PC-2009-42, PUD-80, CITY OF PLEASANTON

Resolution No. PC -2009-42 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) and 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 neighborhood 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 five -acre neighborhood park with a storm water detention basin on the project site. In the Specific Plan Amendment, the overall design standards for the neighborhood park state that the park will incorporate a storm water flow control basin into the neighborhood park design to provide adequate storage for the entire Staples Ranch development to meet hydromodification requirements. The basin will be designed so that it can be used for passive, casual recreational uses during dry weather periods, to the extent feasible. The park will provide other recreational facilities outside of the basin area, such as tennis courts, bocce ball, dog park facilities, or other uses as determined by the Pleasanton City Council. The project adheres to the Specific Plan Amendment. The park will provide for a stormwater flow -control basin which will have public access and an accessible boardwalk in dry weather periods. Tennis courts will be provided outside the basin. The site has been well designed. 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.