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ATTACHMENT 2 With respect to the PUD-125, the City Council makes the following draft findings in addition to other factors raised during the public hearing, as required by Section 18.68.110 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code: A. Whether the plan is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare: The City Council finds that the proposed project would not meet all applicable City standards concerning public health, safety, and welfare. Specifically Zoning Ordinance of the Municipal Code in Section 18.04.101 sets forth objectives for all projects to promote the public health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare. The City Council finds that the project as proposed does not meet all of the objectives those objectives and that setting the building back and placing significant parking in the area visible from the street is uncharacteristic of the Santa Rita Road corridor, would reflect a worse, rather than improved condition over what exists today, and would be counter to many of the community's broader policy and design objectives. The City Council further finds that the proposed site layout would present an overly auto-oriented character along the corridor, replacing the existing street-fronting CTC building with an expanse of parking that would not be an improvement over the existing condition and not be in the best interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare. B. Whether the plan is consistent with the City's General Plan and any applicable specific plan: The City Council finds that the proposed development is not consistent with the City's General Plan including the smart growth policy and Community Character Element. While the proposed CTC has been designed with attractive architecture, the site-design features are not consistent with the community's broader policy and design objectives to provide a consistent street-scape and building presence along Santa Rita Road. The proposed development is visually auto-oriented and does not provide an attractive streetscape due to the placement of a large amount of parking along the street frontage. In addition, as currently proposed the CTC development does not promote smart growth and includes the large auto-oriented development with the entire parking field adjacent to Santa Rita Road. Setting buildings back to allow for significant parking that is visible from the street and would not promote bicycling in a complementary way in accordance with the recently adopted Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan which includes Santa Rita Road as the second highest priority corridor for future improvements. The City Council finds that the project is not consistent or compatible with land use patterns and development in the area and is not consistent with the General Plan goals, policies, and programs. C. Whether the plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity and the natural, topographic features of the site: