passive recreational uses and activities for the larger Pleasanton community, such as trails, picnic areas, and ice-skating facility, ball fields, open space areas, and children's play areas, as determined by the Pleasanton City Council; the park will be designed to enhance the visual image of Staples Ranch as the northeast Pleasanton gateway; an adequate section of the park will be designed to take advantage of the adjacent Arroyo Mocho channel to the south, with its extensive natural area, riparian plantings, and potential for regional pedestrian and bicycle trail connections; and the park will be designed so that it complements and integrates with uses, to the extent possible, with the adjacent Retail/Commercial site. The project adheres to the Specific Plan Amendment. The park will provide for a variety of active and passive uses. The site has been well designed. Connections are proposed to both the he Mocho and the adjacent retail/commercial site. Likewise, the project will adhere to the General Plan. Staples Ranch is planned to have a public park in the Specific Plan Amendment, and this is noted in the General Plan. Several conditions of approval have been added to the project to address the new greenhouse gas best management practices in the General Plan. The project, as conditioned, is consistent with the City's General Plan and Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment. Therefore, this finding can be made.