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HACIENDA• SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Ownersrlssociation Provided to the City Council After Distribution of Packet March 2, 2017 Date l I 2 - 1 Mr. Gerry Beaudin Community Development Director City of Pleasanton 200 Bernal Avenue Pleasanton, CA 94566 Re: Owens Drive Evaluation Dear Gerry: This letter is being provided in response to the staff report evaluating traffic conditions on Owens Drive.The Hacienda Owners Association would like to commend staff for the excellent work done in reviewing this situation and for the approaches taken to address concerns regarding circulation in the area. We believe that the actions outlined in the report provide an excellent response to the issues raised while remaining sensitive to,and honoring,the extensive planning work and consensus building that were undertaken to arrive at an innovative and forward-thinking design for this part of Hacienda. This is particularly important as we believe that the preservation of this work is essential to both serving the broad constituency of people who live and work in the community and maintaining the functionality of the underlying • infrastructure for the full spectrum of users that it is designed to support. The staff report makes several important points that are critical to the evaluation. We would particularly like to acknowledge the following: • In order for the various sites in the vicinity of the arca of evaluation to function properly as mixed-use transit oriented developments,a convergence of a number of factors must occur.The arrangement of buildings,uses,roads,paths,public spaces,landscaping and other appurtenances must come together to not only create a workable whole but, more importantly, a sense of place. The design standards developed to accomplish this effect took these factors into account in order to plan for a pleasing, engaging environment for the people who would live in, work in and use the area. Any significant alteration to this design will dramatically impede the benefits derived for those it is intended to serve. • The process used to develop the design standards involved an extensive public engagement with a wide and diverse group of primary and secondary stakeholders.This group was tasked with arriving at a set of design standards that reflected a specific vision for the area which they did after considerable effort. It is also worth noting that,since that time,the process used to develop the Hacienda design standards has been held up as an example of how constructive consensus building can work in the community. It is therefore,imperative that everything possible be done to make sure that the integrity of this effort is maintained. • Pleasanton's Complete Streets policy compels the implementation of mixed transportation mode design. While the design of the street section in question actually predates the implementation of the policy it is, nonetheless, wholly aligned with the policy that was adopted. The street design and the policy both look to provide a full integration of the transportation modes utilized by various users and to make reasonable accommodations for the elements required by these modes to function.This means that modes are evaluated relationally and that each pays some deference to the others so that they may • all work collectively. Again, we believe that the solutions that staff have implemented to address the concerns expressed succeed on all accounts.First,they meet the test of imposing the types of reasonable accommodations needed so that the desired mixed- ■ 4305 Hacienda Drive,Suite 330,Pleasanton,California 94588-2738 Phone 925.734.6500 Fax 925.734.6501 e-mail info@hacienda.org www www.hacienda.org